Facebook users enjoy sending messages, but sometimes, mistakes happen, and they delete their Data including images, videos and more.
If you’re one of those who wants to recover deleted Facebook messages, then, this tutorial will help. But, keep in mind that we are going to retrieve the messages from your archived Data that Facebook stores on their servers.
Update, It looks like Facebook is no longer offering old data backup. So, they only let you create a backup of the actual messages and data. In the past, deleted messages were moved to something like a ''trash folder'', So, you can only get the messages that are in your actual account.
Facebook, as the largest social network, wants to get the most of your data, and they store it and spend millions of dollars to protect it. Do you think all that is just to keep you safe? No, of course, their data is a real arm.
That’s why thousands of organizations try to stop Facebook from using people for their experiments and even spying. Anyway, let’s retrieve deleted Facebook messages and solve the problem.
Recovering deleted Facebook messages
To recover old Facebook messages and all the data, in general, the first thing you need, of course, is your Facebook account. So, login and visit the general settings page.
You will see that page exactly looking like the below screenshot. You need to click the “Download a copy of your Facebook data” click on it:
On the next page, you get simple information about your archive content. Facebook stores your images, videos, messages, posts, and much more. All you have to do is to click the button saying” Start my Archive”. They will just compress your archive.
A small pop-up window will be opened and all you need is to validate the process.
Normally, you will ask, how long does it take to download a copy of your Facebook data? Well, that depends on your Facebook account size. But in general, it takes one minute or so.
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If you have large files stored in your account, and you have lots of posts over the years, you need to wait 30 minutes on average.
They will send a confirmation email telling you about the archive instantly, and the other one will be received later. Anyway, Facebook will send you the download link to your email that you’ve used to sign up for your account.
You will receive the Facebook email with the subject “Your Facebook download is ready”, and it contains your download link. If you can’t find the email, check your spam folder in Gmail. It’s named “Junk” in Yahoo or other services.
Please remember the link should be at the bottom of the email. When you click that link, you get the below page and you just need to start the download and verify your password by entering it again.
The downloaded archive file will be in ZIP format. To open that file, you need the right software or Download WinRar if it’s not yet installed. That compressed folder contains all your Facebook data, shared or private information. You can open them by category, and see them in your Browser.
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To recover deleted messages on Facebook, or even, the old messages, for example, you need to open the subfolder named “HTML” as the following example:
In that folder, you can see, contact info, events, Friends, messages, and all your Facebook archived data. Click “messages” and you will see them in your web browser.
Now, you’ve successfully recovered all your deleted messages on Facebook. That’s good for you when you need to verify something. But remember that that’s not good for those one billion people, who think that they are sharing private information through Facebook.
Nothing is safe there, and you need to manage and use your account smartly.
Now, you know how to retrieve deleted Facebook messages. But, remember, the Facebook company has your own data, and you can’t delete them. Simply, because they will store it forever, and that’s why you should never store personal data there.
I hope that this helped, do you have any other way to recover your deleted Facebook messages? Share them in your comments, please.
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