Wanna Delete A Whatsapp Message Before it’s Read? We gotchu!

Have you ever sent “they’ve paid me” to someone you’re owing money on Whatsapp and immediately regretted it? or perhaps you’ve sent your wife a message intended for your side chic.

Do you remember the shock when you saw a tick beside the message showing it’s already been sent; or the heart attack when one tick became two ticks showing it’s been delivered. Perhaps, you remember how you died when the two ticks turned blue.

Brethren, I bring you good news today.

The Delete A Message Before It Is Read functionality is coming to WhatsApp soon. Dubbed ‘Delete for Everyone’, the feature is currently in testing.

A Twitter profile focused on WhatsApp beta information suggests that it is working as intended, and merely needs to be enabled for users.

DELETE FOR EVERYONE NEWS!
[AVAILABLE SOON!] pic.twitter.com/GQ6eqbNvSn

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) September 12, 2017

A later Tweet suggested that WhatsApp will also remove the message notification.

WhatsApp for iOS: when the sender deletes the message for everyone, WhatsApp will delete it in the Notification Center [AVAILABLE SOON]

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) September 12, 2017

Currently when you press and hold a message you get the option only to delete it, but it is said that in the update you will also see options to edit or revoke the message.

Delete for Everyone will work with all types of WhatsApp messages, whether they are text messages, videos, images, GIFs or documents. It will also work on both iOS and Android.

However, in order for a message to be recalled it needs to have been sent in the past five minutes, and clearly it must be removed before the recipient has read it (before the two blue ticks appear).