If you’re a user of Instagram, and you want to send a message to someone but don’t want to use the phone’s messaging app, there are a few options. You can email the person, or you can use WhatsApp. If you email the person, make sure to include a subject line that is specific to the message. For example, “Hey there!” or “Hey! I hope everything is going good.” If you use WhatsApp, make sure to include your phone number in the message. The person will need to be able to find your number in their WhatsApp account and call you back.
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What Happens When You Unsend an Instagram Message?
When you undo send an Instagram message, the platform takes that message off of your chat conversation. Neither you nor the recipient will see the message in the chat history.
The recipient isn’t notified that you’ve deleted a message from the chat. It looks as though you never sent the message in the first place.
When it comes to removing sent messages, there’s no time limit. You can delete any message you want to. However, your recipient may have already seen the message that you’re going to delete.
How to Unsend Instagram Messages on Mobile
To begin removing your sent messages, launch the Instagram app on your phone. Then, in the app’s top-right corner, tap the Message icon. If you haven’t updated Instagram, you may see a paper airplane icon.
On the Message page, select the conversation from which you want to remove a message. Then, find the actual message to delete.
Tap and hold the message and choose “Unsend.”
And that’s it. You’ve successfully removed the selected message from your Instagram conversation for good.
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How to Unsend Instagram Messages on the Web
To delete messages from your desktop, launch your preferred web browser and open Instagram. Sign in to your account if you haven’t already.
In Instagram’s top-right corner, click the Message icon.
On the Message page, in the sidebar to the left, select a conversation and find the message you want to delete.
Hover your cursor over this message and click the three-dot menu.
In the menu that opens, choose “Unsend.”
You’ll see an “Unsend Message?” prompt. Here, confirm your choice by clicking “Unsend.”
That’s it! On a similar note, did you know you can “undo send” your Facebook Messenger messages?
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