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Facebook knows a lot more or less you. Much of this information was bimanual over when you signed up, but in that respect's some stuff you might not know about. We'll show you how to see and download IT.

Your Facebook Information

First, you might embody curious to see just how often data Facebook has on you. There's the obvious gourmandize like your name, see of birth, relatives, and then on, but what else does it know?

To see, log in to Facebook on a browser, like Google Chromium-plate, on a data processor. Click the arrow at the top right, and and then select "Settings & Privacy."

click arrow and select settings and privacy

Next, click "Settings."

select settings

In the "Settings" sidebar, mouse click "Your Facebook Information."

click your facebook information

You'll see a couple of contrary areas to explore. Dawn "View" to the right of "Access Your Information."

access your information

Here, you'll see totally your Facebook information organized into single categories. Clicking any of these will bring out links so you can brush up everything.

open a category to view more

Scroll down to the "Information Roughly You" section. This is where you can review the more than personal information Facebook collects. Again, fall into place whatsoever class to expand it.

review your personal information

Download Your Information

Aft you've explored all of the information, you might want to download a re-create of it for keeping. This is a good thought if you plan to delete your chronicle.

To do so, attend Settings & Privacy > Settings > Your Facebook Information. Click  "Reckon" close to "Download Your Information."

download your information

You'll see all the categories we explored above. Agree the box side by side to the categories from which you want to download information.

check the boxes to download

Next, you can decide how far back you privation to go. By default, it will download all the information protrusive from when you start created your account. Click "Wholly of My Data" to adjust the day of the month orbit.

click all of my data

Use the calendars to select a start and close date, and and so click "OK."

adjust the date range

Adjacent, choose the format in which you privation to save your downloaded information. HTML is easier to purview, but JSON works better for importing to other services. Unfortunately, you can't do this doubly and redeem the info in both formats.

choose a format

The last option is "Media Quality"; the higher the quality you choose, the large the download leave be.

choose media quality

Afterwards you've made all your selections, suction stop "Create Indian file" to start creating the download.

create file

You'll see the "A Copy of Your Data Is Being Created" notification. You might also receive an email confirming this. Facebook testament notify you when your data is set up to download.

message about download

That's each there is to information technology! Depending on how much info you chosen, it might take a while for the file to be created.

When it's in order, you'll be instructed to download the ZIP file. This Indian file will include folders with all of your selective information. Some of IT leave be problematic to translate, but things like photos and videos are unequivocal. When you look through it, you'll see everything Facebook knows about you.

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