The Signal messaging client, along with Telegram, is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the massive user exodus from WhatsApp over the past week. Signal has seen a 4.300% increase in downloads and has just reached 50 million downloads since its launch.
Signal's main strength is privacy , something WhatsApp users have lost and will continue to lose after February 8th. In addition, it offers an interesting option: the ability to enable chats with messages that disappear after a specified time.
How to enable chats with disappearing messages in Signal
The duration can range from one hour to one week, with intermediate options of half an hour, one hour, and up to the aforementioned week. This is similar to the self-destructing messages feature on WhatsApp , which has been available for some time.
Signal is poised to become an app that will grow exponentially after many people abandon WhatsApp, one of the most widely used messaging tools. Signal was created by WhatsApp developers, although for now, privacy is the app's main selling point.
To enable chats with disappearing messages in Signal you have to do the following:
- Open the chat of any contact on your list
- Click on the three dots menu and select "Disappearance of messages"
- Now select the duration of the messages, the most appropriate may be one week, but this will depend on you, it can be from 5 minutes to a week, going through other times from less to longer
Once you select Signal and send a message, it will start counting down the time , and you'll see the messages automatically deleted without you having to do it manually. Ultimately, the user decides what to do with those messages, since their protection ensures they feel safe sending them to any of their contacts.
