FAQ

⚙️ Settings by discussion

You can set automatic message deletion for a specific discussion. These settings take priority over your settings for all discussions.

Access the settings of a discussion

iPhone iPad
  1. In a discussion, tap to display the discussion settings.
  2. Choose your ephemeral message settings and your retention policy.
Android
  1. In a discussion, tap > Discussion settings.
  2. Choose your ephemeral message settings and your retention policy.

Who is affected by these settings?

  • Local settings: they only concern your device and override your default settings for this discussion.

    • Auto-read
    • Retain wiped ephemeral outbound messages
    • # Count based retention policy
    • Time based retention policy

  • Shared settings: they apply to all participants in the discussion, for all future messages. In a group discussion, only a group administrator can change them.

    • Read once
    • Visibility duration
    • Existence duration