You can now edit your WhatsApp messages up to 15 mins after they’re sent

WhatsApp announced that it is rolling out a new feature which allows you edit your WhatsApp messages up to 15 mins after they’re sent!

According to the Meta owned platform in a blog post, “For the moments when you make a mistake, or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages. From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, we’re excited to bring you more control over your chats.”

To do the message editing, all you need to do is long-press on a sent message and choose ‘Edit’ from the menu. Edited messages will display ‘edited’ alongside them, so those you’re messaging are aware of the correction without showing edit history. 

Before the introduction of this new feature, a user’s only option was to either delete the message or send a correction in a separate message

Competing apps such as Telegram and Signal already allow users to edit messages, while microblogging site Twitter rolled out the ability to edit tweets to select users last year.

This feature has started rolling out to users globally and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks.