‘Delete for everybody’ seems within the Google Messages beta

If you happen to despatched one thing you remorse in a Google Messages RCS group chat, it appears to be like such as you’ll quickly be capable to delete it for everybody, not simply your self. On Thursday, a Reddit consumer posted (via 9to5Google) a screenshot of the choice in a public beta for Android’s messaging app.

The picture from u/seeareeff reveals a pop-up menu asking in the event that they need to “Delete for everybody” or “Delete for me.” Till now, the latter has been the app’s solely deletion possibility.

The delete for everybody function aligns with the RCS’s Common Profile v2.7. The GSMA finalized that update in June 2024, nevertheless it takes time for RCS-enabled apps like Google’s to implement it. In February, a Messages app teardown from 9to5Google confirmed the change was within the pipeline for Android customers.

There are some caveats. First, not everybody utilizing the general public beta has seen the choice. As well as, the Reddit consumer who noticed it solely noticed it in a gaggle chat with 12 folks; it wasn’t but of their one-on-one threads. Lastly, 9to5Google‘s app sleuthing from February revealed a limitation you may need to bear in mind: Deleted messages “should be seen by others on older app variations.”