WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows users to edit their messages within a 15-minute window after sending them. To use this feature, users simply need to long-press on a sent message and select the “Edit” option from the menu.

When a message is edited, it will be marked as such, indicating that it has been modified. This feature eliminates the previous inconvenience of having to delete a hastily sent message and send a fresh one. In such cases, recipients were notified of the deleted message with a replacement stating, “This message was deleted.”

However, the edit history will not be displayed, ensuring that the original content remains private.

The end-to-end encryption that safeguards all personal messages, media and calls on the platform also applies to the edited messages.

According to a blog post by WhatsApp, the global rollout of this feature has already begun and will be available to all users in the coming weeks.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, shared a WhatsApp update on his Facebook page, demonstrating a message that was changed from “Beast of luck!” to “Best of luck!”

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