Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp may soon allow users to edit their chats even after sending them.

A text may only be removed once it has been sent; however, a planned feature may make it possible to amend texts after they have been sent.

WhatsApp is said to have started development on the function five years ago, but it was quickly abandoned once it was reported on Twitter. However, it has now finally considered working on the edit feature again after a five-year gap, ANI reported from Washington.

The functionality was being tested on WhatsApp beta for Android, but according to the report, WhatsApp is working on introducing the feature to WhatsApp beta for iOS and Desktop as well, with more specifics to come later.

However, because this feature is still in development, it is impossible to say when it will be ready for a stable upgrade, although WhatsApp may begin rolling it out to more beta users shortly.