Losing precious Facebook chats is heartbreaking, isn’t it? You were trying to do something else, and it somehow ended up deleting your messages. Now, what do you do to get them back? Okay, do not worry. This short guide will help you recover your chats. Even better, it will show you how to view deleted messages on Messenger from another user with mSpy!
It’s important to note that Messenger only keeps track of your deleted messages for 90 days after deletion. After that, you will have to resort to other methods, such as learning how to hack Facebook or using tools like mSpy. But before we get into that, let’s first look at some of the simpler solutions.
Tried and Proven Methods to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages
Most of the time, the best solution to a problem is the simplest. So, if you have been wondering how to recover deleted messages on Facebook Messenger, you should first try the following methods:
Before we find out how you can use mSpy, let’s first understand what mSpy is.
mSpy is a kind of track my phone app that can solve many problems. And one of the few problems that it can help solve is recovering deleted chats on someone else’s Facebook account. So how does this mobile phone tracker work?
- First of all, you need to buy the app. There are a few subscription packages available to choose from.
- You will then receive an email with instructions that you can use to install and configure mSpy. Install the app on the device you want to target.
- Once the setup is finished successfully, you can use the monitoring panel of the app to observe all the phone activity of the target user. Now even if the target phone deletes its Facebook messages (or anything else), it will still be available on the mSpy dashboard.
Yes, that’s all you have to do. And mSpy not only supports deleted message recovery, but can also be used as a Facebook location tracker. Well, you can track each and everything your target user does on their phone.
Deleting a chat in Messenger is not as easy as you might think. You need to go through alerts and confirmations first. So, if you think you accidentally deleted messages, there’s a good chance you didn’t see these alerts. And that means you’re in luck because your messages are probably archived.
So how can you recover archived messages? It’s simple. Just follow these steps.
- Open the messaging app.
- Tap your profile photo.
- Select archived chats, and voila! There they are.
- Now, swipe to the left and select the unarchive option.
Another great way to get your Facebook messages deleted is to simply contact the person you chatted with. Even if you’ve deleted messages on your end instead of archiving them, the other person most likely still has a copy.
Deleting messages in your inbox removes them from your end. But, the other person still has them. So, just send them a text and ask them to forward the texts to you or send screenshots. Whatever you prefer!
If you set up a backup of your data at some point in your life, today is the day it will come in handy, no need to hack apps.
You can simply open the backup file on your computer. It will look something like ‘Facebook-yourusername.zip’ in your Downloads folder. Now follow the steps below:
- Unzip the folder if you haven’t already, and open it.
- You will see a bunch of folders. open the one called Messages.
- Now open the file named ‘your_messages.html.‘
You will be able to see all your messages in your default browser. Just open any conversation you want to see and it will contain all the messages until the backup.
| Note: One important thing to remember with this method is that it will only show the chats until your backup. Anything later cannot be recovered through this backup. Therefore, it is a good idea to create regular backups. |
Fortunately, the folks at Facebook understand that anyone can accidentally delete your messages. And not everyone is comfortable using a phone tracking app. So, they gave fools like us an easy out. To get your chats back on PC, do the following:
- Sign in to your Facebook account on your PC.
- now go to Settings and privacy.
- In it General settings, select Your Facebook information.
- There will be some options on the right. Select the one that says Download your information.
- You will see a page that will give you the option to select what you want to access. First click deselect all and then choose the things you want to restore. For example, Messages.
- After carefully choosing your options, click on the create a file button at the top.
- A pop-up window will appear informing you that the file is being created.
- When finished, you will receive an email in your associated account with the download link.
- Click on this link. You may be required to enter your Facebook credentials for security purposes.
- Now just press the Discharge and it will download a zip folder containing a backup of everything you selected in the previous steps.
- Unzip and open this folder to take a look.
And that is! You got your texts back. And all without having to download tracking apps. But what if none of the above methods worked for you? What if your messages seem to be gone forever? What if you need to get someone else’s deleted messages? Well, that’s when mSpy can come in handy.
Conclusion
Hopefully some of these methods can come in handy and help you restore your deleted messages on Facebook Messenger. At the same time, let it be a gentle reminder to set up backup to avoid losing important chats in the future.
Categories: Technology
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
