If you delete a conversation in WhatsApp, will it be deleted for your partner - briefly?
If you delete a conversation in WhatsApp, it will not be deleted for your partner. The deletion only affects your personal view of the chat history.
If you delete a conversation in WhatsApp, will it be deleted for your partner - in detail?
When you delete a conversation in WhatsApp, it does not automatically delete the same conversation for your partner or the other participants in the chat. Here's a detailed breakdown of what happens:
- Local Deletion: When you delete a conversation from your device, it is removed only from your local storage. This means that the messages and media associated with that conversation are no longer accessible to you through WhatsApp on your device.
- Server Storage: The deletion of the conversation on your end does not affect the storage of the messages or media on WhatsApp's servers. Messages and files sent through WhatsApp are encrypted and stored on the company’s servers, ensuring that the data is backed up and can be retrieved if needed.
- Partner's Device: Since the deletion from your device does not affect the server storage, the conversation remains intact on the servers. Therefore, your partner or other participants in the chat will still see the messages and media unless they also choose to delete the conversation from their devices.
- Group Chats: If you are part of a group chat, deleting the conversation on your device will not remove it for other members of the group. Each member has an individual copy of the conversation stored locally on their device.
- Backup and Restore: WhatsApp offers a backup feature that allows users to save their conversations to cloud storage (such as Google Drive or iCloud). If your partner has enabled this feature, their conversation history will be backed up regularly. Deleting a conversation from your device does not affect the backups of other participants.
In summary, deleting a conversation in WhatsApp on your device only removes it locally for you. The conversation remains accessible to your partner and other participants until they choose to delete it from their own devices or take other actions to remove it.