Have you ever inaptly deleted any of your important Facebook exchanges and rued that latterly? This has happed with utmost of us, but thankfully there are a lot of options to recover permanently deleted FB dispatches on runner. This companion addresses about some workarounds that you can use to recoup a deleted Facebook Messenger communication.

Before you begin with the hunt to recover the deleted dispatches, it should be kept in mind that recovering deleted dispatches from Messenger isn’t a simple task and also there’s no assurance of getting success. Still, it’s better to give a pass to the styles explained further as for some druggies they’ve helped in recovering deleted Facebook dispatches. Make sure to go through it till the end as you’ll also find some important tips and tricks that are going to enhance your experience with Facebook Messenger in the future.

Steps you Need to Take to Recover Permanently Deleted Messages of Facebook Messenger

Step-1 Check if the Message is Actually Deleted 

The first step towards recovering deleted Facebook dispatches is to insure that you have actually deleted them. It’s possible that you have intentionally archived the communication rather of deleting it (that happens with emails as well) An archived communication in Facebook Messenger isn’t permanently deleted but is only hidden. It substantially happens when you’re going to press delete but accidentally hit the library button When you long- press a converse to cancel it, the first option says‘Archive’while the alternate option is‘ Cancel’; hence pressing the former rather of the ultimate is a common mistake ( have a look at the screenshot below).

How to Check Archived Messages?

On a Computer

Follow the step-by-step instructions to restore the Facebook messages that are not deleted but have got archived:

1. Log in to your Facebook account
2. Click on the ‘Messenger Icon’ in the top-right corner

3. Click on ‘See all in Messenger’ option given at the bottom

4. Click on the ‘three-dots’ given next to chats and then select ‘Archived Chats’ from the menu.

5. There you will be able to see all the chats that you have archived; if you want to move it back to where it was, just reply to the chat, and it will automatically get unarchived and will be sent back to the Messenger active chat list.

On Android

Follow these steps on your Android device to find deleted Facebook messages:

1. Open the Facebook Messenger app
2. Tap the ‘Profile’ icon in the top-left corner

3. Tap the ‘Archived Chats’ option

4. Long press the chat that you want to restore and press ‘Unarchive’

On iPhone

Here’s how to recover deleted messages on Messenger iPhone by unarchiving messages:

1. Open the Facebook Messenger app on your iOS device
2. Tap profile picture
3. Tap ‘Archived Chats’
4. Swipe the archived chat from right to left and then tap ‘Unarchive’ to send it back to active Messenger chats.

That’s how you can find and recover deleted chats via unarchiving messages on different devices.

Step-2 Download your Facebook Data

When you delete a Facebook conversation, the messages get permanently deleted, but thankfully, the messages stay there for some time in the Facebook servers; you might be able to find or see deleted messages of Facebook Messenger by downloading your Facebook data.

How to Download Facebook Data?

On a Computer

Follow the step-by-step instructions to restore the deleted Facebook messages by downloading your data:

1. Sign in to your Facebook account on a web browser
2. Click on the drop-down menu icon and then click on ‘Settings and Privacy’

3. Further, click on ‘Settings’

4. In the sidebar, click on ‘Your Facebook Information’

5. Then click on ‘Download your Information’ option from the list

6. From the list, select Messages and deselect any other category you don’t want to download, and then click on ‘Create File’. You can also select the date range for which you want to download the messages.

7. When the file will be ready, Facebook will notify you that it is ready to download; you might need to wait for some hours for the download to get complete and once it is over, you can check for the deleted messages in the downloaded report.

On Android

Follow these steps on your Android device to find deleted Facebook messages:

1. Open the Facebook app
2. Tap the three horizontal lines to open the menu
3. Scroll down and tap ‘Settings & Privacy’
4. Then tap ‘Settings’
5. Scroll down and under ‘Your Facebook Information’ section, tap ‘Access your information’

6. At the bottom, you will get the option to ‘Download your information’

7. Upon pressing the option, you will be directed to a new screen where you have to select the ‘Message’ category, and you can deselect all the other categories if you don’t want to download them.

8. Then scroll to the bottom of the screen and press ‘Create File’ option to download all your Facebook Messenger messages.

When the file will be ready, Facebook will notify you that it is ready to download; you might need to wait for some hours for the download to get complete and once it is over, you can check for the deleted messages in the downloaded report.

On iPhone

Here’s how to recover deleted messages on Messenger iPhone:

1. Open the Facebook Messenger app on your iOS device
2. Then tap your profile picture
3. Scroll down and tap ‘Account Settings’

4. Scroll down and select the option ‘Download your information’

5. Upon pressing the option, you will be directed to a new screen where you have to select the ‘Message’ category, and you can deselect all the other categories if you don’t want to download them.

6. Then scroll to the bottom of the screen and press the ‘Create File’ option to download all your Facebook Messenger messages.

When the file will be ready, Facebook will notify you that it is ready to download; you might need to wait for some hours for the download to get complete and once it is over, you can check for the deleted messages in the downloaded report.

For a better understanding, you can also watch this video-