This article explains some strategies for recovering deleted Facebook posts.

Use Facebook’s Activity Log Feature

When you use the Facebook app’s Activity Log to delete a post, you can retrieve it for up to 30 days. This won’t work if you delete a post directly from your Home feed, however.

These steps explain how this works to recover deleted Facebook posts in the app:

1. Open your Facebook profile and tap the three dots menu under your photo.

2. Select Activity log > Activity history.

3. Tap Trash at the top.

4. You’ll see any posts deleted via Activity Log within the past 30 days. Tap a post you want to recover and then tap Restore.

5. Select Restore to confirm. The post has been restored to your timeline.

Cancel Your Facebook Account Deletion

If you delete your entire Facebook account, you’ve also deleted all your posts and media. If you change your mind and want to salvage your content, you can easily undo the deletion process.

To get your account back and recover deleted Facebook posts, log in to Facebook via the mobile app or a web browser within 30 days of initiation, then select Cancel Deletion.

Other Ways to Recover Deleted Facebook Posts

If your deleted posts are gone and unrecoverable via the method outlined above, here are some workarounds you can try:

Find the original post

If you’ve shared a post that you found funny or interesting but later deleted it, don’t worry. You can try locating the original content by using Facebook’s search feature or conducting a Google search. Input keywords from the post’s text or the title of the web page linked in the original post to track it down.

Check your emails

If you’ve set up Facebook push notifications for specific posts, you might find the post in an email in your inbox. Search in your email account using keywords from the post’s text. If specific text isn’t recalled, search for Facebook to find relevant emails.

If you’re on Android and have Notification History set up, you can browse past app notifications. The Facebook post might still be there.

Check your friends’ emails

Your Facebook friends might have email notifications enabled and received alerts referencing your post, particularly if they’re mentioned or tagged. Ask them to search their inbox for the deleted post you’re looking for.

How to Find Deleted Facebook Messages

Conversations and individual messages you delete in Messenger are gone forever. However, you may have really just archived the messages, making them much easier to recover.

While you may have deleted your side of the conversation, it could still exist for the participants. Ask them to search for the message and send you a copy via screenshot or copy-and-paste.