Message handling method and device in communication process

The invention discloses a message handling method and a device in the communication process. The method comprises the following steps of in an instant communication display window, displaying a sent message and a received message; when a request for revising the sent message is received, determining the target sent message to be revised; displaying the content of the target sent message in an instant communication editing window; receiving the editing revision of the target sent message in the editing window by a user; sending the message content subjected to editing revision to a message receiving party; and displaying the message content subjected to editing revision in the display window of the receiving party. According to the invention, clerical errors can be conveniently revised when the clerical errors are found in the sent message.