You Can Now Edit DMs on X

X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, is now introducing the highly anticipated feature of direct message editing

X made The edit message feature available to iOS users over the weekend.

The alter messages function will be accessible on an increasing number of platforms shortly, according to a post by one of the company’s engineers regarding the rollout.

Here is how you can employ it:

Access any direct message conversation from your X iOS app.

Tap on the three-dot menu adjacent to the message or perform a long hold on any message you have sent.

Select the “Edit message” option to modify the message sent.

The messages are not subject to a time limit for editing, as indicated on a support page.

During our testing, we discovered that editing prior direct messages on the platform is also possible. Nevertheless, it is possible to make a maximum of five modifications to a message.

The social network also enforces the same restriction on the editing of posts.

Although X stated that it maintains a log of edited messages for security purposes, it does not currently display the version history of edited messages.

Users anticipate the ability to modify their messages in messaging applications, as this feature has been available in other conversation applications, including Messenger, Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp, for some time.

In iOS 16, Apple also implemented the capacity to modify messages transmitted via iMessage.