How to Remove Sent Messages From Facebook

We have actually all existed before at one point or another-- you jump into Facebook Messenger and also mistakenly fire off a message to the wrong group conversation. Best case scenario you follow up with a "whoops, wrong chat" and also go on, worst instance situation the remark was about somebody because group chat as well as now it's only an issue of time prior to all of it blows up in your face.

The current upgrade to Facebook Messenger aims to address those awkward situations by permitting the sender to remove a wayward message as much as ten mins after it has been sent out. Formerly, you were only able to erase messages from your very own view of the discussion.

Below's how to save face on Facebook Messenger when you send out a message to the incorrect person or team:

1. Long-press on the message you intend to delete.
2. Tap the Eliminate symbol at the bottom of the conversation.
3. Faucet Remove from Every Person.

4. Tap Remove to verify the removal.
5. Your Message will no longer appear for you or any individual else in the conversation and if you're quickly enough nobody will certainly have seen your message ...
6. ... however they will certainly see that you removed something.

As you can see in those last 2 screenshots all events attached in the chat will certainly see that a message has actually been deleted whether they saw the message before it was erased. It's also worth keeping in mind that this attribute is unique fully Facebook Messenger application and not Facebook Carrier Lite.