The ability to edit messages will soon be activated in WhatsApp
23 March 1401 at 18:07
With the addition of the ability to edit messages to WhatsApp, one of the big and annoying shortcomings of this messenger will finally be resolved.
Finally, after a long wait, the ability to edit messages will be added to WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app. This program has been updated over the past months with significant changes such as the possibility of two-way message deletion and the new multi-divas mode.
The ability to edit messages is finally coming to WhatsApp
This feature, which is associated with conflicting discussions from an ethical point of view, in addition to the possibility of correcting typographical or grammatical errors, may lead to changing the content of the message, resulting in misunderstandings and disputes. WhatsApp, which has been testing this feature for a long time, has stated that it will be very easy to use. To edit a message, just long touch it, then select edit from the context menu.
After selecting the edit option, you will see a preview of the message with a typing box below it. Here you can make any changes you want to the message. Then the edited text will replace the previous message. In addition, the ability to edit a message multiple times will be provided for a period of 15 minutes from the initial sending.
After editing the message in WhatsApp, the word “edited” will appear next to the text. Also, the initial sending time of the message remains unchanged and will not be changed by editing. In addition, there will be no record of editing applied to the messages, thus no one will be able to view the previous version of the message and only the modified sample will be displayed.
With the addition of the ability to edit messages to WhatsApp, one of the concerns for some users of this messenger is the possible abuse of this feature to manipulate texts. To solve this problem, WhatsApp has set a relatively short deadline of 15 minutes for editing messages, although there is a possibility of changing this time frame in the future.
Before WhatsApp, Telegram and some other messengers also offered the popular message editing feature to their users. Although the exact release date of this efficient feature for WhatsApp is not known, we will probably see it added to this messenger in the coming days.