Find or search for a conversation on Messenger
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Search for a conversation on Messenger
- From your Desktop app, click Search at the top.
- Search for a person, business, service, place, phone number or text from a conversation.
- Tap the person, business, service or place to open the conversation.
- From Chats, click Search Messenger at the top.
- Search for a person, business, service, place, phone number or text from a conversation.
- Tap the person, business, service or place to open the conversation.
If you can't find the conversation:
- Check to see if they've been blocked, and then unblock them.
- You may have deleted the conversation.
- You may have archived the conversation.
- Your secure storage may be turned off. Learn more about how to turn on your secure storage.
- Your chat history might not have been synced on the device you are searching in. When searching for a message in your chat history, you may see “Messages are missing. Sync now”. Click Sync now to automatically sync your chat history on your device.
