This guide will walk you through the steps to request and download your personal information from Facebook, including your posts, messages, photos, and more.
Desktop
Desktop
Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.
Select Settings & privacy, then click Settings.
In the left column, under Your Information, click Download your information.
Click Continue.
Click Download or transfer information.
Select the profiles you’d like to download information from.
Click Next.
Select how much information you want to download and click Next. Note: if you select Specific types of information, you will be able to choose which kinds of information you want to download, including data logs.
Choose if you want to download your information to a device or directly transfer your information to a destination and click Next.
If you select Transfer to destination you can choose the destination and schedule future transfers. Note: When you choose a destination, you may be prompted to sign in to the destination’s app or website.
Once you select the destination and frequency, click Start transfer. You will be prompted to enter your Facebook profile password.
If you select Download to device, choose your file options: File options
Click Create files.
Mobile
Mobile
Switch to the profile that you want to download information from, then tap Menu (3 horizontal lines).
Tap Settings & privacy, then tap Settings.
Scroll down to Your information and tap Download your information.
Tap Continue.
Tap Download or transfer information.
Select the profiles you’d like to download information from.
Tap Next.
Select how much information you want to download and tap Next. Note: if you select Specific types of information, you will be able to choose which kinds of information you want to download, including data logs.
Choose if you want to download your information to a device or directly transfer your information to a destination and tap Next.
If you select Transfer to destination you can choose the destination and schedule future transfers. Note: When you choose a destination, you may be prompted to sign in to the destination’s app or website.
Once you select the destination and frequency, tap Start transfer. You will be prompted to enter your Facebook profile password.
If you select Download to device, choose your file options.
Tap Submit request.
After you've made a download request, it will appear as Pending in the Download your information tool. When your file is ready you'll have 4 days to download your information from the Available downloads section on the Download your information page in Accounts Center or your Facebook settings. Downloading your files is a password-protected process that only you have access to.
You would soon be able to upload this data to your Library.