When you usually send messages and media in normal chat mode on Telegram, they continue to live in conversations perpetually.
While this is not a point of concern most of the time, those who do not want the other person in the conversation to have access to their media forever (kind of) can take advantage of Telegram’s self-destructing feature.
However, do note that even though you send a disappearing message, the recipient can take a screenshot to save your media files.
Steps to send self-destructing media
- Go to the chat you want to send a disappearing media.
- Click on the attachment button.
- Next, select the media (photos and videos) from your gallery.
- Tap and hold the send button
When you do that, you are presented with a few options. From this list, select Send with Timer. Now, set the timeout time using the self-destruct timer. And finally, hit the Send with Timer button to send the media across.
Besides, this is a great feature in the Telegram app even it is named as self-destructive. It is quite useful for those who usually share some confidential files that only need to be shared for a particular time.
