Facebook has a tool, very popular among users, that allows you to see the posts you made just a year or more ago.
It’s called “On This Day,” and it’s simply Facebook’s memories feature . It’s incredibly useful for seeing posts you made years ago on the same day and month as today, and it’s a way to relive memories and share them again on the social network. This way, both you and your friends can see those photos and videos you posted a while ago and, for whatever reason, you now enjoy revisiting.
Photos of past birthdays, concerts with friends, with people who are no longer here… Facebook usually shows you a message with the “Memories” of each day automatically, but this doesn’t always appear.
So, if you want to know what you posted on Facebook on “This Day in History” or want to narrow your search to what you posted on a specific date, in this article you will learn what you need to do to access your “Memories”.
How to see what you posted on Facebook on a specific day
If you want to see your “Memories” on Facebook quickly, you must access the following, either from your mobile phone or from the desktop version of the social network.
From your mobile phone
-Open the Facebook app (either on Android or iPhone) and tap the Settings Menu (the three-line icon in the top or bottom corner).
Scroll down and tap on the “Memories” section. There you can see posts, photos, or important events you shared on Facebook on that same date in previous years.
You can also visit the website from your browser at facebook.com/onthisday.
On the computer
-You just have to log in to Facebook and, in the left menu, go to the News Feed section.
-Now tap on “Memories”. If it doesn’t appear, tap on “See more” to expand the options menu and you’ll see it.
You can also type facebook.com/onthisday directly into your browser and it will open the page with the posts, photos, etc. that you uploaded to Facebook on this day years ago.
How to filter specific dates
By following the steps outlined above, the content published on this same day in previous years will be displayed automatically.
But if you want to search for your posts on a specific day, month, or year, you can do so using the Activity Log tool on Facebook .
To do this, go to the Menu by clicking on the icon of the three horizontal lines and enter “Settings and Privacy”.
Now, go to “Settings” and scroll down to the “Your Information” section. There, select “Activity Log”.
Click on “Your posts” and you can use search filters (such as “Date”, “Categories”…) to find specific content on Facebook .
