How to export and back up your Facebook content
In October, Facebook finally enabled downloading of your Facebook content. I strongly urge you to make a back up, even if you don’t plan to do anything else with it. If your Facebook account is hacked or deleted somehow, you can always have a copy of your friends list, old status updates, photos etc.
To make the backup:
- In Facebook, click on Account then Account Settings
- Click on learn more next to Download your information
- Enter your password and click Continue
- Complete Facebook’s security check and then click Download now
Note: Sometimes you have to wait for Facebook to send you an email with a link and sometimes you will be able to download the file immediately.
This will be so cool if it work..
I’m trying it asap.
Thanks for the info
I really want to go thru all my old FB status to look for some that my 5 yr. old said and make a journal. I am having a hard time using the link on this website. Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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