Have you opened a WhatsApp conversation to notice deleted or disappeared messages? Your WhatsApp has not been hacked by others. WhatsApp has implemented several security protocols to delete messages from both sides. Any of the three reasons from the list below could be causing your WhatsApp messages to automatically delete.
WhatsApp now lets you delete sent messages. The other person may have deleted them or may be using disappearing messages on WhatsApp. Here are three reasons why your WhatsApp messages might be automatically deleting.
1. Hide messages option is enabled
This option is very useful in WhatsApp groups. You can use the function hidden messages In a personal chat. When the Disappearing Messages option is enabled, WhatsApp will make new messages disappear from the selected chat after 7 days. Recipients can still save these messages elsewhere. Anyone in that chat can change the settings.
If Disappearing Messages is enabled in a specific WhatsApp chat, you'll see messages automatically deleted after seven days. Here's how to turn off the option.
Step 1: Open an app WhatsApp on your phone.
Step 2: Locate conversation Messages are automatically removed from it.
Step 3: Click on WhatsApp contact name above.
Step 4: From a list contact information , scroll down and select Disappearing messages.
Step 5: Click on "turning off" To make things better, WhatsApp won't delete messages after seven days.
If the other person has enabled the add-on Disappearing Messages , you will notice a message like this shown in the screenshot below.
You can click on it, and it will take you directly to the list of disappeared messages. By disabling the option.
2. The other person deletes messages.
WhatsApp allows users to delete messages within an hour. Let's say you sent the message to the wrong chat or group, or made an embarrassing spelling mistake; you can easily delete the message from both sides.
When this feature was introduced, WhatsApp offered up to seven minutes to delete a message. Later, the company increased the time frame to one hour, and now plans to extend the limit to unlimited time.
Meaning, anyone can delete a sent message. It's not as good as Telegram, which leaves no trace of deleted messages. On WhatsApp, you'll see a notification when someone tries to delete a message. Here's how to get someone to delete WhatsApp messages.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp On your mobile phone or desktop and open any conversation.
Step 2: Long press on the message you want to delete.
Select a message sent within the last hour. You'll see an option to delete messages for everyone. Tap it and confirm your decision. WhatsApp will display the deleted message on both sides of the conversation.
3. Senders use the view once option.
WhatsApp has implemented an option to send sensitive images as “عرض مرة واحدةUsers can select View Once before sending an image and the image preview will not be displayed in the chat.
While trying to open such images in WhatsApp, you can see the preview and once you return to the home screen, the media disappears. You have no option to access the image now. The media is automatically deleted from the chat and WhatsApp servers. Here's how to use View Once in WhatsApp.
Step 1: Open a conversation in WhatsApp You want to send a picture as One time offer.
Step 2: Click on the icon + and select picture From the gallery.
Step 3: From the WhatsApp photo editing interface, tap the Message 1 button at the bottom.
Step 4: Click on send button The entire image will be set to display only once.
Export WhatsApp chat
Are you worried about deleting future WhatsApp messages with these features? You can always take screenshots of the conversation as proof, but it's time-consuming and not a viable option. Alternatively, you can export your WhatsApp chat as a zip file and save it elsewhere. Here's how.
Step 1: open a conversation WhatsApp that you want to back up.
Step 2: Click on Contact Name above.
Step 3: Scroll down the contact information list and select Export chat.
Step 4: You have the option to export the chat with or without media attached.
WhatsApp will quickly create a zip file containing all the data and save the file to your phone.
Manage WhatsApp messages
These are the possible reasons why your WhatsApp messages might be automatically deleting. You can follow the same steps and delete messages for others on WhatsApp. How do you plan to save WhatsApp messages for evidence? Share your methods in the comments below.
