99% Success: How to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages on Android

Facebook is one of the most popular social media where you can share interest with strangers and making friends and chat with them. There is a common problem on Facebook: how can I recover deleted Facebook messages if I made wrong operation by accident or system crush. This article will give 4 methods with detailed guide for Android users.

Recover Facebook Messages on Android

Method 1. Recover Android Deleted Facebook Messages on Window/Mac without Rooting

At first, you can try to use the professional data recovery tool Aiseesoft FoneLab for Android to help explore all your Facebook messages and recover the deleted ones. This software will scan and demonstrate the existing and deleted items and then you can select the wanted messages to save to your PC/Mac. Not just for Facebook messages, it can also help recover lost calls, text, and document even without a backup. Firstly, you need to download to your PC or Mac, and then install and launch it on your PC/Mac.

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Step 1:
Click Android Data Recovery and connect your phone to PC/Mac, and this Facebook recovery tool will detect it automatically.
Connect Android Devices
Step 2:
Choose the file type you want to recover, and let this software scan your phone. In this process, it will root your Android phone.
Scan Files
Step 3:
After finishing the scan, you could view all your files on phone, like photos, SMS, Facebook messages, WhatsApp messages, and more. Choose what Facebook messages you want to retrieve, click "Recover" to recover the deleted Facebook messages.
Retrieve Deleted Messages

If you choose text messages, then you are able to recover SMS on Android. Similarly, you are also capable of recovering deleted photos, contacts, etc. If you have some data on your SD card, you could also recover deleted file from SD card with the help of this software.

Method 2. Recover Lost Facebook messages on Android through Facebook Messenger

Are your Facebook messages really deleted or you just fail to find them? In fact, you probably just archived the Facebook messages so they disappeared from your Facebook Messenger Inbox until next time you chat or remove from archive box. Now, you just need to follow the steps as following to retrieve messages on Facebook Messenger.

Step 1:
The quickest way is to search for messages from a person with keywords or conversation or the person's name. Then you can tap and see the message even it is archived.
Step 2:
If you can't recall any information. Tap the message icon on the left side of your homepage > Menu icon at the top left side > select Archived to view your archived conversations.
Facebook Messenger

Method 3. Retrieve Deleted Facebook Messages on Android via Android Memory

When you search for "how to recover deleted Facebook messages" on the internet, you may notice File Explorer to find your cache with a certain way. For recovering Facebook messages on your phone, this way also functions well. You can search for any File Explorer on Google Play like EJ File Explorer, ES File Explore, etc. Here we take ES File Explorer as an example.

Step 1:
Download File Explorer from Google Play store and download the app to your phone.
Step 2:
Open the ES File Explorer app, go to your storage/SD card to find "Android" > "Data".
Step 3:
After tapping the "Data" folder, you will find one folder named as "com.facebook.orca", which contains related information about Messenger. Hit it and choose "cache", and then you will see one file, "fb_temp". That is all Facebook backups.

You could also get back your Facebook photos, contacts, etc. in this way,

Recover Facebook Messages with ES File Explorer

Method 4. Recover Facebook Messages from Downloaded Facebook Data

As Facebook allows you to save data like messages, emails, followers, friends, chats and more on computer or Android device, you can easily recover Facebook messages from downloaded Facebook data. How to copy the Facebook messages data for recovering? Here is the step-by-step guide to help you.

Step 1:
Visit the Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/, and then login to your Facebook account.
Step 2:
Click Your profile on the right corner > Settings & privacy > Settings, and then click the See more in Account Center.
Step 3:
In Account Center, switch to Your information and permissions and click Export your information to make a Facebook backup.
Make Facebook Backup
Step 4:
You can choose the backup information including message, contact and setting. Then it will take server minutes and you can download once it is prepared.
Download Backup

Note: You can find the Facebook messages from the file if you have the old copy. If you do not copy the information before deleting the messages, you will be unable to retrieve them as they are not included.

FAQs of Recovering Facebook Messages on Android

Where is Messenger data stored on Android?

You can go to Files > Storage/SD card > Android > data. Find the folder com.facebook.orca > cache > fb_temp, and find Facebook Messenger data on Android device.

How to see old messages in Messenger?

You can open a chat and scroll up to explore the old messages. You can also search some keywords of your conversation to locate quickly. If you can not find the chat history or deleted then already, you can use recovery tool to restore the old messages.

Are messages permanently deleted on Facebook Messenger?

It depends on different operation. If you choose Delete for you, the message will be removed from your view. But if your use Unsend of Delete for everyone, the message will be deleted from both sides.

Conclusion

No matter what for what kind of reason and how your deleted you Facebook messages from your Android, there is always a perfect way for you to recover Facebook Messages on Android. At first, check your archived box and this is the easiest method to recover the hidden message. For deleted messages, you can check from the android storage by file explore and your older Facebook backups. If none of these methods help, you can use Aiseesoft FoneLab for Android to recover the deleted Facebook messages on Android. It's fast, easy with high success rate. Try it now!

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