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Easy tutorial for finding your Facebook Notes
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In 2020, Facebook discontinued the Notes feature. While you can no longer write new Facebook Notes, there's an easy way to find your old Notes and save them to your computer, Android, iPhone, or iPad. Although the Notes feature is no more, there are still ways to share longer, more blog-like posts on Facebook. This wikiHow teaches you how to find and save your Facebook Notes and some alternatives to the now-defunct Notes feature.
Things You Should Know
- While you can no longer write Facebook Notes, you can find your old Notes in Accounts Center.
- Once you download your Notes, you can save them to your device and read them in any web browser.
- Instead of writing Notes, you can create longer posts or use a Facebook Page as a blog.
Steps
How to Find Your Facebook Notes
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Open your Facebook Settings. This method uses Facebook’s “Download Your Information” tool to download a copy of your Facebook Notes to your computer, Android, iPhone, or iPad. To get to Settings:
- Mobile
- Tap the three-line menu ☰ at the top-right or bottom-right, depending on your platform.
- Tap Settings and privacy .
- Tap Settings .
- Desktop
- Click your profile photo at the top-right.
- Click Settings and privacy .
- Click Settings .
- Mobile
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Click Accounts Center . You'll see it near the top-left corner of the page.Advertisement
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Select Your information and permissions on the left panel.
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Select Download your information on the right panel.
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Select Download or transfer information . This displays a list of accounts in Accounts Center.
- If you don't see this option, select Request a download instead. [1] X Research source
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Select a Facebook profile and click Next . If more than one profile is selected, deselect the ones you don't want to check.
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Select Specific types of information . This option allows you to download your Facebook Notes without other data.
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Select "Notes" and click Next . If you don't see "Notes," click See all first.
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Select "Download to device" and click Next .
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Select All time from the "Date range" menu. To do this, just click or tap Date range , choose All time , and then Save at the bottom.
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Click Create files at the bottom. This creates a file containing all your Facebook Notes. Once the Notes are ready, you'll receive an email with a link to your download.
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Download and view your Notes. When you receive the email confirmation, click the download your information link in the message, then click the Download button. When prompted, enter your password to confirm the download.
- Your Notes will download as a ZIP file, which you'll need to extract .
- Once unzipped, open the new folder and double-click the file called start-here.html . This opens a web file in your default web browser.
- You will find your Facebook notes under "Notes" toward the bottom of the page.
Community Q&A
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QuestionHow do I make my pictures private?Community AnswerYou have to go onto "my profile >> settings >> privacy" and set it to "friends only."
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Tips
- If you use Facebook Workplace at work, you can click + Create Note at the top-left corner of your homepage to create a note. When you're finished, click Share to share it with your team. [2] X Research sourceThanks
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About This Article
Although the Facebook Notes feature was discontinued in October of 2020, you can still access your old notes. Log in to Facebook on the web, click the menu, select Settings & privacy' , and then select Activity log . Click the Filter link in the upper-left corner of the page, select Notes , and then click Save Changes to view your notes.
