Romain Dillet. Ansa is a new breed of messaging app, one that allows you to be yourself. Whenever you don't feel like sending messages that will stay on your friend's phone, you can go off the record....

How does the Ansa app work?

It works in a similar way to Snapchat, by automatically deleting messages, photos and videos seconds after they've been viewed. However, unlike Snapchat, Ansa lets you also delete messages remotely, from another person's device, before they get a chance to read it.

Is there an app to erase text messages?

The Ansa app allows you to delete text messages from both sender and recipient phones, when you're “off-the-record.” Selecting the “off-the-record” option ensures that messages are deleted 60 seconds after reading. The self-destruction feature for pictures and videos, works in the same way as on Snapchat.