Learn what categories of information are available in your Facebook settings
If you have additional Facebook profiles, you can download a copy of your Facebook information for each of your profiles using the Download your information tool.
Please note that some information collected from your additional profiles, including ads information, can only be accessed by downloading your Facebook information for your main profile, which is the first profile that you create when you sign up for Facebook.
You may not have access to these settings in Accounts Centre at this time. If you can't see these settings under Your information and permissions in Accounts Centre, try accessing these settings through your Facebook settings.
We store different categories of information for different time periods, so you may not find all information from the time that you joined Facebook. You won't find information or content that you deleted because we delete that content from our servers.
Remember, you can access most of the content you post to a certain profile on Facebook by logging in to your account and switching to that profile.
Bear in mind that: The categories of information that we receive, collect and save may change over time. Learn more about your Facebook information in our Privacy Policy.
Depending on the information category that you are interested in, we offer you a variety of tools to view, manage and download your information.
Within the Your information section of your account settings, you can download or transfer a copy of your Facebook information at any time using the Download your information tool. If you'd like to view your information within the Facebook app, you can use the Access your information tool.
You can also access these tools through Accounts Centre within Your information and permissions.
What categories of information are available to view and download?
The Access your information tool and Download your information tool both provide a summary of your Facebook profile information that you can access at any time and in a single place. We've categorised this information by type.
The categories include:
- Your activity across Facebook: Information and activity from different areas of Facebook, such as posts you've created, photos you're tagged in, groups you belong to and more.
- Personal information: Information that you've provided when you set up your Facebook accounts and profiles.
- Connections: Who and how you've connected with people on Facebook, including things such as your friends and followers.
- Logged information: Information that Facebook logs about your activity, including things such as your search history.
- Security and login information: Technical information and logged activity related to your account.
- Apps and websites off Facebook: Apps you own and activity we receive from apps and websites off Facebook.
- Preferences: Actions you've taken to customise your experience on Facebook.
- Ad information: Your interactions with ads and advertisers on Facebook.
Additional resources
These tools and resources are available in the Your Facebook information section of your account settings, as well as in Your information and permissions in Accounts Centre to help you view, manage, download and delete your information.
- Access your profile information: A summary of your Facebook information that you can access at any time and in a single place. We've categorised this information by type so you can find what you're looking for.
- Transfer a copy of your information: Copy your photos, videos, posts or other information to another service.
- Download your information: Download a copy of your Facebook information. You can download all your categories of information at once, or you can select the specific categories and date ranges that you want. Learn more about downloading your information on Facebook.
- Activity log: Within your profile, your activity log is a history of that profile's activity on Facebook. Review and manage things that you share, from posts that you've commented on or liked to apps that you have used or anything you've searched for. Learn more about your activity log.
- Activity off Meta technologies: View or clear activity from businesses and organisations that you visit off Meta. You can only view this information when you're switched into your main profile.
- Managing your information: Learn how to manage your information on Facebook and get answers to common questions.
- Deactivation and deletion: Temporarily deactivate or permanently delete your profile.
