Is there a way to download all the photos I've uploaded to Facebook over the years?
Several browser extensions and utility programs designed to download Facebook photo albums can be found around the Web. Facebook itself has a “Download Your Information†feature that you can use to grab a copy of all the photos and videos you have posted to the site. This sort of thing can be useful for recovering original pictures that may have been stored on a lost or stolen mobile phone, or on a computer that has crashed and taken all its files with it.
To download a copy of your Facebook files, log into your Facebook account and click on the white menu triangle on the right side of the blue bar at the top of the page. Choose Account Settings from the menu. At the bottom of the General Account Settings page, click on the “Download a copy of your Facebook data†link.
You land on the Download Your Information page, whi ch includes a Start My Archive button and also explains more about the process; Facebook has a demonstration video as well. Once you click the Start My Archive button, Facebook begins to gather a copy of your files. When it is finished, you get an e-mail message with a link for the Zip archive file that contains your data. Facebook requires identity verification through e-mail, password and other measures for security purposes since the downloaded file is full of personal information.
In addition to collecting a copy of your personal Facebook photos and videos, you also get copies of your Wall posts/Timeline, Friends list, notes, chat conversations, Facebook messages and other personal data. The Download Your Information page has a link for an “expanded archive†as well, which includes more technical information like cookies and log-ins to Facebook. (Facebook explains what information is included in each type of archive here.)
Facebook's Help Center says ther e is no way to pick and choose what you want when you download your information, and it is all dumped into a file on your computer. Downloading your Facebook information just gives you a copy of it, but does not delete it from the site. If you download your data with the intent of leaving the service for good, you still need to delete your Facebook account.
