{"id":252,"date":"2017-11-24T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/how-to-download-your-facebook-friends-list-and-other-data\/"},"modified":"2020-08-22T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T12:51:49","slug":"how-to-download-your-facebook-friends-list-and-other-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/how-to-download-your-facebook-friends-list-and-other-data\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download Your Facebook Friends List and Other Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I would put you through on how you can download your Facebook friends list and other data you have on Facebook to your computer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Why it is important<\/b><br \/>\nHow do you feel at some point when you loose your data and you do not have a backup of the data somewhere else? It could be really painful, right? That is the same with your Facebook data. And this may include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>List of all your friends<\/li>\n<li>All the pictures you have posted<\/li>\n<li>All the comment you have made<\/li>\n<li>Your profile information<\/li>\n<li>Videos you uploaded<\/li>\n<li>Groups you belong to<\/li>\n<li>Other information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So lets get started. This is a step-by-step guide on how to do it.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1: <\/b>Go to Settings by clicking on Settings in the menu as shown<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z8M8zCk7KQU\/WhiTohKRJuI\/AAAAAAAAAN0\/IsTY3dXzxSIsoUrSHBkiWTZWiDS8FDH9ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/1-Download-Facebook-Data-Settings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z8M8zCk7KQU\/WhiTohKRJuI\/AAAAAAAAAN0\/IsTY3dXzxSIsoUrSHBkiWTZWiDS8FDH9ACLcBGAs\/s400\/1-Download-Facebook-Data-Settings.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"505\" data-original-width=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2:<\/b> In the Settings Page, Click on &#8220;Download a Copy&#8221; on the lower part of page as shown. You will be prompted to enter your password, so enter your password to continue.#<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-q2oKnbpeW_w\/WhicpcqZZaI\/AAAAAAAAAOE\/lKqi_pvxPJgMef7EbAag0kaUy5OAkmoZwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/2-Download-Facebook-Data-Settings-Page.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-q2oKnbpeW_w\/WhicpcqZZaI\/AAAAAAAAAOE\/lKqi_pvxPJgMef7EbAag0kaUy5OAkmoZwCLcBGAs\/s400\/2-Download-Facebook-Data-Settings-Page.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"448\" data-original-width=\"789\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3:<\/b> The page displays that confirms your download. Ensure you can access your email address.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4fDgv5wHLjo\/WhifBHVcP0I\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/unF4P0AcfKEkWkraT40yfd_fpYwUGsR1ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/3-Download-Facebook-Data-Confirmation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4fDgv5wHLjo\/WhifBHVcP0I\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/unF4P0AcfKEkWkraT40yfd_fpYwUGsR1ACLcBGAs\/s400\/3-Download-Facebook-Data-Confirmation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"171\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"408\" data-original-width=\"951\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4:<\/b> After about 15 minutes ( it may be less), check your email box for new email from Facebook with the Subject: Facebook Download Requested. Open the email and the content should be something like this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IO5i7D0tm7I\/WhigOS9U8qI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/eOd2ey8lvX0x9VGt03_9rPQgNyWkaXEOQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/4-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Requested.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-IO5i7D0tm7I\/WhigOS9U8qI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/eOd2ey8lvX0x9VGt03_9rPQgNyWkaXEOQCLcBGAs\/s400\/4-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Requested.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"768\" data-original-width=\"1366\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5:<\/b> Wait for another about 15 minutes (it may be less). Then check your mail again or if your mailbox is open, refresh the page.<\/p>\n<p>You will get another email from Facebook with the subject: &#8220;Your Facebook download is ready&#8221;. Open this email and the content would be as shown below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lsnjgtD54gU\/WhihYgDbxZI\/AAAAAAAAAOo\/HCMjDP8a9yw2dQgt-5LYJryjXIiyEm4vgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/5-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Ready.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lsnjgtD54gU\/WhihYgDbxZI\/AAAAAAAAAOo\/HCMjDP8a9yw2dQgt-5LYJryjXIiyEm4vgCLcBGAs\/s400\/5-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Ready.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"768\" data-original-width=\"1366\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 6:<\/b> Follow the link inside the email. This link will redirect you back to the Facebook settings page which will now. You will now see a link that says: &#8220;Download Archive&#8221; in green. Click on this link to download your data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zFtFtIgc4Ds\/WhiiHU96eSI\/AAAAAAAAAOw\/BSQLbBDofbQIbg_w53j3wP3rhN0Rw1voACLcBGAs\/s1600\/6-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Archive.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zFtFtIgc4Ds\/WhiiHU96eSI\/AAAAAAAAAOw\/BSQLbBDofbQIbg_w53j3wP3rhN0Rw1voACLcBGAs\/s400\/6-Download-Facebook-Data-Download-Archive.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"768\" data-original-width=\"1366\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your data would be downloaded to your computer in a Zip file. You can find this file in your downloads folder.<br \/>\nThe name of the file will be <i>Facebook-&lt;your username&gt;\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Step 7<\/b>: Unzip this file to a folder. The folder will contain different folders as well as a file called index. Open the index file and you can see everything you want.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">So this is all about how to save your Facebook Data to your computer, just in case.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">If this have been useful to you leave a comment to let me know. If you have some issues, let me know also in the comment box below.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I would put you through on how you can download your Facebook friends list and other data you have on Facebook to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[584],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}