{"id":35125,"date":"2022-07-24T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=35125"},"modified":"2022-07-24T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:28:47","slug":"how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Go Back to a Specific Date on Facebook?"},"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-69fd576ee202e\" 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-69fd576ee202e\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd576ee202e\" ><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\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook\/#How_Do_I_Go_Back_to_a_Specific_Date_on_Facebook\" title=\"How Do I Go Back to a Specific Date on Facebook?\">How Do I Go Back to a Specific Date on Facebook?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook\/#Change_the_date_of_a_post_on_Facebook\" title=\"Change the date of a post on Facebook\">Change the date of a post on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook\/#Search_for_old_posts\" title=\"Search for old posts\">Search for old posts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook\/#Find_older_conversations_on_Facebook\" title=\"Find older conversations on Facebook\">Find older conversations on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-go-back-to-a-specific-date-on-facebook\/#Navigate_to_a_specific_date_on_Facebook\" title=\"Navigate to a specific date on Facebook\">Navigate to a specific date on Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_I_Go_Back_to_a_Specific_Date_on_Facebook\"><\/span>How Do I Go Back to a Specific Date on Facebook?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"How do I go back to a specific date on Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/piQEWhS.png\" style=\"height:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-width:33% max-height:278px; width:auto;\">  <\/p>\n<p>Facebook has an activity log that shows only your own posts and activities. You can go back to a specific date by visiting your profile and selecting &#8220;Recent Activity&#8221; from the drop-down menu. Then, click on the date you&#8217;d like to jump to. You may be asked to enter your email address, but that&#8217;s only for review. Alternatively, you can also use the search box to find older posts and conversations and navigate to a specific date in your Facebook timeline.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_date_of_a_post_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Change the date of a post on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve posted something recently and want to change the date, you can do so through Facebook. However, you have to do so from the desktop website, not the Facebook app. To make changes, first log into the Facebook website. After you sign in, select the Desktop site option in the menu. Then select &#8216;Change the date of a post&#8217;. Once you&#8217;ve made the changes, the post will be moved to the new date.<\/p>\n<p>Changing the date of a post on Facebook is not as difficult as you may think. There are several ways to do this, including through the Activity Log or timeline. For example, you can change the date of a post you&#8217;ve made on Facebook if the original post had a date of January 1, 1905. If you want, you can also change the time of an existing post. Changing the date is available only for posts that you&#8217;ve published yourself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Search_for_old_posts\"><\/span>Search for old posts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may wonder how to search for old posts on Facebook back to the exact date that you need. Thankfully, Facebook has a search feature that lets you do just that. By using the main word, year, or topic, you can find a specific post and see what it said. Depending on the type of post you&#8217;re looking for, the results will vary. Listed below are the steps to take to find older posts on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll need to know whether you&#8217;re using Facebook on desktop or a mobile device. Both have their own search functionality, but if you&#8217;re using the desktop version, you&#8217;ll have more options. You can also determine whether to use the app or desktop version of the social media site when performing your search. You can use the desktop version of Facebook if you&#8217;d prefer to sort your results by year.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Find_older_conversations_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Find older conversations on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the easiest ways to find older conversations on Facebook back to a specific time is to use the &#8220;Search&#8221; feature. This feature will help you find previous conversations that you might have missed. By default, you can search for messages from a specific date or person, but you can also search for older messages in general. To find older conversations, you can type the person&#8217;s name or keyword into the search box.<\/p>\n<p>To find older conversations on Facebook back to a specific day, go to the Messages section on the main Facebook website. There are several icons along the right side of the page. Click on the icon with two overlapping speech bubbles, which is labeled &#8220;See All.&#8221; When you click on this link, you&#8217;ll be taken to your Messages inbox. Scroll up to the conversation window to find the older messages.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Navigate_to_a_specific_date_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Navigate to a specific date on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to date someone on Facebook, but don&#8217;t know how to find their profile, you&#8217;ll need to navigate to their Timeline. 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