WhatsApp users can now automatically delete messages after a certain period of time. The Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp will introduce this tried and tested function at Signal worldwide in November. While Signal users can choose the “survival time” of a message from five seconds to a week, WhatsApp currently only offers a seven-day period. Each participant of a chat can switch the function on or off, in groups this is reserved for the administrator.

The automatic deletion function only applies to the following messages in a chat or a group, not to messages that have already been sent. The optional setting is to be understood as part of a WhatsApp initiative for easier clearing out and not a security feature. Because if you want to save the content, you can continue to do so, for example by taking screenshots or taking a picture of the screen with another device in which the automatic delete function is not activated, the original message is retained. If media contained in a message, such as images, are saved as files on the end device, they also remain unaffected by the deletion routine. Automatic saving can be prevented in the settings. WhatsApp backups also hold the messages to be deleted; However, they are deleted when the backup is imported.

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In India, WhatsApp users can now money each other with the app send. A bank account and debit card with one of five Indian banks is required. Until further notice, this service only works with the latest WhatsApp versions for Android and iOS. The automatic delete function is also available for KaiOS as well as the web and desktop applications.

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