Free guide, checked October 2026
Download your data from every platform
Every platform puts its export in a different menu. Pick yours for the exact steps, what the file includes, and how long the download link lasts.
At a glance
Download links do not wait
Most platforms keep a finished export available for only a few days. Check the window before you request it.
- Instagram
- Wait
- Up to 30 days for the email with your export link
- Window
- 4 days in Available downloads
- Format
- You pick a format while setting up the export
- Facebook
- Wait
- Not stated by Facebook
- Window
- 4 days in Available downloads
- Format
- HTML or JSON
- TikTok
- Wait
- A few days
- Window
- Up to 4 days
- Format
- You choose a file format in the request
- X
- Wait
- A few days
- Window
- Not stated by X
- Format
- A .zip file
- YouTube
- Wait
- A few minutes to a few days; most people get it the same day
- Window
- About 7 days, up to 5 downloads per archive
- Format
- Zip or Tgz archives; videos in their original format or MP4
- LinkedIn
- Wait
- Minutes for specific categories, within 24 hours for the larger archive
- Window
- 72 hours
- Format
- Not stated by LinkedIn
Every guide links to the platform help center page it is based on, checked October 2026.
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