How To take a Backup copy of All Your Facebook Data


How To take a Backup copy of All Your Facebook DataYou can now download all Facebook data including your wall posts, messages, photos, videos in a single zip file and then browse through it locally. You can then browse through all your Facebook stuff locally. Here’s the procedure,

How To take a Backup copy of All Your Facebook Data

1. Login to your facebook account and go to Account > Account Settings in the top right menu.

2. On Account Settings page, scroll down to find the option that says, Download your information. Click on the learn more button and then click on the Download button on next page.

3. After clicking the download button, Facebook will send you the download link on the email address that is associated with your Facebook account. Click on this link, enter your Facebook password and download the zip file that contains all your Facebook data.

Here’s an official video tutorial that explains the above procedure in detail,

[Note: Wondering how I embedded Facebook Video ]

Once you have the backup zip file, you can extract it locally. Then click on the index.html file in the extracted folder to browse through all your Facebook data locally.

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15 Responses to “How To take a Backup copy of All Your Facebook Data”

  1. Pulkit Kaushik | TheDolt

    Oct 20. 2010

    Nice! Thanks!

    Facebook is showing my status as pending. Looks like it isn’t instant.

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    • Swamykant

      Oct 21. 2010

      Hi Pulkit

      Yeah it is not instant but however it is the safest way. My Status is also pending.

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    • Swamykant

      Oct 21. 2010

      I got the Email now from stating that your archive is ready .. Check your email with which you signed up for Facebook Account

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  2. Ayush Gupta

    Oct 20. 2010

    Nice I live that.. so unique.. awesome

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  3. Faisal

    Oct 29. 2010

    I don’t see any ‘Download your information’ link in my Account Settings page. Why it happens like this? Please, anybody help me…

    Reply to this comment

  4. abgajoy @multiple domain web host

    Nov 10. 2010

    It is good to know that we can download a backup data for Facebook. I’m wondering can we do the same for other people Facebook? Is there any way to do that?
    abgajoy @multiple domain web host recently posted..Multiple Domain Web Host updated Tue Nov 9 2010 3-51 am CST

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