Capturing content from specific date ranges on Facebook

Date range capture in New Facebook—status as of December 31, 2020

In 2020 Facebook converted all users over to its new layout, called New Facebook. This page summarizes the impacts this is having on Facebook captures with Page Vault and our current options for making Facebook captures.

In the past, we have advised clients on how to use some of Facebook's hidden functionality for jumping to specific time periods on an individual's timeline. Unfortunately, Facebook appears to have removed these options entirely in New Facebook. 

To address the need to capture very long Facebook profiles, Page Vault has developed a solution for timeline breakdowns that is currently in beta testing. If you would like to have access to the beta, please contact our support team to get trained and have the feature enabled on your account. 

Old Methods (Navigation Bar and Dates in URL): No longer available in Facebook

In the past, we have advised clients on how to use some of Facebook's hidden functionality for jumping to specific time periods on an individual's timeline. Unfortunately, Facebook appears to have removed these options entirely in New Facebook.