Say you mistakenly sent a personal message to the
wrong person or that you simply wrote a message that you immediately regret.
Facebook messages could not be canceled or taken out of the recipient's inbox
prior to 2018. You can now retract any text, GIF, emoji, or other communication
you sent to a person or group of people.
How to
delete Facebook message send in a web browser
In a web browser, follow these steps to cancel a Messenger
message:
1. Click the More
button (three dots), then click Remove.
2. Click Unsend
to remove the comment from the chat for everyone, then click Remove.
3. To confirm, tap Okay.
4. Your text message disappears. "You unsent a message", a bubble says in its stead. Each
participant can see this bubble.
On the
Desktop App
·
Open a
Messenger chat.
·
To delete a message, simply right-click on it.
·
Select Whether You Want to Remove for You or Remove
for Everyone.
·
Click Remove.
On
Desktop (messenger.com)
1. Launch a Messenger chat in order to retract a
message you sent.
2. Click ... More,
then Unsend, to do this hover over
the message you wish to delete.
3. Choose the option to Unsend
for You or Unsend for Everyone.
4. Tap Unsend.
How to hide a message you received from your view is as follows:
1. Open a chat on
Messenger.
2. Select the message you want to delete by clicking.
3. Tap Remove
once, then Remove once again.
The Facebook Messenger App's Unsend Messages feature
Unsend Messages in the Facebook Messenger App
The steps for
canceling a message received via the app are the same whether you have an
iPhone or an Android.
1. Tap and hold the message you want to
delete.
2. Select More.
3. Click "Unsend."
4. To remove the
message from everyone's chat threads, choose Unsend for Everyone. To remove it from your chat while leaving it
on the threads of the other participants, you may also tap Unsend for You.
5. Click OK to confirm.
6. "You unsent a message" has been
swapped with the message you previously sent. Everyone in the conversation
can see that.
Can Facebook users still view unsent messages?
Unsending a
message removes it from the conversation, which may cause it to vanish before
the intended recipient even sees it. But if the communication was delivered
some time ago, it's extremely likely that they have already seen it. The
receiver will be able to see that the text was unsent.
Facebook
administrators may view unsent messages for a brief period of time in the event
that a message is reported for breaking policy as part of its commitment to
stop cyberbullying. A message is replaced when it is unsent with text that
indicates the message was deleted. By touching the sender's name and choosing
Something's Wrong in the Facebook Messenger app, you may report harassing
users.
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