Find or search for a conversation in Messenger

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Search for a conversation in Messenger

Desktop App:
  1. From your Desktop app, click Search at the top.
  2. Search for a person, business, service, place, phone number or text from a conversation.
  3. Tap the person, business, service or place to open the conversation.
Desktop (messenger.com):
  1. From Chats, click Search Messenger at the top.
  2. Search for a person, business, service, place, phone number or text from a conversation.
  3. 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 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”. Tap Sync now to automatically sync your chat history on your device.

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