Can someone track my Messenger calls?

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Short answer

End-to-end encryption covers what is sent in Messenger calls: only you and the people you’re talking to can see or listen — not even Meta. That protects the call on the way, not a device that is already compromised, and it says nothing about what a participant does on their side. A call also shares two things: in a call between two people, your IP address goes to the other person’s device; and logged-in participants can keep the call’s chat.

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Check what your calls share

See who is in the call chat
On facebook.com/messages, open the call and click See call participants. Anyone logged in who is in the call — or joins later — can see and keep the call’s chat, including messages sent before they joined and after they left.
Know what a two-person call shares
In audio or video calls between only two people, your IP address is shared with the other person’s device to set up a peer-to-peer connection for better sound and video. Help describes this for two-person calls only.
Turn off contact uploading in Messenger
Chats → your profile picture → Phone contacts → Upload contacts. Turning it off deletes the contacts already uploaded. Repeat on every device where you use Messenger.
Log out devices you don’t recognise
Accounts Centre → Password and security → Where you’re logged in — and, on your phone, the list of devices that can send and receive your encrypted messages. Logging a device out removes it from your encrypted chats.

Example phone

Contacts already uploadedKept in Messenger
New contacts on this phoneUploaded
Another phone with MessengerUploads if on there

Upload on: Messenger keeps uploading the contacts on this phone.

Illustration — an example phone, not yours.

Illustration — not the real app.

What a call shares, and with whom

Messenger calls: what goes where
What	Who can get it
What is sent in an end-to-end encrypted call	The people in the call — not even Meta
Your IP address, in a call with one person	The other person’s device
Messages in the call’s chat	Everyone logged in who is in the call or joins later, including messages sent before they joined
Call chat, after someone is removed	They keep the messages sent before they were removed
Call chat, for a guest who joined by link without logging in	Not visible to them
Phone contacts, if you upload them	Messenger — until you turn uploading off or delete them in Manage contacts

Limits: what encryption does and doesn’t cover

End-to-end encryption means that what is sent in a call can be seen or heard only by the people in it, not by Meta. It doesn’t stop a participant from sharing what they saw, and it doesn’t protect a phone or computer that already has malicious software on it. 2 disclosures are described in these Help articles: in a call between only 2 people, your IP address goes to the 1 other device; and logged-in participants can keep the call’s chat.

So the checks that matter are on your side: the devices that can send and receive your encrypted messages, and the sessions in Where you’re logged in.

Your IP address in one-to-one calls

Facebook Help explains that a call between two people uses a peer-to-peer connection to improve sound and video. Your IP address is shared with the other person’s device for that, and it may be possible for them to discover it. This happens in the background; Help names it only for calls with one other person.

Your phone contacts and Messenger

Messenger can upload the contacts on your phone. With uploading on, the app keeps uploading from that device; turning it off deletes the contacts uploaded to Messenger, and Manage contacts → Delete all contacts clears them too. The Facebook app has its own setting — continuous contact uploading is managed only in the Facebook app, and uploaded contacts can be removed on the Manage your uploaded contacts page.

Calls you can’t report

Facebook Help notes that video and audio calls on Messenger or Facebook chat can’t be reported. If someone keeps calling you, you can block their profile in Messenger’s Privacy and safety settings — they’ll no longer be able to contact you on Messenger or on Facebook chat.

Questions

Can someone listen to my Messenger calls?

Not through Messenger’s servers: what is sent in an end-to-end encrypted call can be seen or heard only by the people in it, not even Meta. A participant — or malicious software on a participant’s device — is outside what encryption covers.

Can the person I call see my IP address?

In a call between two people your IP address is shared with their device, and Help says it may be possible for them to discover it.

Can people who join a call later read the earlier chat?

Yes. Anyone logged in who joins can see and keep messages sent in the call’s chat before they joined.

Can someone who joined by link see the call chat?

No. People who join anonymously by link without logging in can’t see or enter the chat.

Does Messenger upload my phone contacts?

Only with contact uploading turned on. Turning it off deletes the contacts already uploaded to Messenger.

Can I report a call?

No — video and audio calls on Messenger or Facebook chat can’t be reported.

Can someone track my Messenger calls?

Check what your calls share

See who is in the call chat

Know what a two-person call shares

Turn off contact uploading in Messenger

Log out devices you don’t recognise