What categories of my Facebook data are available to me?
Tip: Learn how to download a copy of your Facebook information using the Download Your Information tool.
These are the categories of Facebook data that are available to you from your account [Table 1] as well as the download your information tool [Table 2].
We store different categories of data for different time periods, so you may not find all data from the time you joined Facebook. You won't find information or content that you deleted because content deleted from your account is also deleted from Facebook servers.
Remember, most of your Facebook data is available to you by logging into your account. Also note the categories of data we receive, collect, and save may change over time. We'll update these tables if that happens.
What info is available? | What is it? | Where can I find it? |
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About Me | Information you added to the About section of your timeline like relationships, work, education, where you live and more. It includes any updates or changes you made in the past and what is currently in the About section of your timeline. | Activity Log |
Check-ins | The places you’ve checked into. | Activity Log |
Connections | The people who have liked your Page or Place, RSVPed to your event, installed your app or checked in to your advertised place within 24 hours of viewing or clicking on an ad or Sponsored Story. | Activity Log |
Credit Cards | If you make purchases on Facebook (ex: in apps) and have given Facebook your credit card number. | Account Settings |
Events | Events you’ve joined or been invited to. | Activity Log |
Following | A list of people you follow. | Activity Log |
Last Location | The last location associated with an update. | Activity Log |
Likes on Others' Posts | Posts, photos or other content you’ve liked. | Activity Log |
Likes on Your Posts from others | Likes on your own posts, photos or other content. | Activity Log |
Likes on Other Sites | Likes you’ve made on sites off of Facebook. | Activity Log |
Linked Accounts | A list of the accounts you've linked to your Facebook account. | Account Settings |
Notes | Any notes you’ve written and published to your account. | Activity Log |
Posts by You | Anything you posted to your own timeline, like photos, videos and status updates. | Activity Log |
Posts by Others | Anything posted to your timeline by someone else, like wall posts or links shared on your timeline by friends. | Activity Log |
Posts to Others | Anything you posted to someone else’s timeline, like photos, videos and status updates. | Activity Log |
Privacy Settings | Your privacy settings. | Privacy Settings |
Recent Activities | Actions you’ve taken and interactions you’ve recently had. | Activity Log |
Registration Date | The date you joined Facebook. | Activity Log |
Removed Friends | People you’ve removed as friends. | Activity Log |
Searches | Searches you’ve made on Facebook. | Activity Log |
Shares | Content (ex: a news article) you've shared with others on Facebook using the Share button or link. | Activity Log |
Status Updates | Any status updates you’ve posted. | Activity Log |
Vanity URL | Your Facebook URL (ex: username or vanity for your account). | Visible in your timeline URL |
Videos | Videos you’ve posted to your timeline. | Activity Log |
What info is available? | What is it? | Where can I find it? |
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About Me | Information you added to the About section of your timeline like relationships, work, education, where you live and more. It includes any updates or changes you made in the past and what is currently in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Account Status History | The dates when your account was reactivated, deactivated, disabled or deleted. | Downloaded Info |
Active Sessions | All stored active sessions, including date, time, device, IP address, machine cookie and browser information. | Downloaded Info |
Ads Clicked | Dates, times and titles of ads clicked (limited retention period). | Downloaded Info |
Address | Your current address or any past addresses you had on your account. | Downloaded Info |
Ad Topics | A list of topics that you may be targeted against based on your stated likes, interests and other data you put in your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Alternate Name | Any alternate names you have on your account (ex: a maiden name or a nickname). | Downloaded Info |
Apps | All of the apps you have added. | Downloaded Info |
Birthday Visibility | How your birthday appears on your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Chat | A history of the conversations you’ve had on Facebook Chat (a complete history is available directly from your messages inbox). | Downloaded Info |
Check-ins | The places you’ve checked into. | Downloaded Info |
Currency | Your preferred currency on Facebook. If you use Facebook Payments, this will be used to display prices and charge your credit cards. | Downloaded Info |
Current City | The city you added to the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Date of Birth | The date you added to Birthday in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Education | Any information you added to Education field in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Emails | Email addresses added to your account (even those you may have removed). | Downloaded Info |
Events | Events you’ve joined or been invited to. | Downloaded Info |
Facial Recognition Data | A unique number based on a comparison of the photos you're tagged in. We use this data to help others tag you in photos. | Downloaded Info |
Family | Friends you’ve indicated are family members. | Downloaded Info |
Favorite Quotes | Information you’ve added to the Favorite Quotes section of the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Followers | A list of people who follow you. | Downloaded Info |
Friend Requests | Pending sent and received friend requests. | Downloaded Info |
Friends | A list of your friends. | Downloaded Info |
Gender | The gender you added to the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Groups | A list of groups you belong to on Facebook. | Downloaded Info |
Hidden from News Feed | Any friends, apps or pages you’ve hidden from your News Feed. | Downloaded Info |
Hometown | The place you added to hometown in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
ID | A copy of the ID you submitted to confirm your identity and to help improve our automated systems for detecting fake IDs and related abuse. | Personal Data Request |
Locale | The language you've selected to use Facebook in. | Downloaded Info |
Logins | IP address, date and time associated with logins to your Facebook account. | Downloaded Info |
Logouts | IP address, date and time associated with logouts from your Facebook account. | Downloaded Info |
Matched Contacts | Contact information that may be associated with your account. | Personal Data Request |
Messages | Messages you’ve sent and received on Facebook. Note, if you've deleted a message it won't be included in your download as it has been deleted from your account. | Downloaded Info |
Name | The name on your Facebook account. | Downloaded Info |
Name Changes | Any changes you’ve made to the original name you used when you signed up for Facebook. | Downloaded Info |
Networks | Networks (affiliations with schools or workplaces) that you belong to on Facebook. | Downloaded Info |
Pages You Admin | A list of pages you admin. | Downloaded Info |
Pending Friend Requests | Pending sent and received friend requests. | Downloaded Info |
Phone Numbers | Mobile phone numbers you’ve added to your account, including verified mobile numbers you've added for security purposes. | Downloaded Info |
Photos | Photos you’ve uploaded to your account. | Downloaded Info |
Photos Metadata | Any metadata that is transmitted with your uploaded photos. | Downloaded Info |
Physical Tokens | Badges you’ve added to your account. | Downloaded Info |
Pokes | A list of who’s poked you and who you’ve poked. Poke content from our mobile poke app is not included because it's only available for a brief period of time. After the recipient has viewed the content it's permanently deleted from our systems. | Downloaded Info |
Political Views | Any information you added to Political Views in the About section of timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Posts by Others | Anything posted to your timeline by someone else, like wall posts or links shared on your timeline by friends. | Downloaded Info |
Recent Activities | Actions you’ve taken and interactions you’ve recently had. | Downloaded Info |
Registration Date | The date you joined Facebook. | Downloaded Info |
Religious Views | The current information you added to Religious Views in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Removed Friends | People you’ve removed as friends. | Downloaded Info |
Screen Names | The screen names you’ve added to your account, and the service they’re associated with. You can also see if they’re hidden or visible on your account. | Downloaded Info |
Spoken Languages | The languages you added to Spoken Languages in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Status Updates | Any status updates you’ve posted. | Downloaded Info |
Work | Any current information you’ve added to Work in the About section of your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
Videos | Videos you’ve posted to your timeline. | Downloaded Info |
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