How To Clear My Updates On Facebook Messenger

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Trying to practice inbox zero for your email? Bring that clean mindset to your Facebook Messenger, too. Hands go rid of message bloat with an archive characteristic that removes messages from your main Chat inbox, while saving them to access afterward.

Apply of Facebook Messenger skyrocketed during the pandemic, as more people turned to the net to stay connected. While the archive feature has been effectually for a while, it may be time to actually use it if your inbox has go clogged with chats you don't really need to see every time y'all open up the app.

Here'south how to archive your Facebook Messenger chats to view later on.

1. Open the Messenger app.

two. In the master Chats inbox, discover a message you don't want to keep in this pane. Swipe left on the message.

3. Tap the purple tab that says Annal. (If you tap the grayness More tab, you'll encounter options to mark as unread, mute, ignore, delete or block.)

That's it! To discover your archived letters, here's what to do:

1. Open the Messenger app.

2. Tap your profile picture in the top left corner.

3. Tap Archived Chats.

Y'all'll come across all of the chats you've saved there. You tin can then swipe right on each chat again and hit unarchive, or tap More to marker as unread, ignore, delete or block.

Messenger has added a few new features this week, including new Star Wars and Selena: The Series conversation themes, stickers that gloat Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and read receipts to messages in the inbox view, so you can see at a glance that your message was received.

For more than, check out how to completely delete your Facebook and how to transfer your Facebook photos and posts to other platforms.