Chatting on Facebook is a great way to connect with existing friends and reconnect with long-lost friends. The ease with which Facebook lets you connect with people online is one of the many plus points of Facebook. But not all messages you receive on Facebook might be relevant to you. Given the social nature of the platform, people can send you unnecessary messages even if they are not your friends. And since this default setting has its advantages and disadvantages, Facebook has created a sweet spot for such messages– message requests.
The Message Requests section of your Facebook account contains all such messages from people who are not your friends and haven’t chatted with you before. This section separates unknown messages from your main Chats screen, keeping it clean and spam-free. At the same time, it allows you to see and respond to any message that interests you.
Once you reply to a message request, the message moves to the Chats section with other chats, enabling you to chat conveniently without having to go to the Message Requests section again and again.
But at times, you might want to move a request to the Chats section without replying. After all, it can be much more convenient to have a message request along with other chats if it seems relevant to you. The question is, can you do that?
Keep reading, as you will find the answer in this blog.
How to Accept Message Request on Messenger Without Replying
Let’s come straight to the point. If you use the Messenger app to chat with your Facebook friends, there is no way to accept a message request without replying. You must reply to the request, and the message will immediately shift to the main Chats tab. There is no other way.
That said, there is a way to accept message requests without replying. This feature is not available on the Messenger app. But it is available on the Messenger Lite app.
Yes. If you are looking to accept message requests without sending a reply, Messenger Lite is the app you should be using. This app has an Accept button that can make your requests move to the Chats tab without you having to reply. Follow these steps to accept a message request without relying on Messenger Lite:
Step 1: Download Messenger Lite from the Play Store.
Step 2: Open the app and log into your Facebook account.
Step 3: You will see three tabs: Chats, People, and Settings. Tap on the gear icon at the upper right corner to go to the Settings section.
Step 4: Select the option Message Requests to view your requests. Open any message request to view the messages.
Step 5: You will see two options at the bottom: DELETE and ACCEPT. Tap on ACCEPT to accept the request without replying.
That’s it. The message will move to the Chats tab (on the main Messenger app as well) without you having to reply!
How to decide who can send you messages on Messenger
The power to choose who can message you directly on your Chats screen, who can send you requests, and who can’t message you resides with you on Messenger. You can choose who can send you message requests by changing your Message delivery settings on the app.
Follow these steps to view and modify your Message Delivery settings on Messenger:
Step 1: Open Messenger and log into your account.
Step 2: On the Chats tab, tap on your Facebook profile picture at the upper-left corner of the screen. You will be taken to the Me section of the app.
Step 3: Here, you will find several options and settings related to the Messenger app and your Facebook account. Scroll down through the Preferences section and tap on Privacy.
Step 4: Tap on the first option on the Privacy page– Message delivery.
Step 5: The Message delivery section lets you decide who can message you on Messenger. Here, you might see some or all of the following options depending on your account settings:
People with your phone number
Friends of friends on Facebook
Others on Facebook
People you follow on Instagram
People who follow you on Instagram
To change who among the above can send you messages, tap on any of the above options.
Step 6: You will see three ways of receiving messages: Chats, Message requests, and Don’t receive requests. Select the desired option for the desired set of people to change if and how you receive their messages.
You can change the message delivery settings for each group of people mentioned above. Just repeat steps 5 and 6 for another group to change the settings for that group.
How to find, accept, and delete your message requests on Messenger
If someone you are not friends with messages you on Messenger, the message might land in your message requests section, depending on your Message delivery settings.
To see your message requests on Messenger, you just need to tap on your profile picture from the Chats tab and tap on the Message Requests option in the Me section.
You’ll see a list of the people who have sent you messages. You can tap on any person’s name to see the messages they have sent. The person will not know that you have seen the messages until you accept the request by replying or following the method mentioned above.
Once you tap on the person’s name, you can delete the request if you don’t want to talk with them or block the user if they disturb you.
To delete multiple requests simultaneously, tap on the Edit button at the upper-right corner of the Message Requests screen. Select the requests you want to delete, and hit the Bin icon near the top-right corner. Tap on Delete to confirm. The senders won’t know anything about the deletion.
Summing up
It’s time to wrap up this interesting blog! We hope you understood everything as clearly as you wished. Still, let’s have a second look at everything we just discussed.
Although it’s not possible to accept message requests on Messenger without replying, it’s possible on the Messenger Lite app. Following the abovementioned steps, you can easily accept the requests without sending any reply. We have also discussed how you can change your message delivery settings and delete the requests you don’t like.
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