What Is Secret Conversation on Messenger and How to Use It

Facebook secret conversation offers a legitimately safe way to chat with your friends, family members, colleagues, and other contacts in Messenger. No one outside the chat can read your conversations without a passkey.

Surely you want your messages and privacy on Facebook Messenger to be protected. This post covers what Facebook Messenger secret conversation is, and how to start a secret conversation.

• Part 1. What Is Facebook Messenger Secret Conversation
• Part 2. How to Use Secret Conversation on Messenger
• Part 3. How to See Secret Conversations on Messenger
• Part 4. FAQs of Facebook Messenger Secret Conversation

Part 1. What Is Facebook Messenger Secret Conversation

Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular social media platforms that allow users to send messages, audio, images, videos, and more. Facebook secret conversation is protected with end-to-end encryption. It offers a private space for you to chat with others. When you start a secret conversation in Messenger, your messages are incredibly private. No one can open or read the secret conversations without a passkey, not even Facebook.

Secret conversation in Messenger is available to all Facebook users. It uses device keys to make sure other users cannot sneak a peek at what are said in the secret conversation. When you have a secret conversation, you can also control how long your messages can be seen by the person you sent. For instance, you can set a timer to display your messages from as little as 5 seconds to a maximum of 24 hours.

When you send or receive secret messages on one device, you can't view them on your other devices. Secret conversations are currently available in the Messenger app on iPhone, iPad, and Android phone. This feature is not available on the Facebook website or Messenger website on your computer.

Part 2. How to Start a Facebook Messenger Secret Conversation on iPhone and Android Phone

If you care about your privacy and prefer a completely private and closed-off chat in the Messenger app, you can use the secret conversation feature. This part will show you how to enable Facebook secret conversation feature, customize its settings, and start secret conversations.

Remind you again, secret conversations are exclusive to the Messenger app on your iPhone, iPad, and Android device. You can't use it on the Facebook website, Messenger website, or its desktop app.

Use Facebook Messenger secret conversation on iPhone

Step 1 First, you should enable the secret conversation feature in Messenger. Open the Messenger app on your iPhone, and then tap your profile button in the top-left corner. Scroll down to choose the Secret conversations option. You can switch the button to the right to enable it.

Step 2 When you want to start a secret conversation, you should tap the pencil button in the top-right corner to start a new message first, and then tap Secret in the upper-right corner. After that, you can select the contact you want to make the secret conversation with. When you type the message, you can tap the clock button to set a timer.

Start a Facebook Messenger secret conversation on Android phone

Step 1 Before you start a Messenger secret conversation on an Android phone, you should also check if the feature is enabled or not. You can open the Messenger app, tap your profile, and then choose the Secret Conversations option to enable it.

Step 2 Tap the pencil button on the top-right part of the screen to start creating a new message. In the upper-right corner, you can see a lock button. When you want to use secret conversation in Messenger, you need to slide the button to the right. Then you can select the receiver and start a Facebook Messenger secret conversation. Similarly, to set a timer, you should tap on the clock button. Click here to learn how to delete messages on Facebook.

Part 3. How to Recover and View Deleted Secret Conversations on Messenger

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Step 1 Free download and install this Facebook Messenger data recovering software on your computer. Launch it and use the iPhone Data Recovery tool to recover or see your secret conversations in Messenger.

Step 2 It offers you 3 data recovery solutions, Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup File, and Recover from iCloud Backup File. Here you can choose to recover from your iPhone.

Step 3 Connect your iPhone to it and click on the Start Scan button. After scanning, all types of iOS data will be listed in categories on the left panel. You can simply click on Facebook or Messenger to view all its related files on this iPhone. You can recover deleted Facebook photos on iPhone with this software.