Whatsapp rolls out 'Accidental Delete' for messages you didn't mean to remove

(Image credit: Whatsapp) What you need to knowWhatsapp rolls out “Accidental Delete” for users to undo the Delete for Me option when removing messages.This feature will give users 5 seconds to undo a mistakenly deleted message before it remains gone from their view permanently.Deleting messages in Whatsapp first launched in 2017 with a seven-minute timer that was previously increased to 60 hours.Our thumbs fly when we’re texting, so Whatsapp has released a new feature for moments when we’re going just a little too quickly.Head of Whatsapp Will Cathcart tweeted out the rollout of the new “Accidental Delete” feature for the popular messaging app (via Android Police). This new feature will undo the “Delete for Me” option on Whatsapp that removes a message from your personal view. We’ve added the option to undo ‘Delete for me’ for those times when you mean to delete for everyone but accidentally deleted for just yourself. pic.twitter.com/Ec0RCJKWioDecember 19, 2022See moreCathcart explains that this feature should come in handy for times when you meant to delete a message for another person or several in a group but accidentally took it away from your view only.In the app, selecting a message to delete will display the option to
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