Ever despatched a DM on X that you just regretted (or, no less than, needed to vary)? We have excellent news for iOS customers: Now you can edit your direct messages on X (previously Twitter) after you’ve got despatched them.

Introduced by X on its X account as properly Assist Middle, the characteristic “enhances your skill to right errors, refine your ideas, or replace info after sending a message.”

To vary a DM after you’ve got despatched it, discover it in your dialog thread, then click on on the three dots menu subsequent to it, and choose Edit. A menu will pop up; choose Edit once more, make your modifications, and click on “Save” after you are executed. The receiver of the message will have the ability to see that the message has been edited through an “Edited” signal beneath the message.

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The characteristic was beforehand accessible on Android and the net, however now it is accessible to iOS customers as properly. There are a couple of variations as to the way it works on completely different platforms. For instance, on Android, and the net, the recipient of the message you’ve got edited will obtain a brand new message that incorporates the most recent model of your message (prefixed by the phrase “edited” so you understand what is going on on). On iOS, they’ll solely obtain the edited message in the event that they have not but seen the unique message.

The characteristic has no time restrict, which means you possibly can change very previous messages if you need, however there are different limitations. For instance, every message can solely be edited as much as 5 occasions, and modifying photographs is just not supported. Moreover, modifying encrypted DMs can be not supported but, although an engineer at X mentioned the corporate is “engaged on it.”