How to archive and find your archived conversations on Messenger
Do you have old Messenger conversations that you don’t necessarily want to delete? Well, it is quite possible to archive them on Messenger to consult them later if necessary on your computer or your Android or iPhone phone.
For some, Facebook’s Messenger messaging app is literally their default messaging app. We do not send text messages, but Messenger messages.
Only in the long run, we can have a very large number of conversations. While it is possible to delete Messenger conversations altogether, it is also possible to archive them.
The advantage of archiving a conversation is that you can access it when you want, unlike when you delete it. However, do we have to know how to find them! I explain here how not only to archive your Messenger conversations on computer or mobile, but also how to find them.
How to archive a Messenger conversation on a computer
To archive Messenger conversations on your computer, it’s not very complicated.
So to archive them you must:
- Connect to your Facebook account
- Click on the Messenger tab
- Select View All in Messenger
- Place your cursor on the conversation you want to archive
- Click on the three small dots
- Select option Hide
Here’s how to see all your conversations in Messenger on a computer.
Here’s how to archive a Messenger conversation on a computer.
How to find an archived Messenger conversation on a computer
Conversations that are archived on Messenger are automatically saved on the messaging platform.
So to consult our conversations archived on a computer, you must:
- Connect to your Facebook account
- Click on the Messenger tab
- To select See everything in Messenger
- Click on the gear tab at the top
- Select option Hidden Discussions
Here’s where to find your archived Messenger conversations on a computer.
How to archive a Messenger conversation on Android and iOS
To archive a Messenger conversation on an Apple Android or iOS phone and tablet, the procedure is no more complicated than on a computer.
To archive a Messenger conversation on Android, iPhone or iPad, you must:
- Open the Messenger application and connect to your account
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Long press on the conversation you want to archive
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Choose option: Archive
Here’s how to archive a Messenger conversation on an Android or Apple device.
How to find an archived Messenger conversation on Android and iOS
Just like on a computer, the conversations that are archived on the Messenger application remain archived in the messaging service.
To find them, it’s extremely simple. Basically, just type in the person’s name in the app’s search bar.
This brings up all the conversations that we have had with that person, whether individually or in a group. We can then also see the conversation that we have archived with this person.
Type the name of the person whose conversation you archived on Messenger.
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