WhatsApp will soon give users more time to delete their messages after sending them.

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The company is working on extending the time limit for the ‘Delete for everyone’ feature.

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The app is working on increasing the time limit of the feature to two days and 12 hours.

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The existing time limit is one hour, eight minutes and 16 seconds limit.

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The users will be able to permanently delete a message even two days after sending them.

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The feature is available for beta users and is soon expected to be available for all.

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WhatsApp will also roll out the feature to let group admins delete messages from the group.

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The features are currently under development and will be available in a future update.

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