WhatsApp users could soon get messages that will delete after reading
Last Updated: 2026-05-21 14:34:13
WhatsApp users could get a powerful feature in the next few months. The platform lets you send disappearing messages that vanish after a few hours. But imagine if you can send a message on WhatsApp that gets deleted the moment the person reads it, that’s what the platform is said to be testing with iOS users these days.
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WhatsApp testing instant message delete after reading feature- Auto-delete option can be enabled per chat, not all messages
- Meta AI chatbot gets new incognito mode for private queries
The details about the new auto-delete feature has been shared by tipster WaBetaInfo, and it seems the option to make the messages vanish will be offered in the settings that can be enabled for each chat and not applicable for all the messages you send.
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WhatsApp’s new privacy push?
The platform has vouched for full encryption across chats, media files and more. But even for WhatsApp the power of seeing messages deleted immediately after reading is a lot like the one-view photos and video feature on the messaging app. You could say that WhatsApp already supports disappearing messages but those come with a longer active life which is where the new option being tested will be a gamechanger.
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It is hardly surprising to see this being tested with iPhone users, as Apple has a definite privacy-centric changes and policies unlike Android where the data tracking is far more invasive. Having said that, we do expect the instant delete option to come for Android users as well but at a later date when the initial release behaves and works as expected.
WhatsApp is also said to be testing other useful additions like having an Others folder where all your business and promotional messages can be sent to clean up the main chat feed for users.
It has also developed a new incognito or private mode for Meta AI chatbot so that you can ask queries without being identified and personalised for different reasons. All the chats with Meta AI in this mode will be processed by the Meta AI private cloud unit like Apple’s own computing system for safe AI data tracking.