Whatsapp Delete for Everyone doesn’t ensure messages are deleted

Whatsapp Deleted messages can be retreived

Recently, Whatsapp Delete for Everyone feature was rolled out to provide users a relief for sending a wrong message to a group chat. It was told that users could delete a message within 7 minutes of sending it after which it will be deleted from the sender’s as well as user’s device. However, a Spanish Android blog has revealed that the deleted messages can still be seen.

The blog that goes by the name Android Jefe has claimed that the deleted WhatsApp messages are present in the notification log of the device. As a result, even if the sender has deleted the message, the receiver can access it using some tech-savvy methods.

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How to read a Whatsapp deleted message?

The deleted messages can be accessed through a third-party app called Notification History. As revealed by the blog, the app is only available on the Play Store of Android devices. Users can download the app and then search for the Whatsapp deleted message in the Android notification log

Another method to retrieve the deleted message by the recipient is to use the third-party launchers like Nova Launcher. That would make the work even easier. In this method, long press the home screen and tap on Widgets. Then go to Activities> Settings> Notification Log.

Limitations for Retrieving Whatsapp deleted messages

However, the notification log will retrieve only text messages for up to 100 characters. Besides, it won’t work for media files like images and videos. Since the app is only available on Android devices, the iOS users can still not retrieve the deleted messages

As per the media reports, this is not the first time that someone has found loopholes in the Whatsapp delete for everyone feature. An iOS expert Jonathan Zdziarski has revealed that the Whatsapp saved chat logs on the device which helped in accessing the deleted messages.

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