Editing & deleting messages

Basic  Sent the wrong weight or a typo? You can fix it. You can edit and delete your own messages.

Editing a message

Open the actions on one of your messages and choose Edit. The message drops into the composer with its text — and all its formatting — ready to change. Send it again to save.

• No time limit. Unlike many apps, there’s no 24-hour window — you can edit any of your messages whenever, however old.
• Formatting is preserved. The message comes back into the composer fully formatted, and any formatting you add or remove is re-saved with it.
• It’s marked edited. An edited message shows a small “edited” label next to its timestamp, so the conversation stays honest — the other person can see it was changed.

Edits sync in real time — the corrected text (and the “edited” label) appear for the other person immediately, on web and mobile.

Deleting a message

Choose Delete from a message’s actions to remove it from the conversation. It disappears for everyone. On mobile you’ll get a quick confirmation prompt first so you don’t delete by accident.

Deletion is permanent. There’s no undo, so delete deliberately — for a small fix, editing is usually the better choice.

Copying text

Need to reuse what someone wrote — a client’s logged numbers, an address? Use Copy from any message’s actions (including messages that aren’t yours) to copy its text to your clipboard.

Where the actions live

On mobile, press-and-hold gives you Edit / Delete on your own messages, and Copy on anyone’s.

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