Last updated on June 22nd, 2020 at 06:51 pm
Imagine you are chatting with your friend using popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, WeChat, LINE, or Hike, etc and by mistake, you sent a nasty or inappropriate message, then these apps don’t allow you to delete it remotely. The message has gone and you have to be ready for its consequences. Update: Whatsapp now allow to delete sent message within 4096 seconds.
But now you have alternative apps, where you can chat safely and you also have control over your messages and even you sent a nasty/wrong message, you can delete it remotely from the receiver’s phone.
We will discuss here three such apps
Ansa:
This app is developed by a young Natalie Bryla from San Francisco and it allows users to send self-destructing text messages, photos, and videos. Senders can also see when the receiver has read or viewed their messages.
If a nasty/ wrong message is sent by mistake to a wrong person, then you can relax here and can delete the message from the recipient’s device.
Ansa app works in a similar way to Snapchat, by automatically deleting messages, photos, and videos seconds after they’ve been viewed. The recipient opens the message and it remains for 60 secs and then deleted automatically but Ansa app gives more freedom, it also allows you to delete messages remotely, from the recipient’s device, before they get a chance to read it.
Before starting private chatting, just turn on the “off-the-record” function, the message you’re sending or already sent will be self-destructed in a range of minutes you set. Don’t worry, even the recipient won’t be able to take screenshots of your conversation. Ansa app can be used by both iOS and Android users.
Strings:
This is another messaging app that allows us to delete the sent message if the sender desires, and it also empowers the senders, that recipient of the message can further share/forward the message or not. Actually, on receipt of the message, the recipient has to ask the permission of the sender. As shown in the below picture, on approval of the Sender, the receiver sees a blue icon after which he/she can see the message. Strings app is available for iOS users only.
On Second Thought:
This is another best messaging app that empowers the users to take back their messages. During chatting, it gives the option of “recall message” by which user can take back their message before it delivers to whom it was intended. To get the “recall message” option, the user just needs to swipe the message left or right as shown in the below picture. Your message remains in dark orange color for a grace period during which you can recall it. The default grace period is 10 sec which may be modified up to 60 sec.
This app also has features “Curfew” by which you can control on delivery of your messages. The message will be embargoed until the “Curfew” expires. You can decide which messages you actually want to send. This app can be used by Android users. iOS version is said to be coming this spring.
So now you have to decide, which app you want to use for your private chatting.
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