What are archived messages actually? Archived messages are those messages which you can hide from your inbox. The archived messages will not appear in the inbox unless you chat with them again. You will not receive any notifications for those messages as well. If you want to hide messages you may not want to talk to them as well. You can also unarchive messages on Messenger if you want the messages to appear in the inbox again.
How to Archive Messages on Messenger?
Before knowing how to delete archived messages on Messenger, let us see how to archive messages in the first place. You can archive messages using your PC as well as your smartphone. In order to archive messages on Messenger follow these steps:
1. Open Messenger and tap and hold the chat you want to archive.
2. Find ‘Archive’ and then tap on it.
3. You will see the chat you archive on archived chats.
How to Delete Archived Messages on Messenger?
You can delete archived messages on Messenger very easily. It is similar to deleting normal messages on Messenger. You just need to find the archived messages to do so. There are two options to delete archived messages. They are:
From Smartphone
You can delete archived messages on Messenger using your smartphone. In order to do so, you can use Messenger as well as the Messenger Lite app. To delete the messages you archived just follow these steps:
1. Open Messenger and tap on your profile picture in the left-hand corner.
2. Scroll down until you find ‘Archived chats’ and then tap on it.
3. You will see all the archived chats.
4. Tap and hold the chat for a while and then tap on ‘Delete’.
5. Finally tap on ‘Delete’ again to delete the archived chat.
It is very easy to delete archived messages on Messenger. You can follow the same method in androids as well as iPhones.
From PC
It is very easy to delete archived messages on Messenger using your PC. You can do so easily from the Messenger web app. The method to delete the chat is simple as you need to find the archived chats only. In order to delete archived messages on Messenger follow these steps:
1. Tap on your profile picture in the top left-hand corner.
2. Find ‘Archived Chats’ and then tap on it.
3. You will be able to view all the archived chats.
4. By the side of the chat you want to delete tap on the three dots.
5. Tap on ‘Delete Chat’.
6. For final confirmation tap on ‘Delete Chat’ again.
Hence by following the steps given above it is very easy to delete the messages you archive.
How to Find Archived Messages on Facebook?
You can easily find archived messages on Facebook. To do so, tap on your profile picture by opening the Messenger app on your phone or PC. Scroll down until you find archived chats and tap on them. All the chats you archived will be visible to you.
How to Unarchive Messages on Facebook?
After archiving a message you may also want the message back in your inbox. You can easily unarchive messages in such cases. In order to unarchive messages, tap on your profile picture in the messenger app. Scroll down until you find the menu item Archived chats and then tap on it. You will see all the archived chats. Then tap and hold the chat which you want to unarchive and then tap on Unarchive chat.
Conclusion
Hence you can very easily delete archived messages on Messenger. You can do so using your smartphones as well as your PCs. Just follow the steps given above and you are all good to go. Thank you for reading the article. Please do share this article with your friends and help us grow. If you have any queries or comments do leave them in the comment box.
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