I am working on getting all of the information off of Facebook before I delete it forever. I used Tagged Photo Exporter to get all of tagged photos off of Facebook but I can't get videos I am tagged in to download.

After doing lots of googling I found lots of different websites that were suppose do this for me but none of them work. They either don't work or download the same incorrect video. I have tried using the mbasic techniques to get a "Save as" template that is not working. Anyone have any luck getting this done recently? I assume Facebook is trying to make this more difficult since people are flocking off of the site. These are videos I uploaded but rather those I am tagged in.

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[–] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Glad to see more people delete facebook

[–] dumples@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks. I joined when you needed an .edu email address so I enjoyed for in college before it got terrible. I have stopped looking at it for years so figured it's time

[–] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, I joined because everyone of my friends used it. Now no one does anymore, so to the dumpster. Unfortunately still have to use whatsapp. :(

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

Same with me. I have a friend who lives overseas so our group chat is via Whatsapp. So that might stay for a while but Facebook and Instagram are going to be deleted as soon as I get everything I need from them

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Official data export method: https://www.facebook.com/help/212802592074644/

Yt-dlp also appears to support downloading videos from Facebook.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. The Facebook official method does not download photos or videos you are tagged in. They only allow you to download things you uploaded. So if you are like me and didn't upload any photos but were tagged by others it downloads nothing.

What is this yt-dlp? I have seen it mentioned without any links or information about how to use it. Quick searches shows it as some kind of CLI?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yt-dlp is a CLI program for downloading videos from an absurd number of sites. Originally created for backing up Youtube videos, but has expanded to cover thousands of sites over the years.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

Good to know. I should have tried to get that running. If I had more videos I would have needed it

[–] dumples@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

Of course I figured out an okay solution right after posting it.

I had save all of the Facebook videos to find them on the mobile app. From the mobile app I had to open the video and find the share link. I then had to copy this link into my web browser and click on it. This lets me download the file onto my phone which I then had to upload to a cloud storage which I am now downloading back to my computer. What a pain in the ass.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you for standing up to Zuckerberg.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So is there a way to bulk untag from photos and such? Is that what I understand you are doing (and downloading them)?

[–] smeg 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The big question I have is "is there a way to bulk request removal of all photos I'm tagged in". I can't currently think of a better way than messaging everyone who uploaded them, hoping they might still use Facebook and see my message, and then hoping they're happy to delete the photos!

[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 21 hours ago

Ya, I am not necessarily interested in the photos themselves, but would like to not be tagged.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

I haven't untagged myself but the Tagged Photo Exporter did export all my tagged photos in bulk. I had to do videos one by one