Facebook Data Takeout Guide

Facebook Data Takeout Guide

Data Take Out Guide: Facebook

Facebook collects many different direct interaction data types and interpretations of those data types. Please follow the instructions below to minimize the size of your Facebook download. Separately, you can use the Facebook portal to Access Your Information.

Go to Facebook Download Your Information.

Set the following:

  • Date Range: “All of my data”

  • Format: JSON

  • Media Quality: Low

Unselect the following:

  • Stories

  • Short Videos

Select “Create File”


A copy of your information is being created.


From the Download Your Information page, choose “Available Copies”.

From Available Copies, select the Download button.






Re-enter Your Password

Your filename will be named “facebook-user_id.zip”








Visit your data dashboard (my.llif.org) and upload your data.


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