Messenger (or Facebook Messenger) has an active user base of around one.3 billion and roughly 20 billion messages are daily transacted through Messenger afterwards its merger with Instagram messages. Traditionally, the messages sent through Messenger are kept in the users' chats until deleted by the user.

What is Vanish Mode on Messenger

For quite some time, applications similar Snapchat or Telegram have provided their users with self-destructing messages that machine-delete letters when seen by the other party. To facilitate its users to send self-destructing or disappearing messages, Facebook added a chatting characteristic to Messenger called Vanish Fashion.

Vanish Manner of Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has an optional Vanish Mode that causes messages in this mode to disappear automatically from the users' chats (both senders and receivers) once the message is seen by the receiver and the Vanish Mode chat is airtight. In simple terms, nosotros tin say "What happens in the vanish mode, stays in the vanish mode", unless a screenshot is taken but the users will be notified.

Vanish Mode is a bi-directional conversation characteristic of Messenger i.e., the users (sender and receiver) both have this feature enabled, otherwise, it will non piece of work. Also, the Vanish Way is an opt-in feature i.e., if a user initiates a chat in the vanish mode, the other party must accept to use the chat in the Vanish Mode.

There tin can be people who may inquire what is the requirement of the vanish way? Apart from secret or featherbrained messages, a user may utilise Vanish Way to send a bulletin he does not want to exist forwarded to others and just wants to keep in with the person chatting. The same reasons for which a user may use an incognito manner or in-individual mode of a browser, he may too apply the Vanish Style of the messenger.

Departure Between the Messenger's Surreptitious and Vanish Modes

Messenger is already equipped with Secret Chat Way, and so why Vanish Manner? At that place are some similarities and differences. Surreptitious Conversation style is an finish-to-end encrypted chat mode where chats are saved on the users' devices (nothing on the servers), whereas, in the Vanish Mode (which is besides end-to-end encrypted), the message disappears even from the users' devices once viewed by the recipient and the chat is airtight.  Likewise, in the Undercover Conversation mode, the message is kept prophylactic on the sender's chat history and can be removed from the receiver's history afterwards a sure time (prepare past the sender).

Open Surreptitious Conversation in a Messenger Chat

Supported Message Types of the Vanish Mode

And so, what tin can exist sent through the Vanish Style? Currently, at that place are no restrictions on what can be sent through the Vanish Mode. A user may send text messages, photos, vocalisation notes, videos, stickers, emojis, GIFs, etc (whatever he may want to).

Supported Chat Types of the Vanish Fashion

Vanish Mode only supports a user-to-user conversation and is not supported for grouping chats, voice calls, etc. Too, if a person is using a version of Messenger that does not support Vanish Style e.1000., through a organization browser or from a country where Vanish Way is not supported, and so the other user cannot use Vanish Mode while chatting with that person. Besides, Vanish Mode is reported (in betas) to piece of work for cross-platform chats (Messenger to Instagram, etc.). A user can use the Vanish Mode in multiple chats at once.

Written report Feature of the Vanish Fashion

As the Vanish Manner offers disappearing letters, information technology may give ascent to cheating, harassing, etc. To curtail that, only continued people tin contact a user i.e., a person who has chatted before with a user can ask the user to use the Vanish Style of the chat. A piece of safety advice is that the Vanish Way chat should merely be used with a person you lot fully trust.

Also, the Vanish Mode is equipped with a report and block feature. Then, if a user receives a conversation that he thinks is inappropriate, he may block and report the user. Proceed in listen that the chat in Vanish Mode for the last hour (even if the messages have disappeared) will too exist attached to the written report.

Message Memory in the Vanish Way

A bulletin in Vanish Mode is usually deleted once the message is viewed by the receiver and the conversation is airtight. Just if the bulletin is not viewed by the recipient, and so the message may remain bachelor later the conversation is closed by the sender. The message will exist eventually deleted afterwards, once viewed past the recipient. If a sender does not shut the Vanish Way conversation for hours, then only messages of the last 6 hours volition be available (till the chat is closed).

Screenshots of the Vanish Mode Chat

Due to stop-to-stop encryption, if any of the users (sender and recipient) takes a screenshot of the chat, then the other user will be notified that a screenshot was taken of the chat. Go on in heed that if no notification is received, it did not mean that the other user cannot take picture of the chat from another device's camera.

Screenshot Notifications in the Vanish Mode of a Messenger's Conversation

Vanish Manner Supported Versions of Messenger

Till at present, Vanish Fashion is non supported on all versions (particularly, browsers on computers) of Messenger simply only the following:

  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • Android
  • Mobile Browser

Letters in Regular Chats

As a person tin can only chat in Vanish Mode with a user, he already had chat in regular manner, some users may recall that what will happen to messages in regular chats? No demand to worry, the messages (before or after using the Vanish Way) in the regular chats will be perfectly safe and nothing will happen to those messages.

Enable and Disable Vanish Mode in a Chat

The process to enable or disable the Vanish Fashion in a chat depends on the platform the user is using.

Enable Vanish Manner on an iPhone or iPad

  1. Launch the Messenger app on your iPhone or iPad and select a chat.
    Open up Messenger on iPhone
  2. Now tap on the profile picture to open the Chat Settings and whorl down to the Privacy & Support section.
    Open a Chat in Messenger
  3. Then open Vanish Way and after, enable it by toggling its switch to the on position.
    Tap on the Profile Picture in Messenger to Open the Conversation Settings
  4. At present read the details well-nigh the Vanish Mode (if the Vanish Manner is launched for the first time) and tap on OK to enable the Vanish Mode for that chat.
    Open up Vanish Mode of a Chat in Messenger
  5. Then hit the back push button twice to reach the conversation screen.
    Enable Vanish Mode of a Chat in Messenger
  6. At present type in and transport a bulletin.
    Tap on OK to Open the Vanish Way of a Chat in Messenger
  7. Then wait for a response and afterwards, go on with the conversation (if the other party accepts to use the Vanish Mode).
    Send a Message in the Vanish Mode of Messenger
  8. Once the chat is done, quit the chat or hit the Turn Off Vanish Style button and the messages will disappear. At present the regular conversation window of Messenger will be shown.
    Turn off Vanish Mode in a Messenger'southward Conversation

In that location is also a shortcut to enable Vanish Way. To do so, head to a conversation in Messenger, swipe up on the screen till the circumvolve fills upwards, then let go, and the conversation volition be shown in the Vanish Manner. The Vanish Mode can be disabled by swiping up on the chat screen.

Swipe Upward to Turn on Vanish Way in a Messenger's Conversation

Enable Vanish Style on an Android Phone

  1. Launch the Messenger app on the Android telephone and select a chat.
  2. At present, nigh the top right of the screen, tap on the Information icon to open the Chat Settings.
    Tap on the Information Icon in a Messenger Chat to Open the Conversation Settings
  3. Then curlicue down to the Privacy department and open up Vanish Mode.
    Open up Vanish Mode in the Conversation Settings of Messenger
  4. At present enable Vanish Fashion by toggling its switch to the on position and afterward, hitting the back push twice.
    Enable Vanish Mode of a Messenger's Chat
  5. And so, type in a chat message and ship it.
    Send a Message in the Vanish Style of a Messenger's Chat
  6. Now wait for a response and and so keep with the conversation (if the other person accepted to use the Vanish Mode).
  7. Once chatting is done, quit the chat or hit the Turn Off Vanish Mode push button and the messages will be deleted. Now the regular chat of Messenger will be loaded.
    Turn Off Vanish Mode in a Messenger'south Chat

The Android version of Messenger likewise holds a shortcut to open a chat in the Vanish Mode. To do so, caput to a chat in Messenger, swipe up on the screen until the text of the Vanish Way is shown, keep holding until the circle fills up, then release and the conversation will be launched in the Vanish Manner. To disable Vanish Fashion on a conversation simply swipe up on the chat screen.

Swipe Up to Plough Off Vanish Mode in Messenger

Disable Vanish Mode Afterward Endmost the Chat

If a user ends Vanish Style on his device only the other political party did not close the chat on his device and sends a bulletin in the Vanish Mode, the conversation on the user's device may also be launched in the Vanish Mode. To impale this aspect, when a user quits the Vanish Fashion, and then he may ship a regular chat message to the other party to end the Vanish Way on his side as well.

Unsend Messages in the Vanish Mode

We, humans, practice make mistakes and the same may go within a chat in the Vanish Mode when a user may send a wrong message in Vanish Mode. In such a example, a user may un-ship messages in the Vanish Fashion. To do so:

  1. On the left of the problematic bulletin, tap on the 3 dots and select Remove.
  2. Now tap on Remove for Everyone and so confirm to Remove the message.
    Select Remove for Everyone to Remove a Message in a Messenger's Chat

Restore, Re-create, Save or Forwards a Message from the Vanish Manner

At that place are some cases, where a user may want to restore, copy, relieve, or frontwards a message from the chat's Vanish Mode but unfortunately, it is not possible, otherwise, the mode will not be Vanish Way. The only possible mode is to have a screenshot (the other user will exist notified) or accept the picture of the chat from another device.

Ringlet Out of the Vanish Fashion to Users

Vanish Fashion is still non available in all countries and if a user cannot use Vanish Fashion with another person, then make sure the other person is using Messenger on a supported device and is residing in a country where the Vanish Fashion is supported. The Vanish Style is still rolling out to many countries and may be available to all users afterward some time.

Safety Warning

Exist very conscientious when using Vanish Mode as information technology gives leverage to cheaters, harassers, etc. So, make sure you simply apply Vanish Mode in a chat with a user you trust. If a user cheats or harasses, make sure to report him to the company.

Avoid Vanish Mode Prompts

At that place may be some users who may want to avert the Vanish Style prompts. If then, then you may use an older version of the mobile apps(e.thousand., older APKs of the Messenger app) but may lose other latest features as well. At that place is also the Messenger Light app which does non support Vanish Mode (till now) and a user may use it to terminate the Vanish Manner prompts. Moreover, a user may avoid Vanish Mode prompts if he uses Messenger in a PC browser. If a person is using a Messenger version that does not support Vanish Mode, the other user trying to use Vanish Mode with that person may come across the following blazon of message:

A User Needs to Install the Latest Messenger App on iOS or Android to Use Vanish Manner

That is it, dear readers. If you have any queries or questions, do not forget to ask in the comments.