WhatsApp announced a new disappearing messages feature a couple of weeks ago. It now puts WhatsApp alongside the ranks of other ephemeral messaging apps, such as Telegram and Snapchat. It is a really basic implementation though. Once enabled, your messages in WhatsApp will self-destruct in seven days. Yeah, WhatsApp is kicking-off its ephemerality test with a seven-day long window. All your messages will remain in the chat window for seven days and then get automatically deleted.
Note: I tested the disappearing messages feature on WhatsApp version #2.20.207.2 on my OnePlus Nord, running Android 10.
- This feature is not restricted to individual chats. You can also enable it for group chats, but you need to be the admin to turn on the same.
