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You can now make all your WhatsApp messages self-delete by default – here’s how
WhatsApp continues to add more features to the messaging platform.

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WhatsApp has let you set your messages to self-destruct for a year now. It’s a cool feature, letting you set things to auto-delete after seven days.
Now it’s going to be even better, with new validity periods and the option to set all your messages to self-destruct by default. Additionally, the company now lets you undelete chat messages too.
The new validity periods are 24 hours, seven days, and 90 days. That should please even the most hardened privacy advocate, and don’t forget you can also set some types of messages to view once only.
Here’s how to set up disappearing messages by default in WhatsApp



From an existing conversation

Disappearing messages will only work if you’re in one-on-one chats. If you’re in a group message, only the group’s creator can change the time messages will be viewable.
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WhatsApp will also let the other person you’re talking to know that you’ve defaulted to disappearing messages.
The feature is rolling out on both iOS and Android, starting today.
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