Moreover, the company is giving you a good deal more flexibility on timing.

These are welcome choices as everyone has a different idea of how permanent messages should be.

Whichever camp you lie in, enabling the new feature by default is simple enough.

How to make all your WhatsApp messages self-destruct by default

It’s free, every week, in your inbox.

Keep in mind this only affects one-and-one chats.

For group messages, its up to the group creator to decide how long messages last.

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Its also still possible for someone to screenshot or take a photo of your messages.

The new feature is rolling out to users on iOS and Android starting today.

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