WhatsApp new feature: Now users can enable disappearing messages function

 WhatsApp has confirmed its new exciting disappearing messages feature

which, once enabled, will make new messages sent in individual or group

chats disappear after seven days.

As per the information provided on the support page, enabling the

settings will not affect the messages previously sent or received in

chat.

While the users can themselves turn disappearing messages on and off

for individual chats, in a group chat, only the admins will get to use

the feature.

With this, if a user does not open Whatsapp in the seven-day period,

the message will disappear, but its preview might still be displayed in

notifications until the App is opened.

The feature, as per the App, will not work if the disappearing

message is forwarded, and in case the user creates a backup, however,

when the user restores from a backup.As per the settings for media download, if auto-download is turned on

the receiving phone the images, videos will be automatically saved on

the device.

There, however, is no option of customizing the time frame after which the messages will be deleted.