Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Facebook finally begins rolling out its long-awaited 'Unsend' feature for Messenger

- By Annie Palmer © Daily Mail, London

Facebook's Unsend feature has finally landed on the Messenger app - for some users.

The social network giant has started rolling out an 'Unsend' feature for Messenger that lets users delete messages up to 10 minutes after they're sent.

For now, the feature is limited to iOS and Android users in Poland, Bolivia, Colombia and Lithuania, but it's expected to launch in other markets soon, according to TechCrunch.

By setting the unsend cutoff at 10 minutes, it means you can't delete messages that were sent long ago in a conversati­on.

But it does let you erase any messages that may have typos, were sent to the wrong person or that you may regret after-the-fact.

When a message is deleted, it'll show a marker in the chat telling other users that it's been removed.

It also isn't limited to texts - users can also remove photos, videos, links and other kinds of content.

To use the feature, tap and hold on a message you sent, then select 'Remove.'

From there, users will have the option to 'Remove for You' or 'Remove for Everyone.' Doing the former will only remove it from your view, while selecting the latter will delete the message from the chat entirely.

After selecting 'Remove for Everyone,' users will get a warning that says: 'You'll permanentl­y remove this message for all chat members. They can see that you removed a message and still report it.'

A 'tombstone,' or a line of text confirming the message was deleted, will then appear in the chat.

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