Facebook is designed to bring people together, but sometimes, you’re connected with people and accounts you don’t necessarily want to interact with. They may want to talk to you, though—a lot. So, ...

Facebook is commemorating this year’s Safer Internet Day by reminding everyone about the privacy features baked into Messenger. In a blog post, the company adds that it’s beefing up the options around ...

Archived messages, a nifty feature of Facebook Messenger, is excellent for saving something you wish to revisit later or cherish for years to come. Safe to say, archived messages are the storehouse of ...

Messaging is a core part of social media, whether you’re chatting with Facebook friends or responding to comments on your latest Instagram story. Facebook Messenger is one of the main ways some ...

Vanish Mode is a feature in Messenger that lets you send disappearing messages to your friends. Once a friend sees your Vanish Mode message and closes the chat, your message will delete itself. You ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...