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How to export and deplatform your Facebook content

Fortunately, Facebook has provided a way to export your Facebook content for a number of years. They recently added the ability format your metadata in JSON notation which makes it easier for services like Deplatformr to re-purpose it.

The process is quite simple and illustrated below.

  1. Request a download.
  2. Wait for your download.
  3. Save your download.

Step 1: Request a download

1.a) Login to your Facebook account and select Settings from the top menu.

1.b) Select Your Facebook Information and then the Download Your Information option.

1.c) In the Request Copy section, select the following options:

1.d) In the Your Information section, check the following three options:

1.e) Facebook begins to prepare your download package.

Step 2: Wait for your download

2.a) Using the address associated with your account, Facebook will send you a notification email letting you know that your download package is being created. Depending on the size of your account and the current demand on Facebook servers this could take a while. However, the average Facebook account will only take a few minutes to prepare a download package.

2.b) Facebook will send you a notification email letting you know when your download package is available. You will also see a notification pop-up in Facebook if you are logged in at this time.

Step 3: Save your download

3.a) Login to Facebook and return to Settings > Your Facebook Information > Download Your Information.

This time select the Available Copies tab to the right of Request Copy.

Press the Download button.

3.b) Enter your Facebook password.

3.c) Choose a place on your computer to save the .zip file containing your Facebook content and metadata.

Next steps

Go to Facebook > Upload content to move this .zip file to Deplatformr and have it re-process and backup your Facebook content to decentralized Filecoin storage.
PLEASE NOTE:

This is a prototype version of Deplatformr. We are going to assume that you've followed the steps above and that this file:

facebook-deplatformr.zip

is the one made available to you by Facebook. Please download it and use it to continue testing Deplatformr, starting with the Facebook > Upload content step.

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