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Asked 9 years, 5 months ago. Active 4 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times. How can I download all my private messages from Facebook? I'm open to any solution. Improve this question.

Michael0x2a Michael0x2a 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Huh, interesting. When I first tried this in June, Facebook gave me only the most recent messages in the archive, but now it gives me all of them.

I'm still surprised there's no Facebook app for this, since the Facebook API seems to allow access to messages. This will not give you all of the messages. If you message someone every day all the time, you'll have a lot of messages in between the two of you. However, Facebook data download will only go back so far. It's inconsistent and fairly broken. It's not working for me neither. I have around messages to download. Not sure how many I'm getting using this method.

Seems the limit is now per thread. Weirdly, it's possible to have multiple threads with the same person. Not sure why that is. Show 1 more comment. Community Bot 1. Dean Dean 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges.

I confirm this one as the only answer that a still works as of August and b really does what was asked in the question. This method yields the best result of all mentioned here: downloads messagges, pictures and GIFs, and keeps the original appearance.

It still does not save videos couldn't test with other files though and only saves low-res versions of the images. So, they only let you create a backup of the actual messages and data. In the past, deleted messages were moved to something like a ''trash folder'', So, you can only get the messages that are in your actual account.

Facebook, as the largest social network, wants to get the most of your data, and they store it and spend millions of dollars to protect it. Do you think all that is just to keep you safe? No, of course, their data is a real arm. To recover old Facebook messages and all the data, in general, the first thing you need, of course, is your Facebook account.

So, login and visit the general settings page. You will see that page exactly looking like the below screenshot. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article Steps. Things You'll Need. Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: February 6, Open the Facebook ZIP folder you downloaded from the email. Extract the folder to it's own extracted folder.

The Facebook main archive searchable folder will only open to be searched, once it's been fully extracted. Open the index. This file should work now. For example, after allegations first came to light that Facebook was weaponized by foreign agents to influence the U. And where such regulation is going to have the greatest ripple effect, according to HubSpot Director of Strategic Partnerships Kevin Raheja, is advertising.

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Thank You! You have been subscribed. Start free or get a demo. Marketing 7 min read. When I found out I could download my entire Facebook data file, the first thing I felt was fear. How far does it go back?