{"id":6164,"date":"2022-06-03T09:41:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T09:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/how-to-send-disappearing-messages-in-whatsapp"},"modified":"2022-06-03T10:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:12:41","slug":"how-to-send-disappearing-messages-in-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/how-to-send-disappearing-messages-in-whatsapp","title":{"rendered":"How to send disappearing messages in WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>WhatsApp introduced disappearing messages to make conversations more private.<\/p>\n<p><b>How do disappearing messages on WhatsApp work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a group chat, only the group admins will be able to turn disappearing messages on or off.<\/p>\n<p>The feature can be enabled for all new chats that you start or are starting with you. A user can also enable it for individual chats, and either a user within the individual chat can turn the feature on or off.<\/p>\n<p>You can turn on disappearing messages by default for all new individual chats.<\/p>\n<p>On an iPhone and Android:<\/p>\n<p><b>How to send disappearing messages to everyone<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Go to WhatsApp Settings &gt; tap Account &gt; Privacy &gt; Default message timer and select a duration.<\/p>\n<p>If disappearing messages are turned on, media sent in the chat will disappear but will be saved on the phone if auto-download is on.<\/p>\n<p>You can turn auto-download off in WhatsApp Settings &gt; Storage and Data.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to enable or disable disappearing messages to individuals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To enable or disable disappearing messages on iPhone or Android:<\/p>\n<p>Open WhatsApp then open the individual chat<\/p>\n<p>Tap on the contact\u2019s name at the top<\/p>\n<p>Select Disappearing Messages then Tap Continue (if prompted)<\/p>\n<p>Select on or off<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. 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