WhatsApp will allow you to make regular chats disappear
Miscellaneous / / July 19, 2022
Previously, you could enable this option only at the beginning of a new conversation.
WhatsApp is actively finalizing the mechanics of disappearing messages: in April started testing cancellation of self-destruction of individual messages, but now they plan to enable self-destruction for old chats - and massively.
The change was noticed in the beta version of WhatsApp 2.22.16.8. In the settings for self-destructing messages in new chats, a button has appeared that allows you to select old chats and apply the selected options to them. For example, if in new chats all messages are deleted after 90 days, the same will work for manually selected conversations.
The section is located quite deep in the settings, which may not be very convenient. On the other hand, this is not a feature that users will constantly refer to, so it is logical that the developers left the more popular items in sight.
It is not yet clear when to expect a public release: right now, the feature is not even available to all beta users.
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