View Old Facebook Messages

This instructs you just how to read your old chat messages on Facebook. You can do this from within the Facebook Carrier application, or you can make use of the desktop Facebook website.

View Old Facebook Messages

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

: > Click "See All."

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

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

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

Tips: If you removed the message from Facebook Messenger, you likely won't have the ability to retrieve them.

Cautions: You can not reply to archived messages.