Facebook is one of the favorite Social Networking sites on the web. Many individuals are using this popular Social Media platform for multiple purposes; mainly they want to create their online presence in this virtual world.
People get connected with their friends and relatives, make new friends, share their photos and videos, etc. through Facebook. Even they can also share their current location with other persons who are on their network.
Today I will discuss a simple but useful Facebook trick in this article. Deleting or losing photos, videos, messages, etc. from Facebook is not a new thing. Many users face this problem on several times. If you meet this issue, then don’t be upset. There is a way to retrieve media files or messages again.
A few days back, I had faced a problem that one of the favorite videos had been deleted by mistake. Even I didn’t have the raw file of that video. I was looking for online tools, software to retrieve deleted video. Then one of my friends asked me that I could get back the lost video from Facebook. I tried the method, and my problem was solved.
Now you understand the things, which are deleted, are not completely removed from Facebook. It is possible to get back the deleted photos, videos and messages if you want.
The most recommended solution is you should keep the backup of your media files, which are shared on Facebook but we know most of the users avoid to do this.
From this article, you will get to know how to recover deleted videos, photos from Facebook
How to Retrieve Deleted Photos/Videos/Messages from Facebook
1. Enter your Facebook account with the email id and password which are have been used creating your profile. You also can use your phone number for login purpose, but the mobile number should be linked to your account. Hit the “Log In” button after typing login details.
2. You can see a drop-down arrow at the right side in the header section of your account. Click the arrow and hit the “Setting” from the drop-down menu.
3. You will be navigated “General Account Settings” page where you can find a link to “Download a copy.” You need to click on it.
4. In the next screen, you are instructed to hit “Start My Archive.”
5. When you click on “Start my Archive” a popup will come, and you will be asked to enter your password again. If you want to continue this process, then you should type your password and press the “Submit” to navigate the next step.
6. Next “Request My Download” popup will come with some additional information. Read that message and hit the “Start My Archive” button.
7. An another popup will come with the message that Facebook will start to collecting your information. After completing the collection, you will receive an email to your email id which is linked to your Facebook profile. Here you need to click “Okay” to confirm your request.
8. Facebook will send a download link to your email id. You may not receive the email to the inbox or the primary section of the inbox. So we recommend checking other folders or sections for this email. We have received this email in the social part of our Gmail account. You need to click the link which you have to see in the email.
9. After hitting the link, a page will open, and you can get “Download Archive” button there. Hit the button to start downloading photos, videos, and messages, which have been shared on Facebook.
10. Again you need to re-enter your password. After typing your password, hit the “submit” button.
11. The information will be downloaded in a Zip folder, and you need to extract it after completing the download. You can get some .html files from the Zip folder. For collecting information from those HTML files, you need to use a web browser.
Final Note
Hope I have presented a completed guide about how to recover deleted photos, videos, and messages from Facebook. Now you can follow these steps for recovering your deleted information from this Social Media platform. Please drop your comment here if you find this guide useful.
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