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Whatadayyyy · 10/12/2023 12:09

Hello people. Does anyone know, is there a way to delete a WhatsApp conversation for both people? Or the whole chat timeline for both?

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Alwayswonderedwhy · 10/12/2023 12:18

Yes. Does it not give you option to do it?

GigiAnnna · 10/12/2023 12:54

No I don't think so. You can only delete a chat thread your end. You can delete individual messages for both but it will still leave a timeline.

dontgobaconmyheart · 10/12/2023 12:57

You can certainly delete your own chat from your own view easily if you want. I think you can delete individual messages (that you sent) from the chat view but it depends how old they are. Clicking a recent message and selecting "delete for everyone" will do this. If that option doesn't show then the timeframe has passed.

It is worth pointing out that if you delete the chat from your phone it will still appear for the other person. I don't think there's much you can do about that and in any case whatsapp backs up it's data on most devices so it's quite likely they will have a copy anyway or may have downloaded the chat, screenshotted it and so on.

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