The other secret inbox Facebook messenger hides from you
Anyone who uses the Facebook messenger app can see their usual inbox full of private messages from their Facebook ‘friends’, but did you know there is another secret inbox where other messages might be hidden?
Facebook has a feature which sends you a ‘message request’ when someone you are not already connected with tries to send you a message and these messages are actually filtered into a separate, hidden inbox.
The inbox, accessible on the web or Facebook Messenger apps for smartphones and tablets, is part of Facebook’s filtering system, designed to catch spam and other unwanted messages.
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But some users have discovered that their filtered, hidden inbox is also has several legitimate messages which never made it to the regular inbox.
Here is how to unlock and check in on the messages that Facebook messenger has been inadvertently withholding.
Head to your messenger app
Tap on ‘settings’
Tap on ‘people’
Tap on ‘message requests’
Scroll to the bottom to tap on ‘see filtered requests’ to read through your messages.