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Original OurWalk idea Reimagined for your memories

Bring your memories home.

Facebook and Instagram can make a private copy of your posts, photos, and videos. We’ll show you exactly what each screen should look like.

Show me the stepsSee the four settings →
✓ No passwords. No emailed files. No messages by default.
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Export your information

Choose where to export

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Export to deviceSave your download to this computer
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External serviceNot for this guide
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Your story.
In your hands.
Your export recipe

Four settings. That’s it.

01

Export to

Your device
02

Date range

All time
03

File type

Choose JSON
04

Media

High quality
Pick the app you’re in

The doorway is a little different.

Facebook and Instagram both end in Accounts Center, but they do not start in the same place.

Start here

Instagram

On a computer
  1. More in the lower-left → Settings
  2. Accounts Center → Your information and permissions
  3. Export your information → Create export
On your phone
  1. Profile → Menu → Accounts Center
  2. Your information and permissions
  3. Export your information → Create export
Then, in either app:Select the correct profile → Export to device
What each screen should look like

Follow the blue buttons.

These are simplified models of the current Meta screens. Your name and profile picture will appear where we use neutral placeholders.

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Create an export

Open Export your information, then choose the bright blue Create export button.

2

Choose the right profile

Accounts Center may show several apps. Choose the Facebook name or Instagram username that holds your memories.

3

Choose your device

Select Export to device. This keeps your download with you.

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Use these four choices

Make your screen match this one, then select Start export.

The checkbox screen

Keep the memories. Leave the noise.

Meta starts with nearly everything selected. Keep the memory categories on. Leave Data logs off. Messages stay off unless you are making a separate private backup.

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Keep checked

Posts, photos and videos, stories, reels, comments, reactions, profile details, friends and followers.

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Messages are a privacy choice

OurWalk does not need them. Leave Messages off by default.

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Data logs stay off

They are technical, slower to prepare, and unnecessary for your memory timeline.

After you press Start export

Meta does the packing.

01●

Request sent

You can close the app.

02···

Your copy is preparing

Minutes, days, or up to 30 days on Instagram.

03↓

Download ready

You have four days before the link expires.

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Keep every part

Large downloads can arrive as several files.

Future OurWalk importer

Keep the files Meta gives you.

When OurWalk is ready, you’ll choose the original file from Meta—or every part if Meta gives you more than one.

OurWalk cannot receive it yet. Keeping the original download means it will be ready when importing opens.

  • Do not open or rename the files
  • Keep every part together
  • Keep Facebook and Instagram downloads separate
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1Your Facebook downloadOriginal · Ready for OurWalk
One simple rule

Bring your memories, not other people’s privacy.

Store the files on a device you control. Never email the files, your password, a login code, or a Meta download link.

If Meta moved something

Look for these four labels.

Your information and permissions→Export your information→Create export→Export to device

Update the app or use Accounts Center in a browser. For current details, see Meta’s official Facebook and Instagram instructions.