How to Retrieve Chat on Facebook

You never lose a chat forever on Facebook.

Chatting with a friend is easy on Facebook. If you mistakenly close a chat window, or close one but decide to continue the conversation later, you can still retrieve that chat window. When you retrieve the chat window, you'll be able to scroll up through previous conversations, giving you the ability to pick up right where you left off. If the chat was closed and is retrieved quickly, the friend you were chatting with will never know it was closed.

Instructions

1. Click the "Chat" box at the bottom-right of your screen.

2. Click the name of the friend you were chatting with. The chat box that was open previously will be retrieved, and will open to the left of the chat list.

3. Type a message in the text box at the bottom of the retrieved chat window and press "Enter" to send.

4. Click the blue bar at the top of the chat box to minimize the window.

5. Click the "X" at the bottom right of the chat window to close it again.