Have you ever sent a message you wish you could immediately take back? Well now on Facebook Messenger, users will have that option.
According to a release from Facebook on Wednesday, users who update their app to the latest version will now be able to delete any messages they may have mistyped in a group chat and will even be able to remove their messages completely from chats.
"Have you ever accidentally sent a message to the wrong group of friends, mistyped something, or simply wanted to remove a message in a chat? You’re not the only one! Starting today, we are launching a feature where you can easily remove your message on Messenger – whether it’s to one person or a group," the release said.
The new feature was promised to users last year after a report in TechCrunch revealed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg deleted messages he sent to the online publication.
At the time, Facebook told TechCrunch the messages from Zuckerberg were deleted for security reasons. In a statement explaining the deletions at the time, Facebook indicated that the 2014 hack that compromised Sony Picture's emails prompted them to develop the feature for their company's executives.
"These included limiting the retention period for Mark's messages in Messenger. We did so in full compliance with our legal obligations to preserve messages," Facebook wrote at the time.
After TechCrunch revealed Facebook had that ability, the online social media giant promised to launch the feature for all their users worldwide and that Zuckerberg would no longer use the feature until it was publicly available for all users.
"Simply tap on the message you want to remove and select the option to “Remove for Everyone”. The removed message will be replaced by text alerting everyone in the conversation the message was removed. You will have up to 10 minutes to remove a message after it is sent," the instructions say.
If you're looking to remove a message just for yourself, you can do that at anytime now by selecting "Remove for You." That removes the message from your chat history, but will remain in other people's chats.
The remove feature is now available for Messenger users who download the latest update to the app on iOS and Android.
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