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How can I create a Facebook Messenger Shortcut?

April 14, 2016 / Dave Taylor / Facebook Help, iPhone & iOS Help / 1 Comment

I see some of my colleagues are posting these cool shortcut graphics that have their picture within a circle. Apparently if I scan it, I’ll go straight to them on Facebook Messenger? Cool. How do I create one of these for myself on Facebook?

You’re talking about something new from Facebook called a Scan Code or what I like to call a Messenger Scan Code. It’s another evolutionary step from the simple bar code symbols on products in the supermarket, by way of both QR codes and some other developments along the way. Think of it as a bar code, however, and you’ll understand how it works, even if it’s just a wee bit more visually attractive!

The most important thing to realize with the Facebook Scan Code is that it’s really designed for mobile users and isn’t much use at all if you’re on a laptop or other computer, because the Web-based version of Facebook doesn’t actually support the Scan Code at all. (at least, not yet)

So I’ll show you how to create and use a Facebook Messenger Scan Code, but it’ll have to be with Facebook for iPhone, the mobile version of the software (and yes, the Android version of Facebook supports it too).

To start, launch Facebook Messenger, not the regular Facebook app:

launch facebook messenger for iphone ios

I’m trusting you know it’s the rightmost app above. 🙂

In the app, tap on “People” along the bottom and look closely at the choices at the top of that window:

facebook messenger with the 'scan code' link

You can see the new entry: Scan Code.

Tap on it.

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You can scan a “Messenger Code” (I still think of it as a “Messenger Scan Code” personally) off a computer screen, a printed document, a billboard, even a T-shirt. Just center the scan code in the circle and *poof* it works.

In fact, in just a second I’ll show my own Messenger Scan Code so you can try it!

To create your own Messenger Code, tap on “My Code” on the top.

facebook messenger scan code - how to create your own

There ya go. Created and ready to use. In fact, scan it with your own Facebook Messenger app on your smartphone and watch what happens.

Cool, eh?

You’re not quite done creating your own code, however. Tap on the share button (the box with the arrow coming out of it on the top right)…

save your new facebook messenger scan code

There’s the one you want on the lower left: “Save Image“.

Tap on that and you’ll have a copy of the scan code saved to your phone and ready to add to your new business card design, fliers for the next social media conference, etc.

And it’s big, over 1000×1000 pixels, so it’ll reproduce well in print too:

dave taylor, ask dave taylor, facebook messenger scan code

The whole point of this is to make it easy for people to communicate with you in Facebook Messenger, of course, so when a colleague scanned my Messenger Code on their phone, here’s what they saw:

chat with dave taylor in facebook messenger

A little profile, and it’s primed and ready for us to chat.

That’s it. Nice and simple, actually. Now, let’s see if it catches on…

And if you’d like, you can find me on Facebook as AskDaveTaylor!

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One comment on “How can I create a Facebook Messenger Shortcut?”

  1. jerry pane says:
    April 6, 2021 at 11:48 am

    Hi Please help me!! 🙂

    I get over 100 facebook messenger messages a day and my responses are basically a choice of 4 different paragraphs on my iphone i use text replacement to respond but now I’m at a new PC with windows 10 and I can figure out how or if i can do text replacement in messenger I’ve googled this 10x already

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