The popular messaging service WhatsApp recently introduced its new Show Once feature for iOS and Android platforms, this feature allowing users to send photos and videos that will only appear once to the recipient, after which the particular content will simply disappear.

This is a useful feature for sending a particular picture or document that you don’t want to keep in the chat for a long time. The images and videos you send through this feature will not be present in the recipient’s phone gallery, thus protecting your privacy.

Here is a guide on how to use this View Once feature on Android and iOS to send videos and pictures that the recipient will only be able to access once.

How to Use WhatsApp View Once on Android, iOS

There are some things to note before you learn how to use the Show Once feature on WhatsApp. First of all, you should know that as soon as you send a video or photo through this feature, you will not be able to see it again, which means the option to save, share, forward or favorite the video or photo. video or photo you share will not be possible.

Additionally, photos and videos that will be sent through the View Once feature expire within 14 days of sending, so if you fail to open the particular content in two weeks, you will never see it again. Now here is how you can use this feature.

• First, you will need to open the latest version of WhatsApp and select the photo or video you want to send to your contact.
• Then you need to tap on the Show icon when present next to your WhatsApp chat caption bar. An alert will appear in the middle of the content you want to send.
• Finally, you need to hit the send button to share a particular video or photo.

What else does the feature do?

Don’t think that this is a reliable way to send secure material, as the email service itself recommends sharing private content using this feature with only people you trust because the recipient can record or capture the content in question. No notification of the same will be provided.

Encrypted media sent using this View Once feature will remain on WhatsApp’s servers for a few weeks after being sent, after which it will disappear.