Facebook Messenger update brings the long-awaited “unsend” feature for all
The previously-announced “unsend” feature is finally coming to the Facebook Messenger app. There are a few limitations, but the long-awaited feature is a welcome addition to the suite of tools within the popular chat app.
Using the unsend feature, you can delete a message you’ve sent, and that deletion will affect not only your own chat window but the recipient’s chat as well — as if it was never sent at all.
However, there are some limitations to keep in mind:
- You can only delete messages you’ve sent less than 10 minutes prior to deletion. After 10 minutes, messages are permanent.
- You can only delete messages you have sent, not the responses to that message. In other words, if you send a message and the recipient responds to it with information that harkens back to that message (like a cut-and-paste quote, for example), you cannot delete that response.
- Although you’ve deleted the message, Facebook still holds onto it for an unannounced length of time. This policy is to prevent bullies from sending nasty messages, deleting them, and then there being no proof the message was ever sent. Facebook did not disclose how long messages will be stored on the server but did say they will eventually be deleted.
The rollout of this new Facebook Messenger unsend feature is happening right now, globally. Once you’ve updated to the latest version of the app, you should see the unsend feature when you long-press on a message that is less than 10 minutes old.
See our full walkthrough of how to use the feature here.
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