The feature is designed to help you keep your communication private and confidential. It deletes all messages from your device and the receivers’ within a certain time limit, which helps you conserve storage space. Additionally, Disappearing Messages can be useful if you want to stop people from seeing or receiving messages that you don’t want them to see or receive.

WhatsApp is introducing a new feature called Disappearing Messages. This will allow users to have messages disappear after a set amount of time, whether they are sent through the mobile app, the web interface, or the business version. We’ll show you how to enable this feature on different devices and operating systems. ..

Make WhatsApp Messages Disappear on Apple Devices

WhatsApp lets you configure messages in individual and group chats to self-destruct. This feature is available for specific chats or all conversations. ..

There are a few different ways to enable Disappearing Messages on iPhones and iPads. -You can enable disappearing messages in the Messages app on your device. -You can also enable disappearing messages in Settings on your device. -You can also enable disappearing messages in the iCloud settings on your device. ..

Enable Disappearing Messages for Individual Chats

Open WhatsApp and head to the “Chats” tab. Select the chat settings of the contact/user you want to modify. ..

WhatsApp is updated and should now be displaying the “On” and “Off” options on the Disappearing Messages menu. If you still aren’t seeing these options, please update from the App Store. ..

If you enable Disappearing Messages, your conversations will self-destruct after a certain period of time. Messages sent before enabling the feature will remain in the conversation.

WhatsApp is going to notify the other party in the conversation that it has enabled Disappearing Messages.

If you’re having trouble finding the Disappearing Messages menu for a conversation, try tapping the notification to access it. This will allow you to quickly disable Disappearing Messages or modify the message timer.

Enable Disappearing Messages for Group Chats

WhatsApp group members can enable and disable disappearing messages. It’s really easy—open the group info page, tap Disappearing Messages, and select a message timer or expiration duration. ..

Interestingly, group admins can restrict non-administrative members from changing the Disappearing Messages settings. To do this, open the group info page, tap Group Settings, tap Edit Group Info, and select Only Admins.

Set Default Message Timer in WhatsApp

WhatsApp’s “Default Message Timer” option can help reduce the stress of having disappearing messages in all of your conversations. When this option is enabled, WhatsApp will automatically disable disappearing messages for all conversations in your account. ..

WhatsApp will default to a timer that deletes messages after a set amount of time. You can change this duration to suit your needs. ..

Default Message Timer lets you set a timer for messages to be sent automatically. This can help to keep communication open while you’re away from your computer or in another time-sensitive situation.

Open the contact info page for any chat, and select the Disappearing Messages option. Tap the highlighted default message timer option at the bottom of the page. That’ll redirect you to the “Default Message Timer” menu. Select a preferred duration for message deletion to continue. ..

Make WhatsApp Messages Disappear in Android

WhatsApp has a variety of ways to delete messages, depending on what you want to do. If you want to delete messages in individual chats, WhatsApp will automatically delete them after a certain period of time. If you want to delete messages in all WhatsApp conversations, WhatsApp will need to be enabled for the message deletion feature to work.

To enable the WhatsApp Disappearing Messages feature in Android, follow these instructions:

  1. Open the WhatsApp app and sign in.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the main screen and select “Settings.”
  3. Scroll down to the “Privacy” section and select “WhatsApp.”
  4. Toggle the “WhatsApp Disappearing Messages” option to on.

Enable Disappearing Messages for Individual Chats

Open the chat, tap the contact’s name/phone number, and select Messages that have disappeared. Select a duration in the “Message timer” section. ..

After a certain amount of time has passed, all messages in the conversation will be automatically deleted.

WhatsApp will notify all parties in the chat that Disappearing Messages is enabled. Tap the notification to change the deletion duration or turn off Disappearing Messages.

Enable Disappearing Messages for Group Chats

WhatsApp allows group members to choose whether or not disappearing messages are enabled by default. Here’s how to enable disappearing messages in a WhatsApp group. ..

The group’s Disappearing Messages settings will be restricted to only admins. To change this, open the group’s info, select Group settings > Edit group info > Only admins, and select OK.

Enable Default Message Timer in WhatsApp

To enable Disappearing Messages for all WhatsApp conversations on your Android device, launch WhatsApp settings menu, go to Account > Privacy > Default message timer, and select how long you want messages to stay on your device before they’re deleted.

Enable Disappearing Messages on WhatsApp Web

  1. Log in to WhatsApp and open the Settings app.
  2. Scroll down and select the Messages section.
  3. Toggle on the option to " Disappearing Messages."
  4. Click on the " Add a contact" button and enter your WhatsApp username and password.
  5. Click on the " Add" button and select your contact’s phone number.
  6. Click on the " Send" button and enter your message to your contact.

When a conversation is starting, open the group info and select Disappearing messages. Then, select On to start the conversation.

WhatsApp Web doesn’t have preset message times, like on mobile devices. The text deletion duration for WhatsApp Web is fixed at 7 days.

When you (or the other party) enable or disable Disappearing Messages, WhatsApp will display a notification in the chat window. Select the notification to quickly jump to the chat’s Disappearing Messages menu. ..

WhatsApp Disappearing Messages: Things to Note

WhatsApp advises having sensitive conversations using Disappearing Messages only with people who you trust. That’s because if a user forwards or quotes a disappearing message, for instance, the message may remain visible in the quoted text. If a user reads or forwards a disappearing message, they may be able to view it again long after it’s deleted.

WhatsApp users could duplicate, copy, save, and screenshot disappearing messages before it disappears. You can find this WhatsApp Help Center page to learn more about Disappearing Messages.