How to read DELETED WhatsApp messages on an iPhone or Android phone

YOUR Whatsapp faux pas are not wiped permanently as we show you how to read deleted messages on your phone, whether it's an iPhone or an Android.

In fact, there are various surprisingly easy ways to get hold of them.

Deleted WhatsApp messages aren't gone forever
Messages can be removed from both individual and group chats and the feature is available across Android, iOS and Windows phones.

It comes with the caveat that recipients are told you have pulled the trigger via a note that reads "this message was deleted".

However, the message is stored on your phone, and can be uncovered using WhatsApp's backup feature.

The tool backs up all of your messages at 2am every morning, though this frequency can be extended to just weekly or monthly.

There are a number of ways to get hold of deleted Whatsapp messages
To read a deleted message, uninstall WhatsApp and then install it again from your device's app store.

Once you've logged back in, you will be given an option to restore chats from backup.

Simply select the restore option and your chats will be restored, including deleted messages, which are shown as if they were never removed.

Even without using backup, a number of third party apps offer the chance to uncover wiped WhatsApp messages.


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Some third party apps keep hold of your WhatsApp notifications
Apps like Notification History Log and Notification Log show you all of the notifications stored in your gadget's notification register – including those for WhatsApp chats.

But the apps do have their limitations: You have to have interacted with the notification to read it.

That means swiping it from the notification bar or floating message.

Also, restarting your phone can reset your notification register, wiping any chance of spying on deleted messages.

Note that you should always be wary of giving your WhatsApp notifications to third party firms, as it carries a heavy security risk.

There are a host of WhatsApp tricks you can use to alter your experience.

For instance, you can sign up to the beta version of the app to get all of the latest features before the general public.

Another secret trick lets you change your WhatsApp font to confuse your mates.

Trump warns China over Covid-19 outbreak as Europe approaches 100,000 deaths

Donald Trump has warned that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as deaths in Europe from Covid-19 approached 100,000.

“It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn’t, and the whole world is suffering because of it,” Trump said in his daily White House briefing, as US cases topped 730,000 and fatalities in the country approached 39,000.

“If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, yeah, I mean, then sure there should be consequences,” Trump said. He did not elaborate on what form that might take.

He said the Chinese were “embarrassed” and the question now was whether what happened with the coronavirus was “a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?”

US - protesters demand an end to lock down, see why

Protesters demanding an end to coronavirus shutdown orders gathered in streets and outside several states' capitol buildings on Saturday, as other states started easing restrictions related to the outbreak, which continues to take an unprecedented number of lives.

A day after President Donald Trump posted a series of tweets calling for demonstrators to "LIBERATE" certain states, some of the demonstrators brandished signs with phrases like, "This is tyranny, not quarantine" and "Open now!"

Despite an increase in COVID-19 deaths and infections, residents in Florida and other states returned to the beach Saturday and three Northeastern states reopened boatyards and marinas for personal use only.

The loosening of stay-at-home orders come amid a growing chorus to reopen economies throughout the U.S.

The star-studded "One World: Together at Home" benefit concert to support health care workers in the fight against COVID-19 also took place on Saturday.

Lion took over South Africa road

Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol on Wednesday when he snapped a pride sleeping on a road which would normally be busy with tourists.

But Kruger, like other wildlife parks, has been shut since 25 March as part of the coronavirus lockdown.

Big cats would usually only be seen by rangers on the roads by night.

How were the pictures taken?
As a ranger in one of Africa's largest game reserves, Mr Sowry performs an essential service and continues to work during the lockdown, checking on the wildlife and guarding against poachers.

While driving near Orpen Rest Camp on Wednesday afternoon, he spotted the lions on the road ahead and pulled up just five metres (5.5 yards) away to look at the unusual phenomenon.

As he took photos with his mobile phone, the lions did not seem bothered, most of them apparently fast asleep.

"Lions are used to people in vehicles," he explained. "All animals have much more of an instinctive fear of people on foot, so if I had walked up they would never have allowed me to get so close."

The oldest lioness in the pride is about 14, "which is very old for a lioness", so they are used to seeing vehicles.

Normally Mr Sowry would only see lions sleeping on the park's roads on colder nights in the winter, when the tar retains quite a lot of heat.

What rangers do not want, however, is for lions to start thinking that roads are a safe place just because they are now so still.

How is the lockdown affecting the park?
These quiet times have also seen lions as well as wild dogs venturing on to a golf course in the park but otherwise Mr Sowry does not think that the lockdown has had any major effect on the animals' behaviour yet.

"Kruger is a very wild place," he says. "It has been wild and it is still wild."

He is just happy to share his photos with people who cannot visit the park right now because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"These are difficult times for everyone and the intention was to bring people joy," he says.

To date, South Africa has recorded 34 deaths of people with Covid-19 and registered 2,506 cases of infection, making it the most affected country in Africa.

Its lockdown was extended on Wednesday by two weeks.

"Everybody realises the importance of the lockdown and the rangers are there to do their normal duties," says media officer Isaac Phaala. "To maintain the infrastructure takes quite a bit of work so that when the park opens, you don't start from scratch."

As for the lions, he adds, "normally they would be in the bushes because of the traffic but they are very smart and now they are enjoying the freedom of the park without us".

But why anyway, you might ask, would lions prefer tarmac to the softness of grass?

Probably for the simple reason that it had been raining on Tuesday night and, as Mr Phaala explained, "The tar was drier than the grass at the time - big cats and water don't mix."