How to Hide Messages You Have Read on Facebook Messenger on a PC or Mac

This wikiHow teaches you how to archive the Facebook messages you've already seen so they're no longer visible in your inbox.

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Go to https://www.facebook.com in a web browser. If you're not already logged in, enter your email address and password, then click Log In.
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Click Messenger. It's on the left side of the screen, right below “News Feed.”
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Find the conversation you want to hide. Your messages appear in the panel along the left side of the screen. Don't click the conversation. Just make sure it's visible.
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Hover your mouse over conversation. Some icons will appear at the bottom of the conversation's name.
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Click the gear icon. A pop-up menu will appear.
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Click Archive. This will move the message to a hidden folder outside of the inbox.
- To view hidden/archived messages, click the blue gear outline at the top-left corner of the Messenger panel, then select Archived Threads.
- If the person sends you another message, the conversation will return to your inbox as a new message. To return the message to your Inbox yourself, simply send a reply.

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Go to https://www.messenger.com in a web browser. This is Facebook's official Messenger app for computers.
- If prompted, click Continue as <your name> or enter your account information to sign in.
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Find the conversation you want to archive. Your conversation list appears on the left side of the screen. Don't click to open it, just make sure it's in view.
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Hover your mouse over the conversation. A set of icons will appear at the bottom of the conversation's name.
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Click the gear icon. It's the icon at the bottom-right corner of the conversation.
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Click Archive. This moves the conversation to a hidden folder called Archived.
- To view a list of your archived messages, click the blue outline of a gear at the top-left corner of the Messenger panel and select Archived Threads.
- If your friend replies to the conversation while it's archived, the conversation will return to your inbox as a new message. To return the conversation to the inbox yourself, send a reply.