Facebook planned to announce
this “Unsend” feature earlier but now this feature has been introduced in some
markets of Poland, Colombia and Bolivia on both iOS and Android and Facebook
has promised to capture other markets too. Facebook messenger has allowed its
users to remove their messages from the recipient’s inbox. Facebook is also
planning to add an expiry date for a single message or the entire message
thread so if users want their messages to be deleted after six months, they
will be able to remove those messages.
The new “Unsend” feature will
appear as an additional option at the bottom of the screen and people can use
it with the help of a long press on the message that has been sent. After a long
press on the message, users will have options of copy, forward or delete and
the new option will be “remove”. By tapping on this option, users can delete
the message either for themselves or for all the recipients.
Messages can only be removed after
the first 10 minutes of delivery to correct any mistake or removing something
which is accidentally pushed but “Remove for everyone” button will leave an
indicator that the message was retracted and after 10 minutes, user will be
able to remove the message, but the message will remain in the recipient’s
inbox. Facebook will retain those deleted messages for some time to see the
policy violations, if reported.
Facebook
has empowered its users to remove any kind of message whether it’s a text or a
group chat, a photo, video, a link or any other form of message within 10
minutes of sending but only your side of messages will be deleted from the
conversation.
