How to remove suggested on messenger 2022 iphone

Facebook Messenger is a useful application developed by Meta (originally name: Facebook) that allows us to chat and contact our Facebook friends in real-time. This app tries to keep you engaged at all times, and it is becoming smarter day by day.

Sometimes when you're using your messenger apps, you'll try to search something in the main search bar, and you'll get a list of suggested friends, and you'll wonder how the messenger is showing these lists, and if they're spamming you or are they real.

In this article, Ourtechroom will explain what Messenger Suggested List is and how to remove/delete those suggestions.

What is Messenger Suggested List?

Ans: Facebook Messenger Suggested list is nothing more than a suggested list of friends based on your interaction with those Facebook friends by liking their profile, commenting on their posts, interacting with the Facebook video they posted, friends near to you, friends online, friends who see your profile a lot, profile views,  communication, liking similar posts, and so on.

The more you like a suggestion and click on it, the smarter the messager will be because they will know you better than you know yourself, and the more likely you will get an accurate and useful result in your messenger list.

Note: Messanger will not suggest any friends outside your mutual friends.

The messenger may interact with Facebook Apps, WhatsApp, Instagram, and other social media platforms for suggestions because these are owned by the same company. They could collaborate to operate more effectively and efficiently.

Also read: What is DM on Facebook? How to use it? 

Messenger Suggested List might be on the basis of :

Note: These below points are on the basis of my research on different blog posts.

1 Communication

The more you use Messanger to communicate(audio/video/chat) with your friends individually or in a group, the more likely your friends will appear at the top of Messanger's suggested lists The more recent your interaction, the more likely they are to show in the suggested list.

2 Profile Views

If you look at the Facebook profiles of 'X' friends, you have a better probability of being in the top list of the suggested messenger on 'X' friend messenger.

3 Profile Interaction

if you react and comment on Facebook friends' posts, they are more likely to appear on their suggested list.

4 Post InteractionAll comments, likes, and tags, etc are included in the interactions. It could be a photo, a movie, or anything else.

5 Friends near you

If you have mutual friends located near to you then they may appear on your suggested list.

6 Online FriendsOnline Friends in the suggested list are represented by green dots along with their usernames on the side.

7 Both share some things in common like job, school history, Attending the same event, Group affiliation, etc.

8 Friends who tag you.

9 Your recent friends.

Also Read: How to hide likes and comments on Facebook profile?

Actually, Meta(initially Facebook) does not mention anywhere about what on the basis they are displaying those lists and what are the actual order but above are the few which messenger uses to show the list. The actual working algorithm is not known and may be a different time and again.  
The list changes dynamically as you interact with different people over time.

Can we change the order of the Suggested Messanger list?

No. There is no way to change who appears at the top of your friend's list as they are generated by Messenger automatically and no actual algorithm is publicly known.

How to remove Messanger Suggested List?

Ans: Sometimes you might find that messenger are spammy and does not like those list then you can remove /delete them. Just follow the below steps:

1 Go to your phone settings ⚙

2 Click on Apps

3 Search for Messanger and Click on it.

4 Click on Storage Option

5 Click on Clear Data.

Once you have clear data then those searches from your phone will get deleted and removed. Now open your messenger apps and try to click on the search field and you will not get any friends in the suggested list.

Note that: They may appear again after some time. The New suggested list is auto-generated later.

FAQ:

Do people appear in your messanger suggested list even if they do not text you?

Ans: Yes, people can appear in your message history even if they haven't texted you or if both parties haven't communicated yet. It is based on a number of factors, as explained above with 9 points.

How do people get to the top of the suggested list on someone Messenger?

Ans: We don't know the exact Facebook algorithm, but if you interact with your friends through chat, video calls, audio calls, or any other media in Facebook and Messenger, there's a better chance you'll be on their suggested list in Messanger.

Conclusion:

In this way, we can clear or remove the suggested friend list from the messenger.