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Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by orgria(op): 12:46pm On May 23, 2023
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WhatsApp has announced that users can now edit their sent messages through a new ‘Edit’ feature.

With the feature rolling out globally in the coming weeks, senders will be able to modify their messages within 15 minutes of hitting send. The function can be accessed by long-pressing the message and choosing "edit" in the drop-down menu. The modified message will carry the label "edited", without showing edit history.

Previously, the only way to correct a message sent in haste or containing an error was to delete it and send a fresh one, with recipients alerted to the fact by the removed post being replaced with the phrase: “This message was deleted.”

“From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, we’re excited to bring you more control over your chats. All you need to do is long-press on a sent message and choose ‘Edit’ from the menu for up to 15 minutes after,” said WhatsApp.

Competing apps such as Telegram and Signal already allow users to edit messages, while Twitter rolled out the ability to edit tweets to select users last year. Twitter offers an editing feature to subscribers to its Twitter Blue service, giving them a 30-minute window to edit a tweet after it has been sent.




Meta’s founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, flagged the WhatsApp change on his Facebook page, showing a message that had been changed from “Beast of luck!” to “Best of luck!”

Facebook, also owned by Meta, started to roll out the ability to edit posts and comments about a decade ago. Its fellow Meta social media platform Instagram allows users to edit posts but not comments.

Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by rummmy: 12:58pm On May 23, 2023
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Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by ImpregnaTor(m): 1:20pm On May 23, 2023
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Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by omowolewa: 4:49pm On May 23, 2023
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Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by Astra101: 5:58pm On May 23, 2023
To me, telegram is way ahead of this whatsapp app. They will not loud the capability of telegram cos those guys are Russians. embarassed
Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by Telegram234(m): 6:31pm On May 23, 2023
Astra101:
To me, telegram is way ahead of this whatsapp app. They will not loud the capability of telegram cos those guys are Russians. embarassed
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Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by Astra101: 6:35pm On May 23, 2023
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Re: Whatsapp Now Allows Users To Edit Sent Messages, But Only For 15 Minutes by Nobody: 6:40pm On May 23, 2023
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Astra101:
To me, telegram is way ahead of this whatsapp app. They will not loud the capability of telegram cos those guys are Russians. embarassed
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