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　　Where to Find Your Hidden Messages onFacebook

　　Many people do not know that Facebook has a spamsection for messages.

　　When someone tries to contact you on Facebook,the service does not know whether the message isspam or from someone important to you.

　　Facebook identifies messages it thinks are unwanted and redirects them away from yourinbox. If someone reaches out to you on Facebook, but he or she is not friends with you onFacebook, or friends with any of your friends, the service has to decide whether that message isspam.

　　If the spam filter catches a message from an unfamiliar user, Facebook will hide that messagefrom you.

　　The social media network has done this for a while. Facebook users were once able to find thefiltered messages in the Other Messages section of Facebook.

　　Now, the social media service has changed where you can find these messages. You have toknow where to look to find them.

　　Many messages may be spam.They contain advertising or other unwanted information. Butyou may be lucky and find a hidden treasure.

　　In many cases, Facebook users are finding messages they wish they had seen earlier. Thesemessages can include people reaching out after they have lost touch with you, businessinformation or other important contacts.

　　Inspecting your filtered messages is helpful to find out what you have been missing. Chancesare, you have not seen all the messages in this secret section of Facebook.

　　Some people on Twitter were angry about not looking at their filtered messages earlier.

　　How to Check Your Filtered Messages

　　You can check your filtered messages using both the Facebook website and the service'sMessenger app.

　　—Facebook Website

　　To see your filtered messages, go to your Facebook Home page. Click Messages in the leftcolumn under Favorites.

　　At the top of the Messages page, on the left side, click Message Requests. You will see some ofyour hidden Facebook Messages.

　　Next, go to the word More. A drop-down menu will appear. Click Filtered Messages to see yoursecret messages.

　　You may see a lot of spam messages you want to remove. To delete a spam message, clickthe X in the upper right corner of the message.

　　—Facebook Messenger App

　　Open the Facebook Messenger app. Tap Settings in the bottom menu bar.

　　When the Settings page opens, tap People.

　　Tap Message Requests.

　　Tap See filtered requests.

　　You will then see which messages Facebook kept hidden from you.

　　Want to remove spam messages? Tap Edit, then tap any messages you want deleted. TapDelete to trash those spam messages.

　　I'm Pete Musto.