He told the Senedd that he did not use "deletion arrangements" and would not know how to do so.
Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies welcomed the correction of the record from the first minister, but said questions remained about how many messages were lost in the early stages of Covid.
He had written to the first minister after he obtained a screenshot of which, Mr Davies said, demonstrated the first minister had a WhatsApp account.

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