WHETHER you’re an iMessage fan or a WhatsApp lover, both messaging apps share a lot of similarities.
However, iMessage users have been begging Apple to replicate a popular WhatsApp feature for a while and a recent viral tweet has highlighted the high demand.
Twitter user @BigNeyogems recently tweeted: “Apple we need unsend for iMessage.”
The tweet was posted on May 26 and has racked up over 100,000 likes so far.
The demand for an ‘unsend’ feature on iMessage is common on Twitter.
Another Twitter user recently wrote: “Apple we need unsend for iMessage.”
That tweet also received thousands of likes.
The demands for unsend on iMessage appear to take place on a daily basis.
It’s unclear whether Apple is planning to add the feature.
We have reached out to Apple for comment.
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How to delete WhatsApp messages
Unlike iMessage, WhatsApp does allow you to delete or unsend a message within a certain timeframe.
To delete or unsend a WhatsApp message, simply head to the chat window, hold down on the text you wish to remove and tap “delete”.
The message will no longer appear in the chat and will be replaced by an alert that reads: “This message was deleted”.
The process is permanent, meaning you can’t retrieve a text after deleting it.
However, you only have just over an hour to delete the message for everyone in the chat otherwise you can only delete it from your own screen.