How to Use Disappearing Messages on Signal Messenger
Disappearing Messages have been a sensation to users as they just vanish after a set amount of time. This is a great feature (though not foolproof) for sharing private information temporarily. Users can now use Disappearing Messages on almost all major instant messaging apps including Signal Messenger.
Unlike WhatsApp, Signal Messenger allows users to set time for Disappearing Messages ranging from 5 seconds to 7 days. While in WhatsApp, this time is fixed at 7 days and you can’t change that.
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Use Disappearing Messages in Signal Messenger
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Disappearing Messages in the Signal Private Messenger app. This process is quite similar for both Android and iOS devices. So, let’s start with the steps.
Step 1: Configure Disappearing Messages
First of all, open the chat to which you want to send Disappearing Messages. Next, tap on the 3-dot menu in the top right corner and select Disappearing Messages.
After that set the time after which messages will disappear automatically from both sender and receiver’s chats. In this tutorial, we have set a “5 seconds” time.
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Step 2: Use Disappearing Messages on Signal
After you have successfully set the timer for Disappearing Messages, it’s time to test this awesome feature.
Send a message to the chat for which you have enabled Disappearing Messages in Signal. You will see a timer below the message. After the timer reaches zero, the message will automatically disappear.
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Step 3: Disabling Disappearing Messages
If you wish to disable Disappearing Messages and use normal messages, you can do so by going to the same settings.
First, open the chat for which you have enabled Disappearing Messages. Then, tap on the 3-dot menu and select Disappearing Messages. Here, select Off and tap on OK. Disappearing messages will be disabled for this chat. You can see the notice in the chat itself.
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Turn On Disappearing Messages on Signal Private Messenger
Disappearing messages are a great way to share important information temporarily. Though it’s not foolproof, it’s very useful when you tend to forget to delete messages from chats. Plus it also improves privacy.
The good thing with Signal Messenger is that you can set the time after which the messages will vanish. While in WhatsApp, as mentioned earlier, the message disappearing time is fixed to 7 days.
Hope you liked this tutorial. Feel free to give a shot to Disappearing Messages on Signal. In case you have any suggestions or face any problems, feel free to write down them in the comments below.
