Were you talking to someone on Facebook Messenger (or any other similar service) and did you notice that they deleted the message they sent you?
It’s common to be curious about what they actually posted and why they bothered to delete it. Here’s why you may be wondering: is there a way to retrieve a message? Can you see the messages they haven’t sent and is there a way to get them back?
Fortunately, there are many things you can try. This article explains several ways to view unsent messages in Messenger.
Show all unsent messages
Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to retrieve the message from Facebook itself. Once unsent, it will be permanently deleted unless the person resubmits it.
Fortunately, however, your phone can download and save messages under certain conditions, which means they can still be viewed.
Now let’s take a look at some of these strategies.
Check your notification
The first and easiest way is to check notifications.
When someone sends you a message on Messenger and you are not available to see it, your phone often sends a push notification with the message content.
Although the notification can sometimes disappear if the message has not been sent, this is not always the case. Therefore, when you are on the phone lock screen, you should carefully read each notification before they disappear.
But even if your phone is unlocked, you may still see previous notifications. On iPhones and many Android phones, you can see a list of all recent notifications to see all the notifications you missed.
So the first thing to try is to check there. Even if a message has disappeared from Facebook Messenger (or any other messaging platform you use), it may still be available in your phone’s notifications itself.
Enable notification history
If you are using an Android phone or tablet, you may be able to access the entire notification history.
This keeps notifications available on your phone even if they have been deleted, deleted, deleted or never sent.
It’s a little feature that not many people know about and it makes it easy to view messages that haven’t been sent! This applies not only to Facebook Messenger, but also to other messaging apps that send push notifications, such as Kik, WhatsApp, Instagram, and more!
To enable notification history on Android, do the following:
- Go to your phone or tablet settings.
- Tap Notifications, then tap Advanced.
- Go to the section that says “Notification History”.
- Change the slider from ‘Off’ to ‘On’.
Below is a list of all the apps that have sent you push notifications. You can then tap the “Messenger” line to see all Facebook Messenger notifications sent to your phone.
Scroll until you find a message that hasn’t been sent and you can check it!
Use notification savings
While this doesn’t help you now, it’s a good idea to see unsent messages in the future.
Notification saver apps do exactly what they sound like – they save a copy of every notification that arrives on your phone, even if they’ve been deleted, sent, or deleted, even if they only stay on your device for a few seconds!
That’s why they can be a great way to view messages that haven’t been sent.
Some examples of apps that have this functionality are WhatisRemoved + and Notisave, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Usually, these apps can be set up in seconds. All you have to do is download it, select the apps you want to save notifications from, and follow the simple on-screen instructions. In this case, you need to make sure the app is set to save notifications from Messenger.
You may be wondering, WhatIsRemoved + and Notisave are available on the iPhone? Unfortunately the answer is no.
Due to the restrictive nature of iOS, these companies cannot create versions of their iPhone software.
However, if recording notifications is very important to you, you can always buy a cheap Android device for just $ 40 and install the apps there.
Since push notifications can be sent to both your iPhone and Android device, they will still be saved when needed. So this is an option worth considering!