![]() In a statement from Facebook, the company said that the messages were deleted with a tool to limit “the retention period” for security reasons. While the feature was prompted in part by the report indicating Zuckerberg deleted old messages, the new tool is a bit different from what sparked the update in the first place. The update started a slow rollout to some countries at the end of last year. Facebook says that the update is beginning to roll out worldwide on both iOS and Android apps. Messenger needs to be updated before the feature is available, however. Users can still report messages after they’ve been removed. A placeholder noting that a message was removed will also be stuck in the portion of the conversation where the message was eliminated from. Facebook says the other users in the conversation will get a text alert saying that a comment was removed. Taking back a message isn’t going to go unnoticed, however. Tap remove and, if the message was sent less than 10 minutes ago, choose the remove for everyone option from the menu. So how do you take back something you just sent on Messenger? Tapping and holding the message will bring up both that emoji response window, as well as options at the bottom of the screen to copy, forward or remove the message. ![]() Now the delete option includes “remove for everyone” as well as the choice to “remove for you” if you don’t want to see the message but don’t mind everyone else still having access. ![]() ![]() Messenger previously allowed users to delete messages so they wouldn’t see them in their own feed, but the recipient could still see the message. Reels are about to show up in yet another Facebook feature ![]() How two companies are using satellites to change how you text Your iPhone has a secret feature that helps the environment - here’s how it works ![]()
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