How to Allow Facebook Messenger to Access Photos

This article will show you how to allow the Facebook Messenger app to access your photos so you can save photos from Messenger to your device and share your photos with friends on Messenger.

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Use an iPhone or iPad

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Open the Settings app on your iPhone. This application has a gray wheel icon on the home screen.

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Scroll down and tap Privacy . This option is in the same category as the General option, but you need to scroll down a bit to see it.

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Tap Photos . This will bring up a list of apps that have requested access to your photos.

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Slide the Messenger switch to the On state. The switch will now turn green and you can access the photos on your device from the Facebook Messenger app.

Using an Android device

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Open Settings. You can tap to open it in the list of apps on your device.

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Scroll down and tap Apps . This option is under the Phone heading and a list of installed apps on the device will appear.

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Scroll down and tap Messenger .

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Tap Permissions .

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Slide the Storage switch to the On state. This will allow you to share photos, media, and files from your device’s gallery to your Messenger friends, and save photos from chats.

Steps

Use an iPhone or iPad

Using an Android device

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