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Back up your Facebook information on your computer or mobile device
What to Know
Download Your Facebook Information on the Web
Download Your Information on the Facebook Mobile App
How to View Your Facebook Information
How do I get Facebook back on my screen?
What happens if I uninstall and reinstall Facebook?

Features on the Facebook app include:

* Connect with friends and family and meet new people on your social media network
* Set status updates & use Facebook emoji to help relay what’s going on in your world
* Share photos, videos, and your favorite memories.
* Get notifications when friends like and comment on your posts
* Find local social events, and make plans to meet up with friends
* Play games with any of your Facebook friends
* Backup photos by saving them in albums
* Follow your favorite artists, websites, and companies to get their latest news
* Look up local businesses to see reviews, operation hours, and pictures
* Buy and sell locally on Facebook Marketplace
* Watch live videos on the go

The Facebook app does more than help you stay connected with your friends and interests. It's also your personal organizer for storing, saving and sharing photos. It's easy to share photos straight from your Android camera, and you have full control over your photos and privacy settings. You can choose when to keep individual photos private or even set up a secret photo album to control who sees it.

Facebook also helps you keep up with the latest news and current events around the world. Subscribe to your favorite celebrities, brands, news sources, artists, or sports teams to follow their newsfeeds, watch live streaming videos and be caught up on the latest happenings no matter where you are!

The most important desktop features of Facebook are also available on the app, such as writing on timelines, liking photos, browsing for people, and editing your profile and groups.

Now you can get early access to the next version of Facebook for Android by becoming a beta tester. Learn how to sign up, give feedback and leave the program in our Help Center: http://on.fb.me/133NwuP

Problems downloading or installing the app? See http://bit.ly/GPDownload1
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Facebook is only available for users age 13 and over.
Terms of Service: http://m.facebook.com/terms.php.

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Back up your Facebook information on your computer or mobile device

Updated on November 2, 2022

What to Know

Web browser: Select the Account icon (triangle) > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy > Your Facebook Information.
Then, next to Download Profile Information, select View. Enter a date range, media quality, and format, and then tap Create File.
Mobile app: Tap Menu > Settings & Privacy > Settings. In the Your Information section, tap Download Your Information.

This article explains how to download all your Facebook information to serve as a backup. Use a web browser to access Facebook or the Facebook mobile app for iOS or Android devices and download the archive.

Download Your Facebook Information on the Web

Whether you're planning to delete your Facebook account or want a backup of all your data from the social network, you can have your own offline copy of the photos and other content you posted to the social media site in one folder that you can easily store on a CD, DVD, or computer.

Here's how to download an archive of all your content on Facebook from a web browser:

Open Facebook in a web browser and log in to your account.
In the upper-right corner, select the Account icon (downward facing triangle).
In the drop-down menu, select Settings & Privacy.
In the Settings & Privacy drop-down menu, select Settings > Privacy.
In the left pane, select Your Facebook Information.
Next to Download Profile Information, select View.
Select the Date Range, Media Quality, and Format in the corresponding drop-down lists.
In the Media Quality drop-down list, High is the default setting and the best choice for most people. It gets you all those shared photos and videos in the highest possible quality.
Scroll down to see that every type of information is checked for download by default. If you don't want it all, uncheck the boxes next to the content you don't want to download.
When you are happy with the date range and type of data you want to download, select Create File.
It may take several days before you receive a notification from Facebook that your download is ready. Follow the directions in the message to download your password-protected backup.

The different types of information appear in folders. For example, you can find your photos in a folder called Photos.

Download Your Information on the Facebook Mobile App

If you use Facebook on your iOS or Android mobile device, you can download your data to your device.

Open the Facebook app and tap Menu.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Settings & Privacy to expand the section.
Tap Settings.
Scroll down to the Your Information section and tap Download Your Information.
Tap the circles next to the categories of data to add or remove them from the download. They are all selected by default.
Scroll down and choose the Date Range, Format, and Media Quality. The defaults are All of my data, HTML, and High, which are the recommended choices.
Tap Create File.
It may take several days before you receive a notification from Facebook that your download is ready. Follow the directions in the message to download your password-protected backup.

How to View Your Facebook Information

You don't have to download your Facebook information if you're only curious about what's in it. On the Your Facebook Information page, select View next to Access Your Information to look at your data without downloading it. Then choose any of the categories listed. Finally, select any of the topics that appear. Unlike downloading, you can see the information right away.

Facebook continually updates the types of information available here.

FAQ

How do I backup my Facebook messages?
Backing up your Facebook messages on your computer requires downloading your account information. On mobile, select your profile picture in Chats > Account Settings > Your Facebook Information > Download Your Information. Select Deselect All, then select Messages, choose a date range, and select Create File.
How do I delete photos on Facebook?

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How do I get Facebook back on my screen?

Add Facebook widgets to your mobile device's home screen.

On your device, go to the home screen you'd like to add the widget to..

Tap and hold in empty space until your apps begin moving..

Tap + at the top..

Tap the search field and type Facebook. ... .

Select the widget you'd like to add, then tap Add Widget..

What happens if I uninstall and reinstall Facebook?

What Happens to Old Posts and Photos on Facebook. Nothing. Facebook will not delete them. That's because those are saved in the cloud storage to your account and not on your phone. If you reinstall Facebook or access it from the website, you will see those photos.