Saturday 15 October 2016

How to recover deleted Facebook messages, photos and videos


This might’ve happened with you many times. You feel an urge to view your memorable messages, photos and videos so that you can rekindle those moments, but find out that you had already deleted them. Now, you can’t do anything but repent and curse the moment when you took that decision. Luckily, we’ve a fix for you. Yes! You can easily recover deleted Facebook messages, photos and videos whenever you feel like retrieving something deleted or old. Here in this post, we’ll study how to do so. Let’s get started:

Steps to recover deleted Facebook messages, photos and videos


To recover deleted Facebook messages, photos and videos, you’ll need to follow a series of simple steps mentioned below:

Step 1. Log in to your Facebook account

Log in to your Facebook Account



Step 2. Go to Facebook General account settings. Here, you’ll see an option to download a copy of your Facebook Data. Just click on it

Facebook Settings

General Account Settings of Facebook

Download a copy of Facebook Account


Step 3. On the next page, you’ll see a Download Archive button, Click on it to proceed further

Download Archive Button


Step 4. Now, you’ll be asked to enter your password to continue (This is a security step by Facebook). Type in your Facebook Password and click Submit

Re-enter your Facebook Password


Step 5. On the next screen, you’ll be shown that a download link for your data will be sent to the email ID you’ve used to create your Facebook account

Step 6. Wait for some time and check your mail. You’ll see a mail in your inbox from Facebook containing the link to download all your data. Click on the link to download the file

Start my Archive

Step 7. The downloaded file will be in .zip format. You can unzip it using RAR achiever. On opening the folder, you’ll see your messages, photos, videos, friend list etc. All of these files will be in .html format.
To open any particular file:

  • Double click on the file
  • Select your favorite browser you want to open your media with


The file will be opened in your browser where you’ll have access to all your data.

That’s it! You’ve successfully come across on how to recover deleted Facebook messages, photos, and videos. Now it’s time for some practical. Login to your account, follow above-mentioned steps and successfully recover your deleted Facebook messages, photos and videos.

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