Search Old Facebook Messages

This instructs you just 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 computer Facebook site.

Search Old Facebook Messages

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

: > Click "See All."

: > Click in the "Search Messages" field as well as enter a search term. Click the "Look" switch or press "Go into" on your key-board.

: > Scroll down the list of messages to find the message. You might need to click on "Load Older Thread" at the end of the screen to show even more messages.

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

Tips: If you deleted the message from Facebook Carrier, you likely will not have the ability to retrieve them.

Cautions: You can not reply to archived messages.

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