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title: "WhatsApp Says No to Deleting Chats Within Linked Devices"  
description: "WhatsApp for very long has been recognized to be operating on a characteristic called linked device or multi-device assistance. This characteristic as"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2021-04-24  
updated: 2021-04-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/471/whatsapp-says-no-to-deleting-chats-within-linked-devices  
category: "whatsapp"  
tags: ["delete", "whatsapp", "news", "whatsapp new feature", "whatsapp status"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# WhatsApp Says No to Deleting Chats Within Linked Devices

WhatsApp for very long has been recognized to be operating on a characteristic called linked device or multi-device assistance. This characteristic as the term goes will facilitate users to utilize the messaging [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) from numerous devices without desiring to keep their smartphones close. In the prior couple of months, announcements have listed the [improvement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32074/which-state-introduces-land-improvement-schemes-act-bill-to-empower-farmers-in-state) that the firm has made in this concern. Now, a [recent announcement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38732/according-to-the-recent-announcement-by-the-union-home-ministry-what-percentage-of-reservation-will-be-accorded-to-women-at-the-constable-level-posts-in-both-crpf-and-cisf-with-immediate-effect) relieves more light on WhatsApp’s approaching characteristic.

![WhatsApp Says No to Deleting Chats Withing Linked Devices](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/86a21bd8-e949-440f-8800-cc9988973980/images/f1bf5e40-af61-44a6-96c5-58de7ae54267.jpeg)\

As per a report by WABetaInfo, the [blog](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/blog) that trails improvement in WhatsApp, [WhatsApp](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp) will not allow users to delete conversations from linked devices. The [blog website](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104369/how-to-create-a-blog-website) announces that when a user erases a conversation from the primary or one of the linked devices, it will not be erased from different linked devices. Also, the [Facebook](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook)-owned messaging application will not offer users the choice to select if they need to erase the conversation from different linked devices.

![WhatsApp Says No to Deleting Chats Withing Linked Devices](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/86a21bd8-e949-440f-8800-cc9988973980/images/2f2707a4-f03a-4710-b790-a18a2cfadd96.jpeg)\

The picture of the characteristic shared by the blog site demonstrates that when users grab the choice to eliminate a conversation on one of the linked devices, WhatsApp will indicate to them a dialog box that will notify users that the conversation won’t be erased from other devices. “**Clearing or erasing whole conversations will discard messages from this appliance only. They will not be erased from other devices**,” the message in the dialog box explains.

![WhatsApp Says No to Deleting Chats Withing Linked Devices](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/86a21bd8-e949-440f-8800-cc9988973980/images/164e12c0-5ca8-4eb2-91b8-3aba22124d7e.jpeg)\

That explained this characteristic is however under [advancement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41330/what-was-the-early-focus-of-the-national-association-for-the-advancement-of-colored-people-naacp) and WhatsApp may improve this characteristic such that users obtain the [alternative](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2324/what-is-the-alternative-to-the-mvc) to pick between canceling conversations from a special device or all associated devices.

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