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How to download all your Facebook photos to your computer
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From a messy ZIP to this — every photo and video organized by year and by the people in them.
Download everything to your computer
Facebook's free export tool runs best in a browser on a desktop or laptop. You request a complete copy of every photo and video you've uploaded, wait while Facebook packages it, and a ZIP file lands in your computer's Downloads folder.
- Open Facebook in your computer's browser. Go to Facebook.com and sign in. The full download tool works best on a desktop or laptop, not the phone app.
- Open Settings → Your Facebook Information. Click your profile picture (or the menu) in the top-right, then Settings & Privacy → Settings → Your Facebook Information → Download Your Information.
- Select only Photos and videos. Deselect everything else — that keeps the file small and the download faster.
- Set date range and quality. Choose All time, and set Media Quality to High. Facebook defaults to a compressed setting that makes your photos look worse than they are.
- Request a download. Click "Request a download." Facebook emails you when the ZIP is ready — usually a few hours, up to a couple of days for large accounts.
- Save the ZIP to your computer. Open the email and click the link on your computer. The ZIP saves to your Downloads folder. The link expires after a few days, so grab it promptly — and if your archive arrives as several ZIP files, download all of them.
- Unzip the file. On Windows, right-click the ZIP and choose Extract All. On a Mac, double-click it. Your photos appear in album folders.
Check your free disk space first — a large archive can run to several gigabytes. On mobile the request steps are the same (Menu → Settings & Privacy → Settings → Your Facebook Information → Download Your Information), but saving and unzipping is far easier on a computer. For the version with screenshots, see how to request your archive step by step.
Just need a few? Open any photo, click the ••• menu and choose Download — quick for a handful, tedious past twenty or so, which is what the full export is for.
What you get — and what to do with it
The ZIP holds the photos and videos you uploaded, sorted into album folders with cryptic names. It won't include photos other people posted of you, the original dates are often stripped, and videos sit apart from photos. After all that waiting, you have everything on your computer — but it's a folder maze you can't really browse.
That's the gap everkept fills. Upload the ZIP you just downloaded and you get one private gallery — every photo and video together, organized by year and grouped by the people in them, with the dates restored. Only you can access it, your uploaded files are deleted from our servers after 30 days unless you keep your gallery, and it's never sold, shared, or used to train anything. Free to see what we found; one-time price to keep it, no subscription.
Common questions
Where does the Facebook photo download save on my computer?
When you click the link in Facebook's email, the ZIP file saves to your browser's default downloads folder, usually called "Downloads." To open it, double-click the ZIP: on Windows, right-click and choose "Extract All"; on a Mac, double-click and it extracts into a folder automatically.
How big is a full Facebook photo download?
It depends on how much you've posted over the years. A few hundred photos might be a few hundred megabytes; thousands of photos and videos can run to several gigabytes. Check your free disk space before downloading, and select only "Photos and videos" to keep the size down.
Can I download Facebook photos to my computer without the app?
Yes. You don't need any app — just a web browser at Facebook.com on your computer. The Download Your Information tool runs entirely in the browser, and the final ZIP downloads straight to your computer.
Will downloading my Facebook photos delete them from Facebook?
No. Downloading creates a copy on your computer. Your original photos stay on Facebook exactly as they were — nothing is deleted or changed on your profile.
Is there an easier way to see my downloaded photos in a nice gallery?
Yes. Once the ZIP is on your computer, everkept turns it into one private gallery — every photo and video together, organized by year and by the people in them, with dates restored. Free to see what we found; one-time price to keep it, no subscription.
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