{"id":26043,"date":"2022-07-20T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=26043"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","slug":"what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f1c2aa63033\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f1c2aa63033\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f1c2aa63033\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#What_Happens_When_You_Download_Your_Facebook_Data\" title=\"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?\">What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Accessing_your_Facebook_data\" title=\"Accessing your Facebook data\">Accessing your Facebook data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Messages_folder\" title=\"Messages folder\">Messages folder<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Location_tracking\" title=\"Location tracking\">Location tracking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Messages_Archives\" title=\"Messages Archives\">Messages Archives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Messages_Archive\" title=\"Messages Archive\">Messages Archive<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\/#Messages_Archive_subfolders\" title=\"Messages Archive subfolders\">Messages Archive subfolders<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happens_When_You_Download_Your_Facebook_Data\"><\/span>What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/AZNuV6j.jpg\" align=\"left\" style=\"max-height:257px; height:auto; max-width:43% width:auto; margin:0px 10px;\" alt=\"What happens when you download your Facebook data\"> <\/p>\n<p>There are several options available to you when it comes to downloading your Facebook data. These include accessing the Messages folder, Messages Archives, and Location tracking. Once you have all of your data in a downloadable format, you can back it up to your computer or mobile device. Facebook will send you a notification to let you know. Simply follow the instructions provided in the message to download your Facebook data.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accessing_your_Facebook_data\"><\/span>Accessing your Facebook data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Downloading data from Facebook is easy. Simply follow these simple steps. You will receive a notification indicating that your data is ready. You can then view and compare archived data. Facebook also offers download options for mobile devices. If you&#8217;d rather not download your Facebook data, you can simply choose to view it on your desktop or mobile device. The process should take between five and ten minutes. Afterwards, you can continue to use Facebook as normal.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook sends you an email when your data is ready for download. Click on the link on the email so that you can verify its legitimacy. Once you&#8217;ve received the email, go to the Download Your Information page to begin the download. You&#8217;ll need to enter your Facebook password to complete the download process. Then, click the Submit button at the bottom of the pop-up window. Once you&#8217;ve done so, you&#8217;ll receive a ZIP file containing your Facebook data.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_folder\"><\/span>Messages folder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first step in downloading your Facebook data is to decide which categories you want to download. Then select the date range for the download. You can choose to download all of your data or just select certain categories. The data downloaded will be in ZIP format. Facebook also provides information on the file format and media quality. High quality images and videos will be larger to download and will be of poorer quality than when you originally uploaded them.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have selected the type of data you want to download, Facebook will send an email to your email address. Within 5-10 minutes, you can then open the email and download all the data from your Facebook account. Make sure you remember your password. After you&#8217;ve finished, Facebook will send you an email to confirm that your data is being backed up. You can then print or share the archive with friends. This is a very convenient option if you&#8217;d like to download all of your data, including your Facebook messages and photos.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_tracking\"><\/span>Location tracking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can find out whether your location is being tracked by Facebook by downloading your data. Facebook collects location data along with your contacts, camera, microphone, and IP address to help improve the quality of your experience with the social network. This information is used to serve relevant ads and track your activities. Facebook says this information is required for account security and verification. But is it really? Here are some ways to delete location data stored by Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The first step in removing location tracking is downloading your Facebook data. Facebook is very easy to use and provides a detailed description of what information it collects. You can choose which information you&#8217;d like to download. Most data is text-based and in tiny files. You&#8217;ll be able to skip the obvious data, like your friends&#8217; names, photos, and phone numbers. Moreover, you can choose the folders that contain information about you, not just the things you see.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_Archives\"><\/span>Messages Archives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever wanted to know what happens when you download your Facebook messages archives? Facebook has been offering this feature for some time, but a bug caused some users to become &#8220;upset.&#8221; Fortunately, Facebook has resolved this issue. If you&#8217;re planning to delete your Facebook account, you may want to download your enhanced profile. This file contains the history of your conversations on Facebook, as well as some of your images. Depending on your personal preferences, this archive will either contain the messages you&#8217;ve deleted or will include any messages you&#8217;ve sent or received.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, downloading your Facebook messages archives requires you to provide a valid ID. This is necessary to ensure your identity and to improve automated systems. You may also be asked to provide your language preference. Your IP address, date, time, and language are also stored, and if you have friends on Facebook, they&#8217;re also associated with your account. You should note that deleted messages won&#8217;t be included in your download, since they&#8217;re removed from your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_Archive\"><\/span>Messages Archive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What happens when you download your Facebook messages archive? This file is a collection of your Facebook chat messages. If you are using Windows, you can extract all the files from Facebook by right-clicking them. Linux users can download the archive from third-party websites. The Messages Saver extension for Chrome lets you download the archive from Facebook. But be careful: the archive contains private data. Downloading it may consume a lot of bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>To download a conversation from your Facebook account, first log in to your account. Next, find a conversation you&#8217;d like to archive and hold it until you see the circle with three dots appear. Then, select archive. It will be removed from the conversation list. To download an archived conversation on your phone, follow the same steps as for your computer. Once you&#8217;ve downloaded the archived file, you can read or delete it anytime.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_Archive_subfolders\"><\/span>Messages Archive subfolders<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to save all the messages you have exchanged on Facebook, then you should download the Messages Archive subfolders. These subfolders will hold all your Facebook data and contain a complete history of everything you have posted, shared, or deleted. This folder will also contain lists of newsworthy topics that you&#8217;ve shared. However, before you download the Messages Archive subfolders, you should check the folder that contains your Photos.<\/p>\n<p>After the download is finished, you should open the downloaded file and extract the data that you need. Then, you can choose which subfolder you want to save the archive to. This way, you will get all the important information about you and your friends. When you&#8217;ve finished, you can delete or keep the Messages Archive subfolders. If you&#8217;ve deleted everything from Facebook, you can restore it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? There are several options available to you when it comes to downloading your Facebook data. These include accessing the Messages folder, Messages Archives, and Location tracking. Once you have all of your data in a downloadable format, you can back it up to your computer or mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? - Zeru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? There are several options available to you when it comes to downloading your Facebook data. These include accessing the Messages folder, Messages Archives, and Location tracking. Once you have all of your data in a downloadable format, you can back it up to your computer or mobile [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zeru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-20T18:58:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-20T18:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-Happens-When-You-Download-Your-Facebook-Data_26043.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"268\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lizzie Yates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lizzie Yates\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\",\"name\":\"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? - Zeru\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-20T18:58:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-20T18:58:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Zeru\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e\",\"name\":\"Lizzie Yates\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Lizzie Yates\"},\"description\":\"A content marketing strategist with the Zeru team for a little over 5 years, Lizzie Yates specializes in everything digital media with a particular focus on social media and technology. Her passion? To follow how the social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are maturing over time, and what businesses can do to keep up. She shares her insights on our blog in a true outpouring of knowledge and expertise. Her knowledge about technology and social media is vast, and she is always willing to share her insights with businesses to help them stay up-to-date with the latest trends.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/author\/writer\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? - Zeru","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?","og_description":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? There are several options available to you when it comes to downloading your Facebook data. These include accessing the Messages folder, Messages Archives, and Location tracking. Once you have all of your data in a downloadable format, you can back it up to your computer or mobile [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","og_site_name":"Zeru","article_published_time":"2022-07-20T18:58:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-20T18:58:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":268,"url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-Happens-When-You-Download-Your-Facebook-Data_26043.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lizzie Yates","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lizzie Yates","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data","name":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data? - Zeru","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-20T18:58:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-20T18:58:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-download-your-facebook-data#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Happens When You Download Your Facebook Data?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/","name":"Zeru","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e","name":"Lizzie Yates","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg","caption":"Lizzie Yates"},"description":"A content marketing strategist with the Zeru team for a little over 5 years, Lizzie Yates specializes in everything digital media with a particular focus on social media and technology. Her passion? To follow how the social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are maturing over time, and what businesses can do to keep up. She shares her insights on our blog in a true outpouring of knowledge and expertise. Her knowledge about technology and social media is vast, and she is always willing to share her insights with businesses to help them stay up-to-date with the latest trends.","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/author\/writer"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26048,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions\/26048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}