How To Retrieve Deleted Messages From Messenger App Iphone

"How to recover deleted Facebook messages from messenger?"

"Can you recover deleted Facebook messages?"

Well, "Delete" and "Archive" are the 2 functions in Facebook Messenger app which can lead to the disappearance of messages. Before you recover deleted Facebook messages on iOS devices (including iOS 15), you need to check whether did the Facebook messages are deleted or archived.

This article will help you in how to recover deleted messages from messenger which also can help you recover deleted Messenger messages on iPhone.

Part 1: How to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages on iOS Device
Part 2: How to Recover Archived Messages on Facebook
Part 3: How to Archive Facebook Messages on iOS Devices (iPhone/iPad)
Part 4: How to Recover Deleted Messages or Others on iPhone/iPad

Part 1: How to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages on iOS Device

To recover deleted Facebook Messages in this way, you will have to log onto Facebook on the computer. Now let's see how to recover deleted Facebook messages following the guides below. (Anyway, if you wish to recover SMS messages on iPhone, you need to turn to another way.)

Step 1 Login to your Facebook account, and navigate to settings. Choose the "General" option and you will see the window like the screenshot below. Click "Download a copy".

Step 2 In the next window, click "Start my Archive" to get an identification email from Facebook, where you can download the archive file. Once finished downloading, open it and find the index file to recover deleted Facebook messages.

Note: For Android users, please go here to learn how to recover deleted text messages on Android.

Part 2: How to Recover Archived Messages on Facebook

Unlike deleting your Facebook message permanently, you can retrieve archived Facebook messages at any time, here is how you can recover archived messages on Facebook:

Step 1 Check your archive

Log in your Facebook account, and navigate to settings. Choose the "General" option and you will see the window like the screenshot below. Click "Download a copy".

Step 2 Recover archived messages

You can tap "Messages" for starting a new conversation. Select the name of your friend with whom you exchanged the archived message. After you have found the archived message, click on "Action" and then "Unarchive".

And voila! You have now that message on your Facebook Messenger again, visible! You can recover your Facebook messages one by one just with the selection of messages that you are interested in.

Part 3: How to Archive Facebook Messages on iOS Devices (iPhone/iPad)

Always you have two options for removing Facebook Messenger messages, deleting them, or archiving them. Archived messages and conversations will no longer be on your list, but you can find them in your account. Follow these steps in order to archive your Facebook messenger messages:

Step 1 Select the messages you want to archive

Tap the "Facebook Messenger" application and select the "Messages" tab. Locate the message that you wish to archive. Press and hold on to the message until a list of options displays, including the option to archive or delete the message.

Step 2 Choose the Archive tab

Tap the "Archive" option in order to delete the message from your list. After the archiving of some messages from FB messenger, those messages can be retrieved. The archived messages are not deleted permanently.

See more tips on Full Guides on Archive Facebook Messages.

Maybe it is useful for you to familiarize yourself with the two buttons that you can use for messages: Delete and Archive. If you selected "Delete" for one message, you can retrieve it at your ease. Again, Facebook Messenger has no option to recover your deleted messages.

If you are wondering how to recover deleted messages on Facebook messenger, which you have removed from the archived folder, there might be no such option available for that. Facebook has not yet provided to retrieve such messages once you have deleted them.

Part 4: How to Recover Deleted Messages or Others on iPhone/iPad

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Which makes it easy to use, is that you just have to connect it and scan your idevice to recover your data. You can selectively recover, rather than the whole backup.

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Note: It may not help you recover deleted Facebook messages on iPhone, but it can definitely recover iPhone deleted messages, contacts, photos, videos, call history, WhatsApp messages, and more.

The procedure for the iPhone text message archive provided by dr.fone - Data Recovery (iOS) is discussed below:

Step 1 Install dr.fone - iOS Toolkit and connect your device

First, download and install dr.fone on your computer. There are Windows and Mac versions download links. Launch it and you can see the main window like the screenshot below. Click on "Recovery".

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Step 2 Scan Your iOS Device

You are supposed to click "Recover from iOS Device" mode. Check the files types that you hope to recover. Click "Start Scan".

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Step 3 Recover Deleted Facebook Messages on iPhone/iPad

When the scan process is completed, you can see the files are displayed by categories. You can find your wanted data by clicking the files types on the left menus. Check them and click "Restore to Device" or "Export to computer".

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Also Read:

How to Recover Deleted Photos on iPhone

How to Recover Deleted/Lost Contacts on iPhone

Conclusion

Before you delete Messages on Facebook, think about it, yet do not give way to despair. Before anything is deleted permanently, Facebook will always ask you if you really want to do it. I would recommend you to archive your conversations or back up Facebook messages frequently.