I recorded this video to show how to download your Facebook Messenger chat history, which is handy for record-keeping, legal reasons, or just saving memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMG-CZ7MDwg

Facebook lets you export all your data, including full message threads, in just a few steps. In the video, I cover:

  1. Going to Facebook Settings
  2. Clicking Your Facebook Information > Download your information
  3. Deselecting everything except Messages
  4. Choosing the date range, format (HTML or JSON), and media quality
  5. Requesting the file and downloading when ready

It may take a little while depending on the size of your data. I also show how to open the downloaded messages in your browser and search through them.

Have you ever backed up your Messenger chats, or is this new to you?