Facebook’s Memories feature allows you to look back on your life events, photos, videos, posts, and interactions over the years. It serves as a digital scrapbook, allowing you to reminisce about meaningful moments. Here’s a guide on how to view and replay your Facebook memories and life events.
Table of Contents
What are Facebook Memories?
Facebook Memories, formerly known as “On This Day”, is a feature that shows you your posts, photos, videos, and interactions from the same day in previous years. It allows you to relive your memories and life events year after year.
The Memories feature is located on the left sidebar on desktop or in the “More” tab on mobile. It contains memories categorized into different sections:
- On This Day: Shows your posts, photos, videos, and interactions from today’s date in previous years.
- Friends Made on This Day: Shows friends you became connected with on this day in previous years.
- Recaps of Memories: Monthly or seasonal recaps of your memories bundled into messages or short videos.
- Memories You May Have Missed: Recent memories you may have missed from the past week.
Why View Facebook Memories?
There are several reasons why viewing your Facebook memories can be worthwhile:
- Relive meaningful moments: Look back on monumental life events, family vacations, time with friends, etc.
- Reflect on personal growth: See how much you’ve grown and changed over the years.
- Reconnect with friends: Be reminded of friends you haven’t contacted in awhile.
- Preserve memories: Have an easily accessible archive of photos, videos, posts, and interactions.
- Spark nostalgia: Feel sentimental about fun times from the past.
- Jog your memory: Help remind you of events you may have forgotten.
How to View Facebook Memories
Viewing your Facebook memories is easy. Here are the steps:
On Desktop
- Go to Facebook.com and log into your account
- On the left sidebar, click on the “Memories” bookmark under “Explore”
- Scroll down to view memories from today’s date in previous years
- Click “See More” at the bottom to view memories from other dates
On Mobile
- Open the Facebook app and log into your account
- Tap the ≡ icon in the bottom right
- Scroll down and tap “Memories”
- Scroll down to view memories from today’s date in previous years
Once in the Memories tab, you can scroll down indefinitely to reminisce through your memories.
As you’re viewing your memories, you may come across some nostalgic moments you want to replay or share with friends. Here’s how:
- Photos/Videos: Click on them to view the full-size image/video and replay. Click “Share” to share it in a new post.
- Posts: Click the three dots next to the post date. Select “Share this memory” to share it in a new post.
- Friends Made: Click into the “Friends Made on This Day” section. Select friends to message or share a memory about becoming friends.
- Recaps: Click into the recap video/message. Select “Share” to post it as a new story.
Sharing memories is a great way to relive the moments with friends and family who were there with you!
Customizing Memory Notifications
If you want to change your memory notification settings:
- Go to Facebook.com/memories
- Click “Notifications” in the top right
- Choose your preference: All Memories, Highlights, or None
You can also edit people and dates to hide memories from certain friends or time periods you don’t want to be reminded of.
Conclusion
Facebook Memories make it easy to take a stroll down memory lane. You can reminisce about meaningful life events, reflect on personal growth, reconnect with friends, and preserve precious memories for years to come. Viewing and sharing your Facebook memories can spark nostalgia and help you cherish your journey over the years.
