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Facebook to Roll Out Unsend Feature, That Will Let s Retract Sent Messages

Facebook to Roll Out Unsend Feature, That Will Let s Retract Sent Messages 1i4r5d

By Ankit Chawla | Updated: 7 April 2018 13:00 IST

Highlights

The feature rollout has been confirmed by Facebook
It comes in the wake of Mark Zuckerberg's scanda
Instagram, WhatsApp have similar features

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Unsend' button that will offer similar functionality to all s on the platform. Facebook will, until it rolls out this button, not delete any further messages that Mark Zuckerberg has sent. 1x5a4

The social networking giant is turning the Zuckerberg message deleting incident into a beta testing opportunity for the new Unsend button, Messenger have the ability to set a timer - and have their messages automatically deleted. We will now be making a broader delete message feature available. This may take some time. And until this feature is ready, we will no longer be deleting any executives' messages. We should have done this sooner - and we're sorry that we did not," said Facebook to TechCrunch.

Facebook Messenger currently offers a Secret chat feature wherein messages can be timed to self-destruct with durations ranging from 5 seconds up to 1 day. With the new feature, however, Facebook states that the process hasn't yet been finalised. The social media giant claims it could offer self-destructing messages similar to Secret chat.

TechCrunch cites a Facebook Messenger spokesperson who says the only possible implementation would be an expiration timer similar to the Secret chat feature, deleting messages after the timer expires. This is who the deletion of Zuckerberg's messages was achieved. The report adds, "Facebook didn't have details about whether recipients would be notified when a message was unsent and retracted from their inboxes, whether the feature would apply retroactively to old messages sent before the launch or whether s would need to designate a message as expiring/ unsendable before they send it."

Additionally, other Facebook services also offer two different variations of the Unsend option. Instagram offers s with the ability to complete unsend a DM (Direct Message) provided the recipient has not read the message or its push notification.

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