Guide to Unlocking and Locking Secret Chats on Messenger

Presently, the feature for secret chats is solely supported on the Messenger app. Hence, you cannot initiate secret conversations while logged in through a computer.

Before proceeding, ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of the Messenger app on your phone. After installation and logging into your account, follow these steps:

• For Android users:

- Step 1: From the app's main screen, tap on the pen icon at the top right corner.

- Step 2: Slide the toggle button for the lock icon to turn on secret conversations.

Slide the lock icon toggle to the right.

- Step 3: Find the name of the person you want to chat with, click on their profile picture, and start messaging. You can set a time for messages to automatically delete by tapping on the clock icon to the left of the message input box.

Setting a timer for messages.

• For iOS users:

- Step 1: Similar to how you create secret chats on Android phones, you also tap on the pen icon at the top right corner on iOS phones.

Tap on the pen icon at the top right corner of the screen.

- Step 2: Tap on Secret to enable the secret feature.

Tap on Secret to initiate a secret chat.

- Step 3: Type in the search box the name of the person you want to chat with, then tap on their profile picture. You will see a chat box with a lock symbol below the profile picture and can choose a time for messages to disappear, by tapping on the clock icon in the message input box.

Select Set Timer to adjust the viewing time of messages.

In addition to the above two methods, you can quickly initiate a secret conversation with the person you're messaging. By selecting the letter i icon at the top right corner > Choose “Go to secret conversation” > Once the new conversation opens, simply input the content you want to send to the other person and you're done.

Guide on how to create secret conversations on Messenger super quickly.

After finishing the conversation, you can proceed to turn off secret conversations as follows:

• Step 1: Open the Messenger app and tap on your profile picture.

• Step 2: Select Privacy.

• Step 3: Continue to tap on Secret Conversation.

• Step 4: Choose Delete all Secret Conversation.

• Step 5: Press Delete.

How to delete secret conversations on Messenger.

Note that you can delete secret conversations on your device, but this does not mean the content will also be erased on the recipient's phone.

Setting Messages to Disappear Secretly

If you wish to set a time for messages to disappear secretly, simply tap on the clock icon in the message input box > Choose the duration for the messages to be displayed, and you're done.

Step 1: Choose the time for messages.

After setup, messages displayed for the selected number of hours will vanish on both devices.

While exploring how to create secret chats on Messenger, users may have the following inquiries:

Facebook currently does not offer the feature for secret group chats, so you can only try this feature with individual contacts.

Secret Conversations are highly secure, so you cannot view or recover deleted secret messages. Additionally, if there's a set time for messages to display, they will automatically disappear after expiration. Therefore, under any circumstance, you cannot review them.

Secret chats do not support voice or video calls, group messaging, GIFs, payments, so you cannot perform these functions. Generally, while in a secret chat, you can only send messages, photos, videos, stickers, voice recordings.

The answer is NO. When logging into a new mobile device, you cannot see previous chat messages. However, notifications will inform you and the participant that the chat has appeared on a new device.

Hopefully, the above instructions have helped you understand how to create secret chats on Messenger and utilize that feature on your phone or Samsung device most effectively. Don't forget to visit Mytour's news blog regularly to stay updated with more useful tips and tricks!