I'm So Confused

@celticeagle (195682)
Boise, Idaho
September 20, 2026 2:05pm CST
I made contact on Facebook with an old friend last night. We had a nice conversation on Messenger. I went to read over it today and it was gone. I tried to bring it back and no luck. I have a pin and use that but nothing. She had told me some things that I wanted to jot down so I could remember them. No luck. I guess I should have done that last night. I see where the messages will erase in 24 hours. I turned that off. I am so confused on encrypted and such. I have turned off the erasing the messages after 24 hours. Such a bummer. I write back and forth with my daughter on Messenger and have had this issue but was always to bring it back. Not so on this one. Ugh!
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• Northampton, England
20 Sep
so did you connect via the facebook page or the separate meta messenger ( blue symbol)?
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep
I was on Facebook.
• Northampton, England
20 Sep
@celticeagle download the messenger on your phone and it may offer you the option to save archive messages .Wont take long
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep
@thedevilinme ......I have it on there. I will check further.
@RebeccasFarm (91274)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Sep
That AI has destroyed Facebook..I know what you mean I hate it.
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Sep
I see very little good in it.
@toniganzon (82796)
• Philippines
21 Sep
That sucks. Were you on the phone or computer? Did you chat on Messenger as an app or did you chat on Facebook? Better have the Messenger so that won't happen. You might be able to retrieve the message from there. I'm not fond of Facebook at all but it seems that everybody's using it as a means of communication.
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Sep
I was on my phone. I finally figured out what I was doing and corrected it.
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@wolfgirl569 (142287)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Sep
Sorry you lost them.
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep
Frustrating.
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@RasmaSandra (102101)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Sep
I have no idea how it all works but if and when I want to keep a message from there I copy and paste it on a paper so it keeps,
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep
That's what I will have to do.
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@sallypup (70035)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Sep
I have never had that happen with messenger. I hope you find your friend again.
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@celticeagle (195682)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Sep
I did and corrected the issue.
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