How to Set and Manage Disappearing Messages in Signal – Guide

WhatsApp is a messaging app that offers a lot of privacy features, including messages that disappear. The WhatsApp rival offered missing messages a while before WhatsApp, but you can now configure it so that missing messages are on by default for any newly introduced chats. Turning the feature on by default means that all messages sent and received in a new chat will be automatically deleted once the time is set, which is somewhere between four weeks and 30 seconds when using the default options.

If you want to keep your chat history on your phone, or want to save storage space, you can turn on default disappearing messages in Signal. ..

How to Set missing messages in Signal for all chats (desktop)

  1. Open Signal Desktop and sign in to your account.
  2. Click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen.
  3. On the left, you’ll see a list of all your chats.
  4. Click on one of them, and it will disappear from your list of chats!

On the left side of the Signal Desktop client, click on “Settings.” On the Settings page, under “Avatar,” click on “Change Avatar.” Select your desired avatar from the list and click on “Save.” ..

When you create a new message, the default duration is set to 30 seconds. You can change this duration by selecting it from the drop-down menu under “Under Missing Messages.” This setting can be changed to any length, from 30 seconds to 4 weeks. ..

To set a custom time for messages to disappear, select Custom time from the drop-down menu.

Choose any time and click the “Set” button. ..

Exit the dialog box.

All chats will now be able to send and receive messages that disappear. This is a change to make sure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to messaging.

How to Disable messages that disappear in Signal for all chats (desktop)

  1. Open the chat settings in your chat client.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select " disappearing messages."
  3. Toggle the “disappearing messages” option to off.

Click on your avatar to open the Signal Desktop client.

Privacy is a button on the left side of the screen. It will show you how much data your computer is tracking and how it’s being used. You can change how much data your computer tracks, and you can also stop it from tracking any data at all.

If you have disabled your messages, you will not be able to see new messages, reply to existing messages, or view the history of your messages. ..

Exit the dialog box to complete the process.

We are disabling the message disappearing feature for all chats. This will help keep your conversations more organized and easier to follow. ..

How to Enable and disable disappearing messages for specific desktop chats

To set a disappearing message for a chat, follow these steps:

  1. Open the chat window and click on the contact’s name in the list of contacts.
  2. Click on the “Settings” button in the lower right corner of the chat window.
  3. Under “Message settings,” click on “Disappearing messages.”
  4. In the “Disappearing messages” dialog box, enter a message that you want to appear when your contact’s chat disappears (for example, “I’ll call you later”).
  5. Click on OK to save your changes and close the dialog box. ..

Open the Signal Desktop client and click on the chat for which you want to enable message disappearing. On the chat for which you want to enable message disappearing, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main window. On the chat for which you want to enable message disappearing, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main window. ..

Select “Settings.” Scroll down to the “Privacy” section. Click on the “Edit” button. Under “Who can see my posts?” select “Only me.” ..

If you have not received a message from your loved one, please hover your mouse pointer over Missing Messages at the top and select “Add Message.”

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Alternatively, you can set your timer to whatever time you desire. ..

When you have finished, click Set and exit.

Final note

Signal is a messaging app that allows users to send and receive messages with others. Signal also has a disappearing message feature which allows users to send messages that disappear after a set amount of time. This guide will teach you how to set and manage disappearing messages in Signal. ..