Learn how to schedule automatic message deletion on Messenger, set message expiry time, and engage in confidential conversations.

Scheduling automatic message deletion on Messenger is an innovative feature that Facebook Messenger introduces to users, aiming to enhance the secretive chat feature. If you're unfamiliar with this secretive chat, you can review Messenger's secretive chat feature to learn more about it.

Schedule automatic message deletion on Messenger

* To schedule automatic message deletion on Messenger, you need:

- Your device must have an Internet connection via Wi-Fi or 3G.
- Your device must have the latest version of Facebook Messenger installed here:

- Download Facebook Messenger for Android: Get Facebook Messenger for Android
- Download Facebook Messenger for iPhone: Get Facebook Messenger for iPhone
- Download Facebook Messenger for WinPhone: Get Facebook Messenger for WinPhone

* Guide to send self-destructing messages on Messenger

To send self-destructing messages on Messenger, follow these steps:

Step 1: Access the downloaded and installed Facebook Messenger, Then choose the person you want to send self-destructing messages to on Messenger.

Step 2: To start sending self-destructing messages on Messenger, we select the name of that person as shown below.

Then press select Secret Conversation.

Step 3: Next, the program will ask for your confirmation to initiate a secret conversation, press Ok.

And then we have reached the interface of the secret conversation, here to send self-destructing messages on Messenger we press the clock icon.

Step 4: Then select the time you want to 'schedule' message deletion, then press Done, immediately the system will notify that the message will self-destruct at the set time.

Step 5: Your message will be counting down, and when the time is up your message will automatically be deleted as shown below.

So we have finished learning how to send self-destructing messages on Facebook Messenger, with the method of sending self-destructing messages on Messenger above, we won't have to worry about others borrowing our device and snooping on messages anymore, convenient, right? With this method, those who send inbox messages to you also won't know when you log in to Facebook on your phone or computer to view their messages.