Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages

There are times when I accidentally delete Facebook Messages and I sometimes regretted my decision. This is something that many of us go through especially when we go ahead and permanently delete messages that are of no use or by accident. Considering that I am not a tech-savvy person I often face a lot of problems restoring the deleted messages on Facebook. I spend a lot of time browsing online to find out the different ways I could restore messages whenever I wanted. Through this guide, I am going to help you understand how you can restore the messages that you have deleted from your Facebook Messenger. I will also take you through the Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages

Steps that I took to understand if the messages for deleted or not

The first step I did was to check whether the message was actually deleted or if I archived the message. Messages that are archived are only hidden and not deleted. In this case, you can easily retrieve the message whenever you want. To check if your message has been archived on all the computers just follow the below-mentioned steps.

Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages  forAndroid Users

1. Log on to the Facebook account.
2. On the top right-hand corner select the Messenger Icon which is a circle with a ‘Z” in the horizontal position
3. At the bottom, you will see the option See all in messages
4. From the menu which are 3 dots that up your next to each chat select the Archived Chats option.

5 Once you choose this particular option the message will be restored back in the messengers’ active chat list.

6. Once you choose this particular option the message will be restored back to the messenger’s active chat list.

Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages for iPhone Users

If you are using an Android phone you can easily check deleted messages by following the below-mentioned procedure.

1. Go to the menu and select the Facebook Messenger App.
2. On the top left-hand corner select the profile icon.
3. On the list, you can choose the archive chat option.
4. To restore the message you need to give a long press to chat and select an archive.

For iPhone users

If you are using an iPhone, you can recover the deleted messages on Facebook Messenger by following the below-mentioned steps

1. On your iOS device open the Facebook Messenger App
2. Tap the profile picture
3. Look out for the archived chat option and tap on it
4. To restore the message all you need to do is swipe that particular message from left to right and select the unarchive option

Step 2 – Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages by downloading Facebook data

The Facebook servers show all the messages that are sent and received even if it is deleted from your personal chat. Another way to restore your deleted message is to download the Facebook data. If you are using a computer follow the below-mentioned procedures

1. Open the web browser and sign in to your Facebook account.
2. Click on the menu and select the settings and privacy option from the drop-down menu.
3. Choose the Settings option and look for your Facebook information.
4. Select the download your information option by clicking on it.
5. From the list please select and select messages are the categories that you do not want to download and then choose the create file option. If you are looking for a specific date range you can select the same and then download the messages.
6. Once you do that, the file will be ready within a few minutes. You will also receive a notification once the file is ready.
7. Open the file and then look for the messages that you have deleted by mistake.

Step 3 – Easy Steps To Recover Facebook Deleted Messages by Using File manager to restore deleted Messages

Another simple method that you can try out is to use the file manager option to recover or restore the Facebook messenger. Follow these steps to restore deleted Facebook Messages through File Manager

1. Go to the SD Card Folder through the File Explorer app and look for the Storage Section
2. Once it opens, you will find the folder that stores all the Android applications folder data
3. Select the Cache folder and look for the fb_temp file located in the Data folder

Step 4 – Ask the recipient to send you a copy

If you still cannot restore the messages, the next thing that you can do is to ask the receiver to resend the particular message that you need.

Step 5 – Check Email Notification

You also have the option to create a back of all your messages on your email ID. To restore the messages, you can go to your email account and check the sender’s name through the search option. You will get a list of all the messages that are saved on your mail-id.