How to Search Facebook Messenger Conversation

This video shows you how to search a Facebook Messenger conversation.

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Timestamps:
Steps to Search Facebook Messenger Conversation in Messenger Mobile App: 0:47

Video Transcript:

First, let's walk through how to search a Facebook Messenger conversation in the Facebook mobile app.

Step 1. Launch the Facebook Messenger app on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. You'll arrive at your Facebook Messenger home screen.

Step 2. Tap to open the specific Facebook Messenger conversation you want to search. That conversation appears on your screen. As a reminder, you can search within a specific Facebook Messenger conversation, but you can't search across all of them.

Step 3. Tap the name of the user, or users, that appears at the top of the conversation window. A menu with options for that specific Facebook Messenger chat appears.

Step 4. Tap "Search in Conversation" in the More Actions section. A search bar appears at the top of your screen, and a keyboard appears on the lower half of the screen.

Step 5. Enter the term you want to search for, and then tap "Search." A list of search results will appear, automatically sorted by date so the most recent search match appears first.

Step 6. Tap any of the results to view a preview screen, which displays the messages before and after the message where the search term appeared, to give you context. Tapping the back arrow in the upper left corner of the screen will take you back to the list of search results.

Step 2. Click the Facebook Messenger chat you want to search in the list on the left side of the screen. That conversation will open in the center of your screen.

Step 3. Click "Search in Conversation" in the Options section that appears on the right side of the screen. A search bar appears directly above the conversation.

Step 4. Enter the term you want to search for, and then tap "Search." The number of matches found will be displayed in place of the search bar, along with up and down arrows. You'll be taken to the most recent occurrence of your search term in that Facebook Messenger chat. Click the "Up" arrow to navigate through matches by date, with the most recent appearing first. You can use the down arrow to move back toward previous results.

Step 5. Click "Done" to the right of the count of search results to exit your current search, and then click "Done" again to close the search bar entirely.

[MaxDalton]

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[SonicVisualGR]

I still can't believe there is no way to input date and jump to a specific conversation made on that date. I think they did this on purpose, otherwise it can not be explained ! I'm a software developer and when we create tools for our users, we always aim on how fast people can get what they want. Facebook / Meta developers must be on some substances. ( Yes I'm that frustrated ! )

[ADeadlierSnake]

You ever hear the expression, "Brevity is the soul of wit?" We don't need a 2 minute intro telling us why we're here, dude. That's what the title is for.

[Existentialist]

There is no "search in conversation". Think this is the old fb.

[VegitoBlackityBlack]

How about searching all conversations for 1 word? I was able to do this days ago but now it's not working.

[touch]

Nice clear instructions. Unfortunately there is no 'Search in conversation' on PC

[michaelzoran]

QUESTION: The conversation I need to find is from four years ago. It included some specific legal words. But, I cannot find it. I don't want to scroll through thousands of conversations. Is there a way to search for just that conversation by entering those specific legal words?

[jamesband]

what solution you can recommend with this issue of mine. why does my search conversation on messenger appear only the earliest of our conversation, not the messages months ago, after I ignored someone's message and unignored it after 2days?

[pilothyedranger]

What about some older messages that was failed to record when you try to search that specific message but didn't show?

[theatonementsight]

Hi There - thanks for the video. Any chance you know how to search for audio clips/voice messages a loved one has left at some point in the messenger chat???? I don't see how to search for them and I would like to find them in our conversation. Thanks.

[its-meadmosiommeant]

I want to search for an image to delete it, hence I will have to find it through the search bar and not in shared media section what can I do ?

[farahhazem]

Why is it not possible to view more message while searching through the app its so nanoying it used to be just like the website

[dominicbourke]

This is probably the most boring redundant video ever made

[nitag]

Does It Alert The Person When You Search ?

[GeorgeTorres]

I know what the person said but I don't remember their name. How do I find that conversation for that one person if I don't know their name?

[parkkinglot]

My problem is different, i forgot the name of the person I talked to on Facebook 2 years ago, I want to search his name on the conversation list because I want to message him again, is there anyway to do it?

[AkshayKumar-sopx]

Please help... I can't search conversation of one person only....but it's working fine with other conversations

[consuelosagarang]

Please help me I cant find the more actions on messenger. What should I do. Thank you

[mafe]

I was able to search words in one conversation in specific, but now it doesn't show anything, does anybody know how to solve this?

[sayhan]

This no longer works for some reason after end-to-end encryption that messenger has added, it sucks 😔