Social Media > Facebook 33 33 people found this article helpful How to Unsend a Facebook Message Delete that message you just sent and forget all about it By Robert Earl Wells III Updated on June 2, 2022 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email In This Article Expand Jump to a Section Unsend Facebook Messages in a Web Browser Unsend in the App Why Unsend Messages? Can People See Unsent Facebook Messages? This article explains how to permanently unsend a message you've sent using Facebook Messenger. You can remove the message from your own chat history or for everyone on the chat. How to Unsend Facebook Messages in a Web Browser Here's how to unsend a Messenger message in a web browser: Select More (three dots), and then select Remove. Select Unsend for everyone to remove the comment from the conversation, and then select Remove. Click Okay to confirm. The text you sent is gone. In its place, a bubble says, "You unsent a message." This bubble is visible to all participants. How to Unsend Messages in the Facebook Messenger App Whether you have an Android or an iPhone, the process for unsending a message sent from the app is the same. Tap and hold the message you want to unsend. Select More. Tap Unsend. Choose Unsend for Everyone to remove the message from all chat participants' threads. Alternatively, tap Unsend for You to remove it from your chat but leave it on other participants' threads. Select OK to confirm. The item you unsent has "You unsent a message" in its place. Everyone in the conversation can see this. The unsend feature might not be available if you use a messaging app that integrates with Facebook other than Facebook Messenger. Why Would You Want to Unsend Facebook Messages? Let's say you just sent a message you instantly regretted, or you accidentally sent a personal message to the wrong person. Until 2018, Facebook messages could not be unsent or removed from the recipient's inbox. Now, you can take back your words, GIFs, emojis, or anything else you sent to an individual or group of people. Can People Still See Unsent Facebook Messages? Unsending a message deletes it from the conversation, so it might disappear before the recipient actually sees it. However, it's very possible they've already viewed the message, especially if it was sent some time previously. The recipient will see that you've unsent a message. As part of its mission to prevent cyberbullying, Facebook administrators can see unsent messages for a short time in case a message is reported for policy violations. When someone unsends a message, the message is replaced by text indicating the message was removed. That way, you can report users for harassment by tapping the sender's name, then selecting Something's Wrong in the Facebook Messenger app. How to Delete Messages on Facebook Messenger Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit