In today’s digital era, WhatsApp has become an important part of our everyday life. From personal conversations to important office messages, everything is done on this platform. But many times it happens when we want the sent message to disappear automatically after some time. Keeping this need in mind, WhatsApp has provided a facility which people are now recognizing as ‘Mr. India Trick’.

Actually, messages sent through WhatsApp’s Disappearing Messages feature are automatically removed from the chat after the stipulated time. That means whether the other person reads the message or not, after some time that message will disappear completely.

What is Disappearing Messages feature?

This feature of WhatsApp allows users to put their chats in auto-delete mode. After turning on this feature, new messages sent are automatically deleted in 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days. Due to this, chat history does not become long and privacy is also maintained.

How to activate this feature?

It is very easy to turn on Disappearing Messages. For this, first open the chat in which you want to use this feature. Now tap on the name of the contact or group in front. After this, go to the option “Disappearing Messages” and choose the time of your choice—24 hours, 7 days or 90 days. Once this setting is turned on, all new messages sent in that chat will automatically disappear after the specified time.

Why is it special from privacy point of view?

This feature is considered special for those users who share sensitive information, personal photos or important but temporary information. Due to this, neither the message remains in the phone for long nor does the risk of data leakage increase. However, WhatsApp also makes it clear that the other person can take a screenshot of the message, so complete security cannot be guaranteed.

View Once feature is also useful

There is another feature on WhatsApp, which is called View Once. The photo or video sent through this can be seen only once by the other person. Once viewed, that media automatically disappears. Users also consider this as ‘disappearing message’.

Increasing popularity among users

Amidst the increasing awareness regarding digital privacy, these features of WhatsApp are becoming increasingly popular. Especially the youth and professionals are using this trick more, so that their personal conversations remain safe and available for a limited time only.

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