When we have lots of friends on facebook, it is common that there will be lots of messages from friends. Sometimes we delete the messages to get rid of too many messages or sometimes messages are deleted unknowingly. Now, how can you retrieve those messages if you wish to see those messages again? Well, If you want to know How to retrieve deleted Facebook messages, this article will help you out.
In this article I am going to show you How to retrieve deleted Facebook messages. So, read this article till the end and follow the procedures, you will be able to do it easily. So, let’s see how to do it:
If you are using the Latest Version of Facebook App
I hope you are using the latest version of facebook on your android device. Follow this way:
- So, first of all, open the facebook app. Then login to your account if you have not logged in yet.
- Now, tap on the hamburger icon which is three horizontal lines. Then, scroll down to the bottom and tap on the “Settings & privacy” option.
- From there, select the “Settings” option.
- Now scroll down and look for the “Your information” section. From there, select the “Download your information” option.
- Now, you will see there are two options. One is “Request copy” and the other one is “Available copies”. So, stay in the “Request copy” option.
- Now, tap on the “Deselect all” button and put the check mark only on the “Messages” option. After that, scroll down to bottom, you can select the “Date range”, “Format” and “Media quality” as per your preference. Then tap on the “Create file” button.
- Now, scroll up and go to the “Available copies” option and you will see that your requested file is pending. So, you have to wait. Because it will take time to prepare data depending on the data and media size. After that you will be able to use it.
- So, that’s it.
If you are using Slightly Older Version of Facebook App
There are slight changes in the settings option on the older facebook app. So, follow this way:
- So, open the facebook app and login to your account.
- Now, tap on the hamburger icon which is three horizontal lines. Then, scroll down to the bottom and tap on the “Settings & privacy” option.
- From there, select the “Settings” option. Now, tap on the “Profile settings” option.
- Now scroll down and look for the “Your Facebook information” section. From there, select the “Download Profile information” option.
- Now, tap on the “Deselect all” button from the “Request copy” section and put the check mark only on the “Messages” option.
- After that, scroll down to bottom, you can select the “Date range”, “Format” and “Media quality” as per your preference.
- Then tap on the “Create file” button.
- Now, scroll up and go to the “Available copies” option and you will see that your requested file is pending. So, you have to wait. Because it will take time to prepare data depending on the data and media size. After that you will be able to use it.
- So, that’s it.
So, in this way you can retrieve deleted messages from your facebook account. I hope you have understood How to retrieve deleted Facebook messages and also I hope this article helped you. This is a very easy process to do and I hope you will be able to do it by yourself now.
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