WhatsApp reveals some surprising details about the ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature - It often won't succeed and you won't be informed - unlike with other networks

Many times we have ended up sending the wrong message to someone. It’s funny in some cases but embarrassing in most others. However, thanks to WhatsApp’s ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature, you have the chance to delete a message both for yourself and the person you have sent it to. WhatsApp lets you delete a message immediately if you want, you also have a one-hour time limit to delete messages. Messages sent more than an hour back cannot be deleted for everyone, you can just delete it for yourself to strike it off just your record.

Yet another reason why many users are just starting to use other networks who have long since implemented user-friendly features for deleting and managing groups.

Telegram is not the best example, but is a popular alternative where if you delete a message even a day or two later, it instantly and silently deletes everywhere else leaving no "deleted message" notification. It's just gone. If a spam message is noticed two days later in a Telegram group, the admin can immediately delete it, not so with Whatsapp as even the creator cannot delete the message.

We must stop feeling trapped by Facebook as there are many other better options such as Signal, Telegram, Wire, BCM Messenger, Threema, and others. I have all of them installed (costs nothing to do so) so that others can leave Whatsapp and reach me. I see one to two contacts every week joining Telegram so its clear many people are not happy with Whatsapp.

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DID YOU KNOW? If you were trying to delete a message for everyone and for some reason it does not happen, WhatsApp won’t notify you.

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/whatsapp-reveals-some-surprising-details-about-delete-everyone-feature-it-often-wont-succeed-and