How to send self-destructing Telegram messages

Telegram has many functions, but one of the most interesting is the ability to send messages that self-destruct, so that we can have secret conversations or need our messages or images to be automatically deleted from the same chat.

We recently talked about Telegram, the instant messaging app that received a large number of new users a few days ago, Telegram is an app that has many additional functions and with which we can make it our default messaging app, leaving aside the current king, WhatsApp.

self-destructive messages

We know that WhatsApp has added the feature to activate self-destructing messages, this Telegram feature has been around for years, so in terms of features it beats a lot.

The trick to self-destructing your Telegram messages is that we have to create a secret chat with the right person, to do so follow all the steps that you will see below:

1. To create a secret chat you can do it in two ways, one of them will be directly by pressing the new chat button in which it will appear «New secret chat» and then choose the desired person.

1. Another way to create a secret chat is do it from the same contact, i.e. if, for example, you are talking to someone and you want to start a secret chat because you are about to send them credentials or a bank account, you will only have to press on your profile.
2. Now you have to click on the 3 dots.

1. Then look for the option «Start secret chat», it will automatically create a secret chat with that contact.

1. From that moment you will create a new chat in which all content will be secret, you will not be able to take screenshots and messages will be filtered end-to-end.
2. For our messages to self-destruct we will have to set a certain duration for them, for this we will have to click on the points that we will have in the upper left part of the secret chat.
3. Click on the option "Configure self-destruct".

1. As you can see in the image, despite using third-party applications to take a screenshot, all the important content appears in black so that no details can be filtered out.

1. Now you have to select the duration you want for the messages from 1 second to 1 week.

From now on, all messages sent within that chat will be deleted when the time set in the previous step expires.

self-destructive images

Like messages that self-destruct and that we can only send within a secret chat, we can send images that self-destruct after opening them with a particularity, we can do it in any chat without having to be a secret chat, we show you how to:

1. In any chat, click an image to send.
2. You will now see a stopwatch icon at the bottom of the image editor.

1. When you press it, the time that you can indicate for the disappearance of the image will appear.

1. From now on, the image will appear with a blurry thumbnail and a flame icon.

1. Your contact will be able to see it for the time you indicate and the photo will also be deleted with a message that he will say "The photo has expired."

You can do this and many other Telegram tricks while using the app, it's also one of the great advantages of this app, the large number of tricks and features that differentiate it from the others.

Now you know how we can send self-destructing messages and images on Telegram, thanks to these tricks, Telegram is one of the best instant messaging applications of the moment.