In the early days of Facebook, people uploaded 20 photos from a single event. They would create and name the album and leave it at that. These days, most users are more discerning about how many pictures they’ll post in a single album, but the photos still accumulate.
Perhaps you want to remove these albums one day but would like to save the pictures to your computer first. Fortunately, you don’t have to download one photo at a time, as Facebook allows you to download an entire album.
There are a couple of ways to download an album from your Facebook profile; the steps below will help. Also, we’ll discuss whether you can download other people’s Facebook albums and how to address specific privacy settings.
How to Download a Facebook Album
Even if you haven’t created any albums on Facebook, the platform will automatically create the “Profile Photos” and “Cover Photos” albums. Therefore, you can download these photos in bulk.
So, regardless of how many Facebook albums you have, the following steps are required to download them to your computer successfully:
Login to your Facebook account and go to your profile page.
Click on “Photos.”
Locate the “Albums” tab.
Select an album you want to download and click on the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
From the drop-down menu, select the “Download album” option.
Click “Continue.”
Immediately, Facebook will start creating a ZIP file containing all the photos in the selected album. Keep in mind that the size of the album will determine how long the process takes.
Once the ZIP file is ready, Facebook will notify you that the download is possible. You’ll be prompted to enter your Facebook password before completing the download.
Important: While you can save individual photos on the Facebook mobile app, downloading albums is only possible via a web browser.
You can repeat the download process for every album you want to save on your computer.