Archive Facebook Messages
Archive Facebook Messages
On Facebook or Messenger
The quickest way to get to the archived messages is to open this link for Facebook.com messages, or this one for Messenger.com.
Either will take you straight to the archived messages.
Or, you can follow these actions to by hand open your archived messages (Messenger.com users can avoid down to Step 3):.
- For Facebook.com users, open Messages. It's near the top of Facebook by your profile name.
- Click See All in Messenger at the bottom of the message window.
- Click Settings on the leading left of the page.
- Select Archived Threads.
You can unarchive Facebook messages by just sending out another message to that recipient. It will appear once again in the main list of messages together with other messages that aren't archived.
On a Mobile Device
You can get to your archived messages from the mobile version of Facebook too. From your web browser, either open the Messages page or do this:.
- Tap Messages at the top of the page.
- Click See All Messages at the bottom of the window.
- Tap View Archived Messages.
How to Explore Archived Facebook Messages
Once you have an archived message open in Facebook.com or Messenger.com, it's actually easy to search for a specific keyword with that thread:.
- Search for the Options panel on the right side of the page, simply under the recipient's profile photo.
- Click Search in Discussions.
- Utilize the text box to look for specific words in that conversation, using the leftmost arrow keys to see the previous/next instance of the word.
If you're using Facebook's mobile website from your phone or tablet, you cannot explore the conversations themselves but you can search for a person's name from the list of discussion threads.
Archive Facebook Messages For example, you can search "Henry" to find archived messages to Henry but you cannot browse for certain words you and Henry sent each other.