Still want to read Whatsapp’s deleted messages after 7 min? Here is the trick

New Delhi: A few weeks back, Whatsapp released its new feature where a user could delete messages for all recipients. Once the user deletes a message, the text on the recipient's chat was replaced with "This message was deleted". The catch of the feature is that you need to do all this within a span of 7 minutes. If your fingers don’t work that swiftly and after seven minutes you still plan on deleting a message, then you would be out of luck. This problem was solved in a blog named androidjefe, where a Spanish blogger Santiago S. claims that deleted messages are present in the notification log of the device and therefore can be read through these ways.

• On a phone with ‘Notification History’ application

First, you will have to download an application named ‘Notification History [4.3+]’ from the Google’s app store. This application claims it to be a shortcut for opening the notification registry. You will need at least 6 or 7 android version for using this application. Once you have downloaded the app, go to the notification log that says name of the WhatsApp message.

• On a phone with Nova Launcher

For those using the Nova launcher, the notification log can be accessed without the need of a third party application. You have to long press the empty area of the home screen, then follow these steps- Widgets > Activities > Settings > Notification log. A widget of the same will be created on the home screen and then you would be able to access the system's notification log.

• On a stock Android phone

In a stock android Smartphone, a settings widget (added to the home screen) will give access to the notification log. Limitations –

• Only messages that have been seen or interacted with will be retrieved.
• Approximately, only the first 100 characters of the deleted message will be visible.
• If a phone is restarted, then all the logs will be deleted.
• This works if and only if the message generated a notification on the phone
• Only the text of a messages can be recovered