How to search chats

Find a message inside one chat, or search across every chat at once.

Search within a chat

  1. Open the chat.
  2. Open the overflow menu and tap Search.
  3. Type a word or phrase. Use the arrows to jump between matches.

Search across all your chats

  1. On the Chats tab, tap the search icon.
  2. Type a name, phone number, @username, or message text.
  3. Tap a result to open that chat at the matching message.

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