Follow these steps on the web and in any version of the Messenger app to find your hidden Facebook messages—the Facebook equivalent of spam email from people you don’t know.

The quickest way to check your hidden messages on desktop is to search for your Facebook message requests and filtered messages in a web browser.

You can also check these hidden messages on the desktop version of Facebook by using the steps below.

Open Facebook and select the Messenger icon at the top right of Facebook.