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How To View Deleted Secret Conversations On Messenger

✎ Key Takes:

» You can uncover deleted secret conversations on Messenger by checking “You May Know” or “Spam” for message requests and hidden messages.
» Try using the ‘Message requests’ and navigate to ‘See filtered requests’ to find deleted secret conversations.

How To View Deleted Secret Conversations On Messenger:

You can try the following methods below to view secret conversations on Messenger:

1. Using the “You May Know” Feature

Just you can use this built-in feature of Facebook Messenger to uncover hidden message requests. Just, try the following steps below:

Step 1: First, open the Facebook Messenger app on your Android device.

Step 2: Then, navigate to the “People” tab located at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Next, select the “You May Know” option. This will show you different message requests, including hidden and deleted conversations.

Step 4: Now, you can browse through these messages and find the deleted secret conversations.

2. Checking the “Spam” Folder

You can check the “Spam” folder in your Messenger app to find deleted secret conversations. Try the following steps below:

Step 1: First, open the Facebook Messenger app on your device.

Step 2: After that, go to the “Messages Requests” section by tapping on your profile picture and then on “Message Requests.”

Step 3: Next, select the “Spam” tab. This will display messages that Messenger has marked as spam, including potentially deleted secret conversations.

Step 4: Finally, browse through these messages to find the deleted secret conversations you are looking for.

How To View Secret Conversations On Messenger:

If the conversations are deleted and you want to view them then there are two ways to find those on Messenger. All you have to get to Messenger and if those chats are archived or moved to Spam then definitely you can see those removed messages by restoring those to your inbox.

1. From Hidden Chats

To view the deleted secret conversations on Messenger,

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First, open Facebook Messenger on your Android or iOS.

Step 2: Next, go to the ‘Recent conversations‘ section.

Step 3: Now, you can use the search bar to see the conversation you archived on Facebook before.

Step 4: If you can see that conversation, just tap on the three-dots icon and then tap on ‘Hidden chats‘ and then reply to that to restore that conversation in your inbox.

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Now in another case, if the messages are in spam just go to the ‘Message requests‘ and from the spam or filtered section just reply to the chat conversation to restore into the inbox.

2. Recover from Spam Requests

The secret chat conversations can be found on Messenger. If you just have removed the chat from your inbox to Spam then just follow these steps to restore those back to the Messenger inbox:

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First of all, open the Facebook Messenger app and search for all online conversations in the messaging section.

Step 2: Then search for the name of an individual with whom you started the secret conversation or want to start.

Step 3: If the chat you’ve ignored before then just go to the ‘Message requests‘ section and from the ‘Spam‘ section you can restore the chat.

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Step 4: Although, from the search bar you can find the person, and then tapping on his/her name you can open the chat. Replying to the chat of that person with any message will move it back to the messenger inbox.

Step 5: By doing so, you will reach the chatbox of that individual and can view your previous messages.

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