This month, WhatsApp for Android added the option to go back and change previously sent messages. The same update for iOS users has begun trickling out on the Meta-owned Platform. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp parent company Meta, made the announcement over Instagram’s Meta Channel.
Messages sent from an iPhone can now be revised for up to 15 minutes after they’ve been sent. The ability to edit sent messages will allow users to fix mistakes, make necessary adjustments, and add additional context to a message after it has already been delivered. WhatsApp has also confirmed that a ‘edited’ label will be appended to the message with the modified time stamp. Additionally, the Edit message function is available in both private and public conversations.
Steps to edit WhatsApp sent messages
If you want to know how to alter a message you’ve already sent , you can do so by following the instructions given below.
- First, launch WhatsApp and head to a conversation where you have sent a message in the past 15 minutes.
- Click and hold the message you just sent
- Once you’ve done that, choose “edit” from the menu that appears.
- You can now go back and edit the message before sending it again.
Your revised message will be re-posted to the conversation with a ‘modified’ label.
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