How to Turn Disappearing Messages On or Off on WhatsApp

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How to Turn Disappearing Messages On or Off on WhatsApp

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Do you want to send messages on WhatsApp that will disappear after some hours or a few days? It means you want to turn on and send disappearing messages to a chat.

What are disappearing messages? These messages you send to groups or individual chats will disappear after 24 hours, 7 days, or 90 days. But you are the one to choose the duration it will stay before disappearing.

That is exactly what this article will guide you through: how to turn these messages on or off on a WhatsApp group or individual chat. You can do it on your Android, iOS, KaiOS, Mac, Web and Desktop Devices.

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Therefore, you must know that new messages sent to the chat will disappear after your selected duration.

How to Turn Disappearing Messages On or Off on WhatsApp on Your Android Device

You can enable or disable messages from disappearing either by default or on a specific chat. Below are the steps to follow:

How to turn Disappearing Messages On or Off by Default

Below are the guidelines for turning disappearing messages on or off by default.

Tap on the top right corner of the home screen
Click on Settings> Privacy
Tap on Default Message Timer
Select the duration (24 hours, 7 days, 90 days) to turn it on or click on Off to turn it off
Tap

How to Activate Disappearing message mode for a specific chat

Open the chat
click on the chat name or group, or you can click on the top right corner of the chat
Click on Disappearing Message
Select the duration (24 hours, 7 days, 90 days)

You have turned it on.

How to turn Off Disappearing Messages

Open a chat
Click on the chat name
Click on
Click on disappearing messages and then tap the off button to turn it off completely.

Also, See How to Exit and Delete a WhatsApp Group Using Your Android and iOS Devices.

How to Turn On and Off Disappearing Messages for iOS devices

How to turn Disappearing Message On or Off by Default

Tap on the top right corner of the home screen
Click on Settings> Privacy
Tap on Default Message Timer
Select the duration (24 hours, 7 days, 90 days) to turn it on or click on Off to turn it off
Tap apply

How to Activate Disappearing message for a specific chat

Open the chat
click on the chat name or group, or you can click on the top right corner of the chat
Click on Disappearing Message
Select the duration (24 hours, 7 days, 90 days)

How to Disable Disappearing Messages

Open a chat
Click on the chat name
Click on
Click on disappearing messages and then tap the off button to turn it off completely.

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How to Enable or Disable Messages from Disappearing on WhatsApp on Your KaiOS Device

How to Enable Disappearing Message

Open the WhatsApp chats
Tap on Options> View Contact> OK
Select Disappearing messages and then click on edit
Select the duration and then tap OK

How to turn Off Disappearing Messages

Open the WhatsApp chats
Tap on Options> View Contact> OK
Select Disappearing messages and then click on edit
Click on OFF and then tap OK

How to Turn Disappearing Messages On or Off on WhatsApp on Your Web and Desktop Device

How to turn Disappearing Messages On or Off by Default

Tap on the top right corner of the home screen
Click on Settings> Privacy
Tap on Default Message Timer
Select the duration (24 hours, 7 days, 90 days) to turn it on or click on Off to turn it off.
Tap

How to Activate Disappearing message for a specific chat

Click on the chat to open it
Tap on the contact name
Click on Disappearing Messages
Select 24 hours, 7 days, or 90 days to turn it on.

How to Disable Messages from Disappearing

Tap on the chat to open
Click on the contact name
Tap on Disappearing messages
Then click Off