You can now fix these embarrassing mistakes by editing your WhatsApp and iMessages – here’s how to do it

• WhatsApp has finally rolled out a long-awaited edit button to help you fix those embarrassing mistakes.

• You only have 15 minutes to edit a WhatsApp message after sending it.

• Both you and your contact will see “edited” next to the timestamp at the bottom of the message.

WhatsApp has finally added an editing feature to allow users to edit typos or embarrassing errors – but you have to be quick.

Here’s how to edit WhatsApp messages.

What did WhatsApp do?

Meta-owned WhatsApp announced the rollout of message editing in late May, nearly 14 years after the app was first available.

Previously, users couldn’t correct errors in a message, meaning the only way to get rid of typos or careless comments was to delete it entirely, leaving the recipient wondering how bad those thoughts were. bad.

Now, WhatsApp has given its billions of users an urgent feature to help them clean up their messages.

How to edit your WhatsApp messages

Once you send a WhatsApp message, you only have 15 minutes to edit it.

However, it’s not immediately obvious how to edit a post. You need to tap your finger on the message for a second or two, which brings up a menu with Star, Reply, Forward, Copy, Info, Speak, and Delete options.

If you are within the 15 minute window, you will also see “Edit” at the bottom of this list. If you don’t, you left it too late to edit.

Once you edit a message, it will say “edited” at the bottom next to the timestamp and the recipient will not be able to see what was edited.

Edited messages will always be end-to-end encrypted, like all WhatsApp messages.

How to edit iMessages

Apple has for some time allowed users to edit their iMessages, also within 15 minutes. It’s a very similar offer: touch and hold the message bubble, then tap “edit.” Edited messages will also say “edited”.

As Apple notes: “If your recipients have devices with earlier versions of iOS, they receive follow-up messages with the preface “Edited at” and your new message in quotes. SMS messages cannot be resent or edited “

Apple users can also unsend iMessages, but you have to be extremely quick because there is a two-minute limit. Both the recipient and sender see a note that a message was not sent – ​​and again, you both need to be using the most recent operating system for the unsend feature to work properly.

Although you can’t “unsend” a message on WhatsApp, you can delete it whenever you want. If you often tend to have doubts after sending a message, WhatsApp may be the best option.

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