

This is how you do it: Go on direct messages and find the message you want to remove. Some people are calling it gaslighting, I'm calling it genius.Īlongside being able to mute someone's Instagram story and posts from your profile, and secretly watch their story without them knowing, this is the latest Insta update which is seriously answering our prayers. So if you accidentally reply to someone's story who you didn't mean to, you can remove the evidence before they even get a chance to read it. Tap on Unsend to delete the message from both sides.

But that is now nothing compared to what Instagram just introduced, as you can now unsend your Instagram messages and DMs, and the message will also disappear from the other person's phone!Īs if the conversation never happened, you can now unsend any message you've sent via Instagram messenger. Here’s how to delete an Instagram message from both sides: Open your direct message. When WhatsApp brought in a new feature which meant you could delete your message from the chat and it would reappear as "this message has been deleted", it felt revolutionary.
