How to Download Your Facebook Files Into Your PC

Want to have a copy of your Facebook photos, videos, statuses and even comments straight to your PC? Well, Facebook made it possible for you.  Just some few clicks and a ton of patience will do the trick.  So what does this digital copy includes? It includes all your wall posts and its comments, photos, video clips, messages in your inbox, chat threads, and of course the names of your friends. Wheew! It’s one heck of a file. Can’t beat that. Well, here’s how you can download your Facebook file.

Step1.  Once you’re logged in your Facebook account, just click on that little arrow beside “HOME” and click on “Account Settings” on the drop down list.

Step2. You will then be redirected to the General Account Settings Page. Click then on the highlighted “Download a Copy of your Facebook Data”

Step3. A new box will then appear. Click on that green button “Start My Archive”.

Step4. Now you just have requested Facebook for an archived copy of your file. You will then get a notification below stating that you’ll receive an email once the file is ready to download. For the mean time, just keep yourself busy by doing the laundry or running some errands while you wait for that file as it may take from couple of minutes to even hours.

Step5.  Once you get the email from Facebook just click on the link in the email and you’ll be asked then to type in your password. You are now ready to download the file upon hitting the “Download Archive” button. There you go! Make sure to remember the location where you’ve saved the file. To view the information, just double click on “index.html” in the folder.


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