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New WhatsApp update
WhatsApp is set to bring a major refresh to its delete messages for everyone feature which was one of the most users demanded features on the platform. With the new Recipient limit feature added, users won't be able to delete messages by changing system settings on their end. The new feature is said to be added to stop senders from deleting old messages sent weeks or months earlier.
The new feature
With the new addition of Recipient limit, if the recipient device doesn't receive a revoke message before 13 hours, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds then the sent message won't be deleted. The new recipient limit, however, doesn't change anything for regular WhatsApp users. The latest update to WhatsApp's delete message for everyone isn't on the sender side but for the recipient.
The recipient decides
WhatsApp is expected to add an all-new recipient limit feature which means if the recipient hasn't received a revoke message from sender until a specified time then the delivered message will not be deleted on the recipient side. WABetainfo, which keeps a track on upcoming WhatsApp features, has spotted the feature in testing.
What it means
According to the new Recipient limit feature, if the sender deletes a message for everyone but the recipient hasn't received the revoke request within 13 hours, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds then the sent message won't be revoked or deleted. This can happen because the recipient phone was switched off for the entire duration and once the time limit is over then the revoke message feature won't work for the recipient. It's unclear as of now whether the sender will be notified that the revoke message request was turned down because of the time limit.
The intend
The new feature hasn't been rolled out yet but WABetainfo hints that this may be added in future updates. Notably, the new Recipient limit feature is being added to stop users from deleting older delivered messages which they could do by tweaking mobile system settings.
WhatsApp's delete messages for everyone was one of the most demanded features and allowed users to delete a sent message within 68 minutes, if it was sent to a wrong recipient. The feature initially came with a time limit of just seven minutes which clearly wasn't enough and WhatsApp later raised the time limit to over an hour.
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