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Partial Quoting in WhatsApp on iOS#

June 19, 2025

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WhatsApp continues to improve the user experience by adding new convenient features. The latest update for iOS has introduced the ability to partially quote the text of a message!

Previously, if you needed to copy only part of a long message, you had to copy the entire message and then manually delete the unnecessary text. Now this process has become much easier and faster.

Table of contents#

How it works#

The new feature works like this:

  1. Long-press a message to bring up the context menu and reactions panel.
  2. Swipe the message text to highlight the desired part.
  3. Copy the selected fragment.

Done! Now the clipboard contains only the information you need.

What it gives#

WhatsApp is constantly working to improve its messaging tools to make your communication more convenient and efficient. Partial quotation is another step in this direction. This feature:

  • Will help you save time, because you no longer need to waste time deleting unnecessary text from a copied message.
  • Will make working with the application more convenient, because you only copy what you need in one motion.
  • Will improve quotation accuracy so that you can extract specific information from long messages without the risk of missing important details.
  • Is universal, since it works in all types of chats: personal, group, and channel.

In addition to partial quotation, WhatsApp continues to work on improving privacy. In this update, if a message is deleted for everyone, all quotes associated with it will also be removed from the chat.

Availability#

The partial quote feature is gradually rolling out to iOS users. If you've already updated WhatsApp to the latest version, you may already have it. If not, just wait a bit — the update should arrive in the coming weeks.

Conclusion#

The new partial quoting feature is already available to some WhatsApp users on iOS. It allows you to copy only part of a long message, which helps save time and improves the usability of the app, as well as the accuracy of quoting.

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