How to get archived messages on facebook

Table of Contents Show

See Your Archived Messages on Facebook on Desktop
View Your Archived Messages in Facebook Messenger on Mobile
About This Article
Is this article up to date?
How do I get archived Facebook messages back?
How do you get on archived messages on Messenger?
How do I find archived messages?

Want to take a look at your archived messages, and perhaps unarchive one or more of those conversations? If so, Facebook makes it easy to find and unarchive your chats on both your desktop and mobile phone. We’ll show you how to do that.

RELATED: How to Find Archived Emails in Gmail

See Your Archived Messages on Facebook on Desktop

If you’re on a Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, use the official Facebook website to get access to all your archived messages.

Start by launching a web browser on your computer and opening Facebook. Sign in to your account on the site if you haven’t already.

After signing in, in Facebook’s top-right corner, click the “Messenger” icon.

At the bottom of your message list, click “See All in Messenger.”

Next to the “Chats” header at the top, click the three dots.

In the three-dots menu, select “Archived Chats.”

On the left pane, in “Archived Chats,” you will find all your archived messages. You can open the full view of a conversation by selecting a chat in the sidebar.

If you’d like to unarchive a chat, then send a new message in that chat. Facebook will then bring it out of the unarchived section and put it alongside your regular chats.

And that’s how you find the chats that aren’t part of your everyday conversations!

RELATED: How to Message a Facebook Friend From Instagram

View Your Archived Messages in Facebook Messenger on Mobile

If you want to view your archived chats from your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, use Facebook’s Messenger app.

Start by launching Facebook Messenger on your phone. In the app’s top-left corner, tap your profile icon.

On the “Me” page, scroll down and tap “Archived Chats.”

You’ll see an “Archived Chats” page listing all your archived conversations. Tap a chat to open it.

To unarchive a conversation, tap and send a new message in it.

And that’s all there is to reviewing your archived messages on Facebook.

As a Facebook Messenger user, have you ever tried sending a disappearing message in the app? Try that out if you’re interested.

RELATED: How to Send Disappearing Messages in Facebook Messenger

READ NEXT

› How to Use Microsoft Excel Templates for Event Planning
› Can I Reuse My Old PSU In My New Computer?
› How to Remove Followers on Instagram
› Get Ready to See Popup Tips on Your Windows 11 Taskbar
› AMD’s New RX 7000 GPUs Are Really Good and Really Cheap
› Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth (Which is Still Far)

Download Article

Using the Mobile App

Using a Computer

If you can't find a chat conversation on Facebook Messenger, you may have archived it. Don't worry—the chat is not permanently deleted. It'll always be available on your computer, Android, iPhone, or iPad. When you archive a Facebook Messenger chat, the conversation moves to a separate area of Messenger called Archived Chats. This wikiHow article will teach you how to view the chats you've archived on Facebook Messenger as well as how to archive a conversation.

1
Open Facebook Messenger. It's the icon of a purple and blue speech bubble with a white lightning bolt inside. You'll find it on your Home screen, in your app list, or by searching.
2
Tap your profile picture. It's at the top-left corner of the screen.
Advertisement
3
Tap Archived Chats. This is in the first group of options.[1] Look for the purple icon containing a white file box.
4
Manage your archived chats. There are a few things you can do now that you've found the chats you've hidden:
- Tap any chat to display its contents.
- To return an archived chat to your primary Chats inbox, you can just reply to the message. Alternatively, return to the list, swipe left on the chat, and then tap Unarchive.
- To permanently delete a chat, swipe left on the chat, tap More, and then tap Delete.
5
Archive a conversation (optional). If you want to archive a chat in the future, just swipe left on the chat in your Chats list and select Archive.

1
Go to https://www.facebook.com/messages in a web browser. As long as you're signed in to Facebook, this will display your Messenger inbox. If you're not signed in, enter your login information to do so now.
2
Click the three horizontal dots ••• . You'll see this in the upper-left area of the page next to "Chats."
3
Click Archived Chats. It's in the middle of the drop-down menu next to an icon of an x inside a rectangle. This displays all of the chats you've archived.
4
Manage your archived chats. There are several things you can do now that you've found the chats you've hidden:
- Click a chat to view the conversation.
- To move an archived chat back to the inbox, reply to the message. Or, if you don't want to reply, just hover your mouse cursor over the conversation in the left panel, click the three horizontal dots that appear, and then select Unarchive Chat.
- To permanently delete a chat, click the three dots on the conversation, select Delete Chat, and then click Delete Chat to confirm.
5
Archive a conversation (optional). If you want to archive a chat in the future, find the chat in your Chats list, click the three dots on the chat, and then click Archive.

Add New Question

Question
Can I un-archive a message?

Tabitha Qualls
Community Answer
The conversation that you archived must be replied to on the other end for it to be un-archived and brought to your attention.
Question
What if their name doesn't pop up when typed in?

Tabitha Qualls
Community Answer
This could mean that the contact has blocked you on Messenger or on Facebook.
Question
How do I view a list of all my archived messages if I can't remember the person's name for the conversation I archived on the Messenger app?

Tabitha Qualls
Community Answer
Do your best to remember the name, because you cannot access the archive without a specific name.

See more answers

Ask a Question

200 characters left

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.

Submit

Thanks for submitting a tip for review!

About This Article

Article SummaryX

1. Go to https://messenger.com on a computer.
2. Click the three-dot menu icon.
3. Click Archived Chats.
4. Click a conversation.

Did this summary help you?

Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 1,104,515 times.

Is this article up to date?

How do I get archived Facebook messages back?

How do I unarchive a chat on Messenger?.

From Chats, tap your profile picture in the top left..

Tap Archived Chats..

Touch and hold the chat you want to unarchive..

Tap Unarchive..

How do you get on archived messages on Messenger?

Using the mobile app.

Open the Messenger app and tap your profile picture in the top-left corner..

In the list of options, select Archived chats. You'll find "Archived chats" with the other app options. ... .

You'll see a list of all your archived conversations..

How do I find archived messages?

Find or move messages you archived If a message has been archived, you can find it by opening the All mail label. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app . Tap All mail.