How to delete a sent message from VKontakte correspondence so that it is not read
Unfortunately, VK itself is designed in such a way that you will not be able to delete correspondence from the dialogue when you want to. If you try to enter any conversation and try to do this, then the sent messages will be removed only from you. The recipient will have everything intact and will be able to see and read them at any time. The most annoying thing is that you won’t even be able to edit it.
But there is one caveat. If less than 24 hours have passed since the message was written, then you can make sure that the interlocutor does not see it and it also disappears from view. To do this you need to do the following.
- We go into the dialogue and click on the latest message, which is not yet one day old. It doesn’t matter whether it will be a regular post, photo, video or link. After that, look up and click on the trash can icon.
- In the normal case, your message will be deleted immediately, but if the message is new, a window will appear in front of you confirming that you really want to delete the correspondence. In order for the message to be deleted not only from you, but also from the interlocutor, you need to check the “Delete for everyone” checkbox, and then simply confirm your intention.
Even though 24 hours is essentially not enough, I think it is quite enough for those people who accidentally got confused and sent a message to the wrong person or did it unintentionally. And it will be very cool if the interlocutor does not see it and does not have time to read it. This can be recognized by the dark shade.
How to cancel a sent message from VKontakte from the mobile version
If suddenly you wrote the wrong thing from your mobile phone, and now you want to delete the message in VK so that it is deleted from your interlocutor, so that he does not see or read it, then there is one caveat. When you log into the official VKontakte application on Android, you will be greatly surprised, since even if you delete a recent correspondence, no confirmation window will appear. That is, if you remove the entry from your phone, it will still remain in your friend’s conversation.
But there is a way out. To do this, just go to the vk.com website not through the official application, but through a browser, entering your username and password. And then we proceed according to the same scheme as for the computer. Only in this case you will need to select an additional menu in the form of three dots, where from the drop-down list select “Delete”.
Now, before deleting a recently made message, you will see a familiar window where you will need to check the box next to “Delete for everyone”. After this, the recipient’s dialogue will change just like yours.
How to erase a message without opening it
And one more pressing question for social network users: is it possible to delete an unread message in Odnoklassniki? It’s possible, but there are some nuances here too. Thus, it is impossible to remove unviewed messages individually - by analogy with email - the system does not provide such an option. You either open the chat (and the messages are automatically marked as read) and clear the correspondence selectively, or erase the message text of the correspondence without reading it, all at once.
And the second point is that the task can only be completed in Odnoklassniki mobile applications. This is done according to the “all at once” principle. Instructions on how to delete a message in Odnoklassniki without opening it:
- Open the “Messages” section.
- A long touch on a contact from the list brought up a menu.
- Selected “Delete chat” and confirmed your action.
Read further: how to completely clear your timeline in Odnoklassniki. The article will help you get rid of unnecessary posts and uninteresting information.
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How to delete all messages at once
But here you will really have to face difficulties, since if you try to delete the entire conversation, then you will eliminate the entire dialogue. But as you probably already guessed, the addressee will retain all the correspondence. In this case, even deleting your account will not help. Therefore, you only have 1 option: mark every message in the conversation as spam. To do this, select each message so that there is a check mark next to it, and click on the crossed out circle icon (spam). Of course, this option is not 100%, but in many cases it helps to remove the entire correspondence.
There are simply no other options. Perhaps you can try these steps:
- Borrow a friend’s phone under the pretext of calling or playing with a toy, and in the meantime, eliminate the correspondence.
- Ask a friend to brotherly delete an unread message or do it yourself from his phone.
Of course I'm joking. It is unlikely that you will be able to pull this off and most likely your friend will not give you a phone number for such purposes. You will have to accept the fact that the entire conversation and old messages will be saved, or pray that the spam marking trick will work.
Background mode
Sometimes the answer to the question why read messages in Viber become unread lies in the background operation of the program. The application always works, even if you do not open chats - in the background. As soon as you start correspondence or data exchange, active mode is activated.
Traffic redistribution may occur in the background, so you need to work with it. On Android it's done like this:
- Open settings and find the “Data Usage” section;
- Go to the line “Background” (or “Cellular”);
- Select Enabled.
For iPhone, the instructions are as follows:
- Open settings and go to the “General” block;
- Look for the “Update Content” button;
- Find Viber in the list and turn on the slider opposite.
We figured out how to find an unread message in Viber! It would be a good idea to remind you that you should first scroll through the list of chats and groups and carefully see if you missed a small text fragment! Perhaps we are trying in vain and there is no problem.
Questions
Well, I would like to answer a few questions that are asked quite often in this topic.
Will the interlocutor be shown that there was a message that was deleted?
Thank God no. As soon as you perform all the manipulations described above, your friend will immediately disappear, even if he had an open dialogue with you at that time. There will be no traces left after this.
What should I do if I deleted a message and forgot to check the box?
No problem. All you need is to click on the “Restore” link, and then do the same manipulations, checking the box in the right place.
If I delete my profile, will the recipient still have everything I wrote?
Yes, all dialogues remain regardless of whether you have blocked your profile or not. It’s just that in this case, instead of your avatar there will be a dog, and further correspondence will no longer be available.
What should I do if the message was forwarded to someone else?
If suddenly the interlocutor has already shared your message with someone else before 24 hours have passed, and you want to cancel everything, then in this case it will disappear only from you and the person to whom you sent it. And for the one who received the repost in a personal message, nothing will disappear, and nothing can be done about it.
Is it possible to delete a sent message if the recipient has already read it?
Yes, it doesn’t matter at all whether the recipient read the message or not. The main thing is that 24 hours have not passed since sending.
How to save the original version of a message in case a person deletes it?
If they sent you something interesting and you are afraid that the person will change their mind and cancel it, then you can save the original version. And you don’t need to copy the text and paste it into a text document. You can simply forward this message to yourself by reposting it.
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Third Party Applications
Use a third-party program from the Google Play Store that works with notification history. They work with a log of alerts, storing each one in the phone's memory. And even if something is deleted in the application, the alert saving program will save everything in the log, and, if necessary, retrieve the necessary and deleted ones.
WhatsRemoved+
The program will allow you to read deleted messages on social networks and instant messengers that you receive, but the interlocutor deletes them.
There are several points worth paying attention to.
It will not give you the opportunity to read those texts that were once deleted. It will not restore deleted messages, it will give you the opportunity to read deleted texts after you install this software on your smartphone.
That is, you can only view recently deleted messages.
Launch the program. At the very beginning, when starting, you agree to the condition and press the “ Accept” .
The next step is to give access to notifications.
Turn on the switch, thereby giving the program access to notifications.
Then you return to the beginning again.
Next, choose which social networks and messengers you want to see deleted messages from.
In settings, you can always change your selection by adding or removing applications and instant messengers.
And also, provide permission to save deleted images.
The initial setup is complete and sections with the names of the applications that you have added to the program will appear in the interface.
The software works as follows. By default, it collects all correspondence, or rather, duplicates it.
And messages deleted by the interlocutor will remain unchanged here.
An important point is that the program collects into its history only those messages that appeared in notifications.
Another important point: if you are currently in a chat, you will receive a post from your interlocutor. This text will not be saved in the program history, since it was received directly without notification in the screen header.
But if the lock screen turns on or the device screen goes dark, all sent texts will go through notifications and are recorded in the WhatsRemoved+ history, even if the interlocutor immediately deleted them.
One of the advantages of this software over others is that it allows you to save media files.
For example, your interlocutor sent you some photo and immediately changed his mind and deleted it.
Your smartphone was in standby mode at this time. The messenger will only show that the photo was deleted, and by going to WhatsRemoved+, you will see that same photo.
And if you click on the “ Folder ” icon, you will be taken to the section where all text, audio and video files are stored.
The program has an interesting feature. It works well with WhatsApp, but it can be buggy with other messengers.
Go to settings and uncheck the box – “ Saving all messages ”. After that, it will collect only deleted messages, and not everything in a row.
Notisave
Another one of the best programs that will allow you to view deleted messages in chats, as well as block notifications with the ability to view them, which will be convenient in game modes and when listening to music.
When the sound of an incoming notification interrupts music and game mode and pops up on top of all windows, preventing you from doing your business.
It will keep you calm and give you the opportunity to read the text message from applications or instant messengers later if you accidentally swiped it.
But the main idea is the ability to read deleted messages. Eg:
- viber
- telegram
If someone sent you a message, then suddenly changed their mind, perhaps they even got rude to you and deleted it from themselves and from you. Notisave will allow you to see what the user on the other end of the chat wrote.
To get started, Notisave must be given permission to access notifications.
What does this mean? I think many people understand that if you do not conduct any secret, particularly important correspondence with the transfer of passwords, codes, locations, but just communicate, then use this application.
The main interface is quite simple. The program is in Russian.
There is:
- blocking
- group editors
- settings
In settings:
- change theme
- grant or disable access to notifications
- save alert
- deleting saved notifications
Let’s say you’ve read it and don’t want them hanging around, you can delete all saved alerts.
In addition, you can use a password to lock Notisave and use the Lockscreen . Show widget on locked screen. That is, you set a password so that no one gains access to this application and does not look at notifications from your instant messengers and other programs.
It's very easy to use.
There are also groups, that is, by default, the application, after installation, collects and distributes all the programs available on your device.
You can create a new group. Browse the applications, which are divided into:
- chats
- shop (shopping)
- sns is (social networks - notifications from social networks)
For example, it looks like this:
Go to any group, exclude an application you do not need, or add it to this group if it is not added automatically.
You can create a new group for the programs you need. For example, you use some additional applications that provide notifications and you want to separate them into a separate group. How it works?
Turn on notification blocking. There is an option here to block notifications from all applications, meaning you will receive notifications but it will not appear as a pop-up window.
The notification does not pop up and only a bell appears, making it clear that the notification can be read in the application.
After reading the notification, you can directly enable or disable its appearance on the screen.
If the user on the other end of the messenger deletes the sent message from himself and you, then you will still have it and you can read it at any time.
Notification History Log
As mentioned above, there are programs that save the history of notifications. One of them is Notification History Log. It is designed to recover and manage the alert log. The application saves the entire log history stored on the phone. The trick is an extended history and full message management. It is free on the Play Market, but there is a Pro version.
Judging by user reviews, they note:
- user-friendly interface
- easy recovery of all messages
- some useful features (such as notifications when text has been deleted by another user)
and much more that is incredibly convenient to use.
Deleted Whats Message
Another convenient application for message recovery. It is good because its compatibility has reached Android 10. This is a good alternative for restoring media files, documents, chats, in general, everything that we send via WhatsApp. The program is free, located in the Play Market, but some users note incorrect operation.
An important feature of this application is the ability to backup all files to your phone and export them to external media, which, you see, is very convenient.
