The method and computer implemented system disclosed herein provides options to a user for deleting or editing a message (a message may include text, audio, image, video and/or animations) that has been sent in a messaging application in a recipient's device without any restriction (e.g. without a tune limit). In one embodiment, the sending device detects a user request to delete or edit the message that has been sent to one or more recipients (e.g. group chat), the request is sent to a message server, and the message server further transmits the request to the recipient device so that the recipient device may delete or edit the message.