Explore Your Activity Log
See Your Activity
Your activity log is a list of your posts and activity, from today back to the very beginning. You’ll also see stories and photos you’ve been tagged in, as well as the connections you’ve made – like when you liked a Page or added someone as a friend.
Your activity log is a tool that lets you review and manage what you share on Facebook. To get to your activity log, click 
in the top-right corner of a Facebook page (ex: your home page).
Note: Only you can see your activity log. However, stories in your activity log may appear other places on Facebook, like on your Timeline, in search or in your friends’ News Feeds.
Your activity log includes all your stories, organized by the date they happened on Facebook. This means when you add a life event to your Timeline, it will show up in your activity log on the day you added it, not the day of the event itself. Keep in mind only you can see your activity log.
By default, your activity log shows your activity from the current year, starting with your most recent activity. Click on a year (in the top-right corner) to jump directly to that time.
The audience icons to the right of each story show you who the story was shared with.
You can also control which stories appear on your Timeline.
Your activity log includes a list of the things you search for on Facebook. Remember, no one else can see your activity log.
To remove a search:
- View your recent searches on your Activity Log
- Click
next to the search entry you want to remove - Click Remove
- Go to your activity log
- Click Photos in the left column
- Select Public from the filter at the top of your activity log next to Shared with
To view friend requests you've sent:
- Click
at the top of any Facebook page - Click Find Friends
- Click View Sent Requests
You can cancel friend requests you've sent from this page by hovering over Friend Request Sent and selecting Cancel Request.
Control What Goes on Your Timeline
You’ll see two dropdown menus next to each story in your activity log. The first lets you adjust the privacy of your posts, or it shows you the privacy setting if it’s a story created by a friend (like when someone writes on your Timeline or tags you in a post). The second dropdown menu controls the visibility of the story on your Timeline and gives you the option to hide, allow or star the story on your Timeline. You also have the option to delete anything you post on Facebook. Keep in mind, posts you hide on your Timeline are still visible elsewhere to the audience they're shared with on Facebook, including in search, News Feed and other places on Facebook.
On some stories, like posts from applications, you can report the post as spam, turn off publishing from the app or remove the app from your Timeline altogether.
- Go to your activity log
- Find the story you're looking for
- The audience selector below the story shows you who the story is shared with
- Click Delete or Hide From Timeline below certain stories to delete or hide them from your Timeline
Find Stories
Looking for a story from a few months ago, or even a few years? Just click the year on the right side of the page to jump to that time period.
Different types of stories (ex: posts by others, likes, comments) are listed in the left column. Just click on a specific type of activity and those stories will appear chronologically in your activity log.
You can return to a complete view of your activity log by clicking All at the top of the left column.
- The activity you’re looking for doesn't exist. For example, you won’t see any activity stories about events in 2005 because Facebook Events didn’t exist yet.
- You removed this information from your Timeline.
Timeline Review
If you've turned on Timeline review in your Privacy Settings, you'll find your pending posts at the top of your activity log. You can quickly approve new content and tags from your friends by clicking the check mark, or you can X them out if you don’t want them to appear on your Timeline. Keep in mind, posts and photos waiting for review or hidden on your Timeline are still visible elsewhere to the audience they're shared with on Facebook, including in search, News Feed and other places on Facebook.
Timeline review is part of your activity log and lets you choose whether posts you're tagged in appear on your Timeline. Posts you're tagged in can also appear in News Feed, search and other places on Facebook.
When people you’re not friends with tag you in a post, they automatically go to Timeline review. If you'd also like to review tags by friends, you can turn on Timeline review for tags from anyone:
- Click at the top right of any Facebook page and select Settings
- In the left column, click Timeline and Tagging
- Look for the setting Review posts friends tag you in before they appear on your Timeline? and click Edit to the far right
- Select Enabled from the dropdown menu
If you turn on Timeline review, you can see your pending posts from your activity log:
- Go to your Timeline and click Activity Log
- Find the Timeline Review section at the top of the page and click the Review button
- Click Add to Timeline next to an individual post to approve it, or click Hide or Ignore to ignore it