On top of this, Messages cannot be forwarded from secret chats. And when you delete messages on your side of the conversation, the app on the other side of the secret chat will be ordered to delete them as well.</p> <p>You can order your messages, photos, videos and files to <a href="#q-how-do-self-destructing-messages-work">self-destruct</a> in a set amount of time after they have been read or opened by the recipient. The message will then disappear from both your and your friend's devices.</p> <p>All secret chats in Telegram are device-specific and are not part of the Telegram cloud.