Facebook Messenger is one of the most successful instant messaging applications since it has a large number of users who constantly go to it, in order to communicate with people from anywhere in the world.
So if you downloaded and installed transparent or normal Messenger, and you are a constant user, it is likely that you have different conversations and receive frequent messages. In such a way, that due to this many users choose to archive the conversations after reading the messages.
How to archive a conversation in Messenger?
Before learning how to unarchive a conversation in the Messenger application, it is necessary to know how to archive them. Bearing in mind that both processes are very simple.
It is also good to clarify that when a conversation is archived it means that it will be hidden until a message from that chat is received or until you choose to unarchive it. In other words, what happens with archived messages is that it disappears from the inbox, but it has not been permanently deleted.
Steps to archive a conversation in Messenger
- Open the Messenger application and touch the Chats option (located in the lower-left) to see the conversations
- Then choose the chat in question that you want to archive. This action is done by sliding the conversation to the left
- Then three icons appear. You must press on all three lines
- Lastly, click on Archive option
- In this way, your conversation has been archived.
How to unarchive a conversation in Messenger?
If after a while you want to unarchive a conversation, the procedure is also quick and easy. What you need to do is the following:
- Open the Messenger app
- Tap on the search bar, which is located at the top of the screen.
- Next, write the name of the person with whom you want to retrieve the conversation
- Then click on the person’s name
- Then, a window appears with the conversation you had archived
- In this way, what you should do write a message in the corresponding box
- Then click on the send button
From then on, the messages from that person will appear again in the inbox.
How to view archived messages?
Another thing that Facebook Messenger allows us is to see the messages we have on file. In this way, you will have the option to choose if you want to unarchive one or you can simply see which conversation has this function.
- Open Facebook Messenger, from the browser. Bearing in mind that if you are not logged in, you need to enter the email address and password.
- Next, you must click on Settings (the gear-shaped icon, located in the upper left corner)
- As soon as the drop-down menu options appear, you must click on Archived conversations.
- Below is a list of the conversations you have archived.
It is important to note that archived conversations can only be viewed from Facebook Messenger, that is, from normal Facebook. You cannot see the list as such from the application. In that case, what you can do is search is to search for the specific conversation, following the steps already explained above. Remember that an archived message is not the same as a hidden one, and if you want to see and find hidden messages on Facebook Messenger you must follow different steps.
Also keep in mind that if you no longer need to see certain chats, you can delete conversations from Facebook Messenger. Finally, we hope this article has helped you. However, we’d like to hear from you. Have you been able to unarchive Facebook Messenger conversations? Do you know of another method to perform this procedure? Leave us your answers in the comments.