Facebook’s New Download Your Information Feature: What You Get

Facebook recently announced a feature that lets users download a copy of their profile and content, and now it’s becoming available for some users. In a downloadable zip file, users get html files which include their entire profile, wall, Event history, messages, Notes, a list of their friends, . jpgs of their photos, and .mp4s of their videos, as well as an index file for navigating the content. The data can be used as a diary, or  to replace other information from a hard drive crash or stolen computer — but not necessarily to switch to a different social network.

Downloading the Zip File of Your Information

To access the Download Your Information feature, go to Account->Account Settings->Download Your Information and click “learn more”.

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