WhatsApp lets users edit messages with 15-minute time limit

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that billions of WhatsApp users can now edit a message within 15 minutes of sending it.

This feature has started rolling out to users globally and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks. All that the users need to do is long-press on a sent message and choose ‘Edit’ from the menu for up to 15 minutes after.

“For the moments when you make a mistake, or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages,” said the instant messaging platform.

This will help people correct a simple misspelling to add extra context to a message.

Edited messages will display ‘edited’ alongside them, so those you’re messaging are aware of the correction without showing edit history, said WhatsApp.

“As with all personal messages, media and calls, your messages and the edits you make are protected by end-to-end encryption,” said the company.

Last week, WhatsApp had announced a feature called ‘Chat Lock’, which lets users protect most intimate conversations behind one more layer of security.

“Locking a chat takes that thread out of the inbox and puts it behind its own folder that can only be accessed with your device password or biometric, like a fingerprint. It also automatically hides the contents of that chat in notifications, too,” WhatsApp had said in a statement.

One can lock a chat by tapping the name of a one-to-one or group and selecting the lock option.

WhatsApp said that the messages and the edits will continue to be secured with end-to-end encryption.

The chat app recently introduced a ‘Chat Lock’ feature that lets users protect their most private conversations with a password. The chat will be secure in a different folder and the sender’s name and the content will not be visible when a new message is received.

WhatsApp is also developing another feature that will allow users to create stickers from images. According to WhatsApp news tracker WABetaInfo, which reported the story, the feature is available in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.10.7.4 update on the Test Flight app.

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