How to Read Old Facebook Messages

This shows you how to review your old chat messages on Facebook. You can do this from within the Facebook Messenger application, or you can make use of the desktop Facebook site.

How To Read Old Facebook Messages

: > Log-in to your Facebook account. Click in the "Messages" button at the top of the Facebook screen.

: > Click "See All."

: > Click in the "Search Messages" area and get in a search term. Click the "Search" button or press "Enter" on your key-board.

: > Scroll down the list of messages to locate the message. You might require to click "Load Older Thread" at the end of the display to present more messages.

: > View archived messages by scrolling to the bottom of the web page and clicking the "Archived" link at the bottom of the web page. Scroll through your archived messages, if required.

Tips: If you removed the message from Facebook Messenger, you likely will not have the ability to get them.

Warnings: You can not react to archived messages.