Vanish Mode Comes to Messenger From Facebook

The Snapchat-inspired feature will be added to Instagram, as well

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Another feature inspired by Snapchat has made its way to the Facebook family of applications, as vanish mode was introduced on Messenger From Facebook Thursday in the U.S. and a handful of other countries, with Instagram to follow soon.

Activating vanish mode—which is done by swiping up in an existing chat thread on mobile devices—means messages will disappear automatically after they have been seen and people leave the chat.

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