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Meta documents editing an Instagram message within 15 minutes of sending: press and hold your sent message and choose Edit. This changes the message; it does not prove that the recipient never saw the original. For a material correction, explain the change clearly rather than relying on a silent edit.

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Correct a sent Instagram DM

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