The WhatsApp trick to view deleted messages even if they have been removed

WhatsApp has become an essential communication tool, but also a common source of curiosity and confusion, especially when someone deletes a message and you can’t see what it said. Who hasn’t seen the message “This message was deleted” in a conversation and been left wondering what it actually said? Although many believe that there is no way to recover that content, there is a trick that allows you to view deleted messages without installing external applications.

The key to this trick lies in a feature of the phone itself, not WhatsApp. The method is especially useful when someone sends one or more messages and deletes them before you can read them, leaving only the deletion notification in the chat.

How to access deleted messages

The process is simple and does not require advanced technical knowledge. To check, just follow these steps:

1. Exit the WhatsApp application
2. Go to Settings or Phone Settings (the name of the app may vary depending on the device)
3. Go to the Notifications section
4. Go to Advanced Settings
5. Select the Notification History option

Once inside, the system displays a log of notifications received, including WhatsApp messages that were subsequently deleted. This way, it is possible to read the original content even if it no longer appears in the conversation.

A little-known feature

This trick does not rely on third-party apps or external methods, but rather on a feature built into the phone’s system that many users are unaware of. Thanks to this feature, deleted messages do not disappear completely, at least not as long as they have arrived as a notification.

So, the next time WhatsApp displays the message “This message was deleted,” you know there’s a way to clear up the mystery and find out what it really said.

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