It is so unfortunate that the WhatsApp feature which users dearly anticipated, after release, is so unreliable. A month ago, popular IM—WhatsApp rolled out the ' delete for everyone ' feature, which enabled users to recall or unsend a message (with typos or if sent to the wrong contact) within seven minutes of sending it.

Once a user tap delete for everyone, the message gets deleted both from the sender's and recipient's end. But according to a Spanish blog , the WhatsApp deleted messages are actually still on the device, and can easily be accessed through Settings by the recipient.

So, regardless if the message has been deleted from the sender's end, it can easily be accessed and read. This can be further explained thus:
"Whenever a notification comes in to an Android devices, it is stored in the notification log – whether or not it is subsequently deleted by the sender. While the bulk of the data in the log is technical information, the first 100 characters of the notification message is also recorded."

So while users may not be able to see the message within WhatsApp after it is deleted, they can still see it in the notification log – which can be accessed in two ways.

How to Access Deleted WhatsApp Messages

First Method

This trick currently works only on
Android 7.0. Firstly, users can create a home screen Settings widget:
1. Press and hold home screen
2. Press widgets icon
3. Scroll down to Settings
4. Drag and drop onto home screen
5. Click on widget
6. Scroll down and click on the notification log
7. Click on the message you want to see

Second Method

source: https://www.techpaded.com.ng/2017/11/2-easy-methods-to-read-deleted-whatsapp.html

I told Mark this wont work, he didn't hear. Now he's being disgraced on Nairaland by an enemy of progress who is always looking for errors to make a thread that wont most likely get to front page.

DeBlessedOne:
I told Mark this wont work, he didn't hear. Now he's being disgraced on Nairaland by an enemy of progress who is always looking for errors to make a thread that wont most likely get to front page.

stop saying nonsense

Anti delete works just fine

drizzy009:
Anti delete works just fine

an app?

why are you people doing this?! allow us to delete in peace now!

CC: Lalasticlala, Seun.
Bug spotted on WhatsApp

DeBlessedOne:
I told Mark this wont work, he didn't hear. Now he's being disgraced on Nairaland by an enemy of progress who is always looking for errors to make a thread that wont most likely get to front page.

So whenever someone spots a bug or an error in someone else's work then he becomes enemy of progress lol. U don't think the error would make the owners of the app to go back and improve their app. No wonder Nigeria is where it is today, because we see things that are not good and say nothing about it as if it is normal.

Techpaded:


an app?

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