Access Hidden Facebook Messages From the Desktop
The quickest way to check your hidden messages on the desktop is to find your Facebook message requests and filtered messages in a web browser.
You can also check for these hidden messages on the desktop version of Facebook using the steps below.
Open Facebook, and select the Messenger icon on the top right side of Facebook. Select Options which looks like three dots at the top of the Messenger menu. Select Message Requests in the menu. From the list of messages, select the message and choose to either Reply to open the conversation, or Delete to remove the request. Select See All in Messenger to check for Spam messages.
View Hidden Facebook Messages With Messenger on Android
Check for hidden messages on the Android version of the Facebook Messenger app using the steps below.
Open the Messenger app. Tap your profile picture in the upper-left corner of the Chats window. Select Message Requests. Select You May Know to see message requests and Spam to see messages marked as spam. Choose to accept or delete the
View Hidden Facebook Messages With Messenger on iOS
Follow these steps to check for hidden messages on the iOS version of the Facebook Messenger app.
Open Messenger on your phone and tap your profile picture in the upper-left corner. Select Message Requests. Tap Spam to see filtered messages. When you have message requests, select Accept or Decline to authorize or hide them.
Facebook Message Requests and Community Standards
Facebook enforces Community Standards that cover bullying, harassment, threats, and sexual violence or exploitation. If you feel you have received a message that violates these standards, you can report the message to Facebook. Doing this will decrypt the encrypted message so the Facebook Help Team can review it.
When this happens, Facebook does not tell the person who starts the secret conversation. You also have the option to block someone on Messenger. You can also block them on Facebook.
