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Title: How to download your information from Facebook

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:14:04 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/how-to-down...

Once upon a time Facebook was filled with posts about the minutiae of your
day and album after album of photos of just about every experience you had.
By now, a lot of this media is likely hidden with the "only me" setting. But,
regardless of how much you use Facebook these days, it's probably home to a
lot of memories you want to hold on to ΓÇö or at least have the opportunity
to laugh at later.

The good news is that you can download your Facebook information. You can
access things such as your posts, photos you're tagged in, groups you belong
to, friendships and your search history. You can also see apps that you've
connected to through Facebook and your interactions with ads. However, you
won't see content you've deleted and some information might not be available
for your entire time on Facebook ΓÇö depending on when and how the platform
stored specific media.

So, how do you download your Facebook information from Meta? You can start by
clicking on your profile picture and then selecting the "settings and
privacy" tab. From there you can click onto "settings" and then choose
"download your information." Then click "continue," followed by "download or
transfer information."

You will be prompted to choose which profiles you want to save information
from and then click "next" to reach the "how much information you want to
download" option. Now you have the option to click "specific types of
information" to narrow down what you want and to get a copy of your data
logs. The only decision left is whether you want to download the information
to you device or to a specific place.

You should see a "pending" status once you've submitted your request, and
you'll have four days to download everything after it processes.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-
tech/how-to-download-your-information-from-facebook-121403031.html?src=rss

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