Step 11: Choose a folder on your computer to save the video file to, give it a recognizable name and click Save. Download your Facebook archive. Facebook permits people to download a ZIP archive which contains all of the photos and videos they posted to the social network, along with copies of their messages, wall posts, events, pokes and other user data. Photograbber is an open source Free desktop application designed for Windows, Mac and Linux that can easily grab and download your photos or photos where you already tagged in from Facebook. PhotoGrabber has also the ability to download all your friends photos and their albums on your computer. Jan 20, 2016 Step 11: Choose a folder on your computer to save the video file to, give it a recognizable name and click Save. Download your Facebook archive. Facebook permits people to download a ZIP archive which contains all of the photos and videos they posted to the social network, along with copies of their messages, wall posts, events, pokes and other user data.
Want a copy of each and every status update you’ve ever posted to Facebook, along with all your photo albums, videos, chats, and even comments? All you have to do is ask.
Facebook has a “Download Your Information” feature that will pack all your shared content into a digital trunk of data, which you can then download to your desktop.
The file includes pretty much everything you’ve ever shared on Facebook—we’re talking wall posts, comments on your wall posts, photos, video clips, Facebook messages, chat transcripts, and the names of your friends.
Facebook has also announced that starting soon, the information packed into your digital Facebook archive will include any previous names you’ve used on Facebook, all your prior friend requests, and even the IP addresses of every computer, smartphone or tablet you’ve ever used to log into your Facebook account.
So, what isn’t in your Facebook archive? The personal information of your Facebook friends (except for those who allow their email addresses to be shared), as well as their own posts and photos. Also not included in the archive: comments you’ve made on other people’s posts.
Requesting an archive of all your Facebook information is easy. Here’s how it works:
- From any Facebook page, click the little down-arrow in the top-right corner and select “Account Settings” from the drop-down menu.
- Next, find and click the “Download a copy of your Facebook data” link at the bottom of the “General Account Settings” page.
- You should land on a page that describes all the information your download will include, along with a warning to think twice before sharing your Facebook archive with just anyone. Ready to proceed? Then click the green “Download” button.
Once you’ve downloaded your Facebook archive, you’ll be able to view your profile, photos and videos from your hard drive.
- Got any laundry to do, checkbooks to balance, or lawns to mow? Now’s the time, because it could take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours for Facebook to collect and pack up all your shared data. (For me, five years of posts and photos took about an hour and a half.)
- Once your archive is finally ready, Facebook will send you an email. Click the link in the message, and you’ll arrive at a Facebook page where you’ll be asked to re-enter your password.
- All set? Then go ahead and click the green “Download Archive” button to download the file (which should be labeled with your Facebook user name) to your system. Remember to note the location of the file on your hard drive; to make locating the archive easier, you might want to download it straight to your desktop.
- Open the archive folder, then double-click the file named “index.html.” Your web browser will open, and you’ll see a bare-bones page with your Facebook profile, complete with links to your wall posts, photos, videos, friends, and Facebook messages. Keep in mind that these pages aren’t living on the Internet; instead, they’re sitting “locally” on your computer’s hard drive, and only you can see them (well, unless you share them with someone else, that is).
- To find your actual photo and videos files, just open the “photos” and “videos” folders in your downloaded Facebook archive, and voilà—there they are, ready to be clicked and dragged anywhere on your hard drive.
Bonus tip
Now that you’ve downloaded an archive of your Facebook info, what if you want to wipe all your data, photos, and videos off Facebook? To do so, you’ll need to delete (and not just deactivate) your Facebook account. Here’s how.
Looking for more Facebook tips? Click here!
Related posts:
You may want to Download All Photos From iCloud to PC as an additional backup, to clear up storage space in your iCloud Account or for other reasons. You will find below the steps to select and Download All Photos from iCloud to PC.
Download ALL Photos From iCloud to PC
As you must have noticed, there is no ‘Download All’ or ‘Select All’ button on iCloud. Also, you won’t be able to use your mouse to select Multiple or All Photos on iCloud.
This can be a problem, if there are thousands of Photos in your iCloud Account and you want to download them all to your Windows computer.
Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut to select All iCloud Photos and you will find below 2 different methods to Download All Photos from iCloud to your Windows computer.
1. Download All Photos From iCloud to PC Using Keyboard Shortcut
If the number of Photos that you want to download from iCloud to PC is less than 1,000, you can follow this method to select and download up to 999 photos from iCloud to PC.
If you are trying to download over 1,000 photos, you can move to the next method as provided below in this guide.
1. Go to icloud.com on your Windows Computer.
2. Login to your iCloud Account by entering your Apple ID and Password.
3. Once you are signed-in, click on the Photos icon.
4. In iCloud Photos, make sure you are on Photos Tab and click on the First Photo.
5. Press and hold Shift + Ctrl + Alt Keys and press the Down Arrow Key to select All iCloud Photos.
Note: You can also scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Last Photo.
6. Once All Photos are selected, click on the Download icon to begin the process of downloading all iCloud Photos to your computer.
Unless you have changed the default settings, all iCloud Photos will be downloaded to ‘Downloads’ Folder on your computer.
2. Download All Photos From iCloud to PC Using iCloud For Windows
The only way to download more than 1,000 Photos at once from iCloud to PC is to download and install ‘iCloud For Windows’ program on your computer.
1. Download iCloud For Windows application on your Computer.
2. Once the download is complete, click on the downloaded iCloud Setup file and follow the onscreen instructions to Install iCloud For Windows on your computer.
3. When prompted, Sign-in to your iCloud Account by entering your Apple ID and Password.
4. On the next screen, select Photos option by clicking in the little box next to Photos.
On the pop-up, select iCloud Photo Library option and click on Done.
Note: You can change iCloud download location by clicking on Change.
5. Click on Apply to begin the process of Syncing all iCloud Photos to the Downloads Folder on your computer.
6. Once all iCloud Photos are downloaded, open the File Explorer on your computer.
7. In the File Explorer window, click on iCloud Photos tab in the left-pane. In the right-pane, click on the Downloads Icon.
8. On the next screen, click on the Downloads Folder to see all your iCloud Photos arranged in different sub-folders.
To make a Backup, you can copy the entire Downloads Folder to Desktop, USB drive or any other location on your computer.
Add iCloud to Windows Start Menu or Task Bar
In order to make it easy for you to open iCloud, you can Add iCloud icon to the Taskbar by clicking on the Start button > right-click on iCloud > More > Pin to Taskbar.
Facebook Download Photos Of You
Important: If you are planning to disable iCloud Photos, make sure that you copy all the Photos from Downloads to another Folder.