The archive is broken up into three sections: html, photos and videos. The archive will be in ZIP format, so you’ll need to unzip it first to see the contents. You’ll need to re-enter your Facebook password again before you can download the archive.ĭepending on how much you upload to Facebook, your archive could be several hundred megabytes in size. After a little while, you should receive an email with a link to your archive.Ĭlick on the link and you’ll see a button called Download My Archive. Once you confirm by clicking on the second Start My Archive button, you’ll see a message stating that you will get an email once your archive is complete. This will bring up another popup window where you have to confirm that you want to download your archive. To start the archive, go ahead and click the green Start My Archive button. Click on that link and you’ll get a short description of what kind of data your archive will contain.