How to Find Archived Messages on Facebook?

Facebook is one of most widely used social media platforms all around the world with around 2.91 billion monthly active users. Along with sending multiple people messages, Facebook as well as messenger also provides a feature that allows you to hide these messages. This is called archiving message on Facebook.

Archiving process is easy and can be done in a fraction of second. But, where do you find these archived messages on Facebook? The messages and chats that you have archived gets stored in a separate folder which hides and organizes them. You will still be able to receive message but it will not be visible in your inbox until you unarchive them.

If you are a newbie on Facebook or are having problems figuring out how to find archived messages on Facebook, you have come to the right place because this article contains the solution to your problems.

How to Find Archived Messages on Facebook?

As mentioned above, archive feature allows you to hide the chats on Facebook. Especially if someone is disturbing you time and again and you do not want to block them but also want to hide their texts, it is a perfect way to do so. But, it can be problem when you want to talk to them again and cannot find the chat box. You can find archived messages on Facebook by:

1. Using Phone

2. Using Desktop/PC

1. Using Phone

To find archived messages on Facebook using your phone, follow the given steps:

1. Open Messenger on your phone and click on ‘Profile icon’.

2. Tap on ‘Archived Chats’.

3. Open the chat box of the person you want to remove from the list.

4. Type and send a message to unarchive the chat.

Once you do this, the chat box of the person will be visible in your regular inbox i.e. it will have been unarchived. To learn detailly on how to unarchive, click here: How to Unarchive Messages on Messenger?

In this way, you can find archived messages on Facebook using phone.

2. Using Desktop/PC

To find archived messages on Facebook using desktop/PC, follow the given steps:

1. Open Facebook on web and log into your account.

2. Tap on ‘Messenger’ icon.

3. Click on ‘See all in Messenger’.

4. Your messenger opens up. Click on ‘Three dots’ icon.

5. Tap on ‘Archived chats’.

6. Take your cursor to the chat box of the person you want to unarchive and click on ‘Three dots’.

7. Select ‘Unarchive Chat‘.

You can also type in and send them a message to unarchive the chat.

In this way, you can find archived messages on Facebook using desktop/PC.

How to Archive Messages in Messenger?

To archive messages in Messenger using phone, open Messenger and tap a few seconds on the chat box of the person you want to archive without opening it. A list appears. Tap on ‘Archive’.

To archive messages in Messenger using web, open Messenger and take your cursor to the chat box of the person you want to archive without opening it. Tap on ‘Three dots’ icon at appears. Click on ‘Archive’.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What Happens if you Archive Messages in Messenger?

The chat box of the person whose message you archive gets hidden and no matter how many time they text you, you will not receive a notification. You can unarchive them by sending a text whenever you want.

Conclusion

Thus, by using the steps mentioned above, you can now easily find archived messages on Messenger. The steps to follow listed in the article are applicable for iOS devices as well. So, if you have archived messages and are having a hard time finding them, you now know what to do.

Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts. Feel free to leave comments in case of any queries and confusion.