{"id":54553,"date":"2026-05-23T02:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54553"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:31:39","slug":"whatsapp-tests-new-disappearing-messages-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54553","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp tests new disappearing messages option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fca47ca73954a20c1a84ca458de81d7484817e4510fc0ba3fa7bc5a82c610b42\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">WhatsApp is testing a new disappearing messages feature designed to make chats even more private.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">According to WaBetaInfo, the feature was spotted in the latest WhatsApp Testflight beta and it allows users to set <b>a preset timer for messages to vanish<\/b> after being read. Available time options include 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Once a recipient opens the message, a countdown timer starts. If the <b>message remains unread<\/b>, it will <b>automatically disappear after 24 hours<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The new \u201cAfter Reading\u201d feature can be <b>enabled for specific chats <\/b>\u2013 only those messages will disappear, not all conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">WaBetaInfo says the feature is currently available to a limited number of beta users, with a broader rollout expected over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Source: WaBetaInfo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/lifestyle\/apps\/whatsapp-testing-new-privacy-disappearing-message-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is testing a new disappearing messages feature designed to make chats even more private. According to WaBetaInfo, the feature was spotted in the latest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[17994,835,5757,181,5990],"class_list":["post-54553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-disappearing","tag-messages","tag-option","tag-tests","tag-whatsapp","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}