{"id":28913,"date":"2017-01-13T20:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28913"},"modified":"2020-07-03T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T12:14:09","slug":"facebook-messenger-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-messenger-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Retrieve Facebook Messenger Chat History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever felt the need to search through your Facebook Messenger\u2019s conversation history in order to recall something you or your friend have said?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you will be glad to know that the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messenger.com\"><strong>web version of Messenger<\/strong><\/a><strong> allows you to search your conversation history<\/strong>, as long as the conversation history wasn\u2019t deleted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-50403 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/facebook-messenger-tips-and-tricks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Facebook Messenger Tips and Tricks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook is the most popular social media app in the world and its messaging app the Facebook Messenger...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Searching your conversation history works in two ways on Messenger for web.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Enter your search topic into the search box found on the left rail of the browser<\/strong>. Once you\u2019ve entered the term you\u2019re searching for, <strong>Messenger would pull up all conversations that contain the term you\u2019re searching for<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-messenger-history\/01-search-topic.jpg?newedit\" width=\"413\" height=\"103\" alt=\"search topic\"><\/figure>\n<li>Click on the<strong> \"Search in Conversation\"<\/strong> option located at the right rail of the browser and it will bring up a search box above the active conversation. This feature<strong> will only search for terms on the currently active conversation window<\/strong>, useful if you\u2019re trying to search for something you\u2019ve said to a specific person in the past. <\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-messenger-history\/02-search-in-conversation.jpg?newedit\" width=\"407\" height=\"276\" alt=\"search in conversation\"><\/figure>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, the usefulness of this search functionality depends on whether or not you\u2019ve touched your conversation history on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never deleted a conversation before, the search function is capable of pulling up messages from years ago.<\/p>\n<p>However,<strong> if you\u2019ve recently pruned your conversations, the results from the search will likewise be limited<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever felt the need to search through your Facebook Messenger\u2019s conversation history in order to recall something you or your friend have said? 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