How to Delete Chat Messages You’ve Sent
Since chat messages are automatically deleted as soon as you exit the chat, the following instructions assume that you currently have a chat open with a friend or group.
Why Can’t You Unsend Photo and Video Snaps?
In older versions of the Snapchat app, users discovered certain tricks that worked for unsending photo or video snaps. They discovered that they could sometimes successfully unsend snaps by:
Turning airplane mode on; Removing the snap recipient from the sender’s friend list; Blocking the snap recipient; Signing out of the sender’s account Uninstalling the app from the sender’s device; and Deactivating or deleting your (the sender’s) account.
These tricks might have worked back in the day, but this isn’t the case anymore with more recent versions of the app. As soon as you send a snap, it’s uploaded to Snapchat’s cloud-based system. Once a recipient opens a snap they received from a friend or group of friends, it’s automatically deleted from Snapchat’s servers. Any action you try to take on your end after you’ve sent a snap won’t work because the snap has already reached the cloud.
What Can You Unsend on Snapchat?
Although you can’t unsend photo or video snaps, you can unsend other types of content. “Unsend,” however, isn’t quite the right word to describe it. “Delete” is more appropriate. Snapchat’s Clear Chats feature allows users to delete chat messages they’ve sent to individuals or groups of friends. The chat is the thread of messages and interactions you see when you tap the name of the friend or group in your Conversations tab. You can delete any of the following from your chats:
Text;Stickers (including Bitmoji stickers);Audio messages; andPhotos and videos sent from the Memories tab (such as those that were saved or uploaded from your device).
