WhatsApp’s secret new feature will delete texts once you’ve read them — and it could be coming to iOS…

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  • WhatsApp is testing a new disappearing messages feature
  • It may delete texts after they’ve been read, not just after a set timer
  • The feature is being tested on both iOS and Android

If you want to be able to send a WhatsApp message to someone on your iPhone and have it disappear after they’ve read it, you’re in luck, as it looks like WhatsApp is currently testing this feature with a view to potentially launching it in the future.

That’s according to a new leak from WABetaInfo, at least. On its blog, WABetaInfo claims that WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will delete messages on iOS once they have been read. That could be a good way to protect your privacy if you don’t want certain messages to stick around.

Disappearing messages already exist in WhatsApp, but they’re a lot more limited in their current iteration. Right...

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