WhatsApp now allows users to save some disappearing messages — with a caveat

Dubbed “Keep in Chat,” this feature will let you 'hang on to texts you need for later, with a special superpower for the sender. We believe if you’ve sent the message, it’s your choice whether others in the chat can keep it for later," the post read.

This "superpower" allows the sender tobe notified when someone keeps a message, and the sender will have the ability to veto the decision.

"If you’ve decided your message can’t be kept by others, your decision is final, no one else can keep it and the message will be deleted when the timer expires. This way you have the final say on how messages you send are protected," WhatsApp added.

WhatsApp introduced disappearing messages feature in 2021. To enhance privacy, the feature allows users to send messages that will disappear after selected time. Initially, the disappearing messages were removed after 7 days. Later, the option to automatically delete message after 24 hours or 90 days was introduced.

As per WhatsApp, messages you’ve saved on your WhatsApp will be noted with a bookmark icon and you can see these messages, organised by chat, in the Kept Messages folder.