Don't Panic, Here's How To Recover Deleted Messages In Messenger

How to recover deleted messages in Messenger (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Losing an important message is something very annoying, especially if the message is related to your job. Therefore, it is very important to back up the message wherever the message is.

Meta messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Messenger have features to back up Chat. So, you don't have to worry about losing the message.

However, if you feel like you've deleted or not found the chat, you might be able to do some of these ways to get it back.

Instead of deleting messages, you could only archive them. Follow these steps to find archived messages on your computer:

However, if the chat appears to have been deleted, you can still recover it. Android devices will save cached data from almost every app you use.

So, if you're using Messenger on your Android phone, there's a possibility you'll be able to dig deep enough to find deleted chats:

Unfortunately, if you're using an iPhone, finding a deleted Messenger message is much more difficult. In that situation, you may need to try a third-party iPhone data recovery tool.

Launching Makeuseof, Facebook does not keep deleted messages for 90 days in the backup. Once removed, they will disappear permanently. However, if you make a backup before you delete it, you can still recover it. This is where you can find all your backup files: