This tutorial explains step by step how to download all of the content you’ve uploaded to Facebook, including photos, videos, updates and more – as a .zip file.
- Facebook has created an address that you should be able to use to go straight to the location where you can download all of your content – https://www.facebook.com/dyi. If that link takes you directly to a page on Facebook titled Download Your Information you can skip down to step #6 below.
- If the address in the previous step didn’t take you to a page where you can download your info, have no fear, you’ll just have to navigate through some settings first. Click the Account button (the one that looks like a triangle) in the upper-right corner of the Facebook website. Select Settings & Privacy from the list of options, and then Settings
- Select Privacy from the menu on the left side of the site.
- This time select Your Facebook Information from that same menu.
- Click the Download Profile Information line.
- Now you’ll have a whole slew of options to choose from to include in your download. Review each one and either remove or leave that item checked based on your preference.
- Make sure to choose High from the Media Quality: menu so that you’re downloading the best possible versions of your images and videos. Click the Create File button when you’ve made all your selections.
- A small message will be displayed letting you know the process of putting all of your information and files together has begun.
- Facebook will notify you when the download is ready. You’ll also see a small red “1” next to the Available Copies tab in the Download Your Information screen.
- Click the Download button to begin downloading all of your Facebook info. Once it’s finished you’ll have a .zip file in your Downloads folder – open it up and you’ll see a series of folders with all of your info.
- That’s it!