The Facebook application for some years has been improving its interface and at the same time giving better functions to its users. Although many of these new features have been criticized, they are still part of the platform, as are the stories that are shared with your friends and followers.
Every time a story is shared on Facebook and is part of story highlights, they are saved in a folder within your account. For that reason, in this development we are going to explain to you in a simple way how you can recover your highlighted stories uploaded to Facebook also using some other backup to save them.
How can you see your archive of stories on Facebook?
The story archive on Facebook is a feature that can only be accessed by the person who owns the account, just like you would on Instagram. Next, we will explain how you can see your archive of stories by following a few very simple steps from your mobile in the Facebook application.
From your Android device
Using the Facebook application from a mobile with an Android system, the first thing you should have ready is the login of your account. When you are on the main screen of it, look for the icon of 3 horizontal lines in the right corner at the top and click on your name.
This way you will go to your Facebook profile, where you will see 3 horizontal dots, which you must press to enter ‘File’ and then ‘Story archive’. In that section you will find an entire archive with the stories that you have shared in your account since a specific date.
With an iOS mobile
The interface of the Facebook application on an iOS mobile system is very similar to the Android application, it only has a couple of changes. Starting in your account, click on the 3 horizontal lines that are in the lower right, and then enter your account by clicking on your name.
Among the main options you see on the next screen, touch the 3 horizontal dots to enter ‘File’ and then ‘Story archive’. That way, you’ll find all the stories you’ve shared; and also, you will be able to activate that archive function or create a highlighted story, be it on Android or iOS.
What alternative is there to protect the photos and videos that you upload to your Facebook story?
The archive of stories on Facebook, as well as the one on Instagram, is considered by many users as a way to save special moments. However, this is not an option that we can rely on, since we do not know if there is a problem in the platform that does not allow us to access the file.
For this reason and others, we also want to show you two other alternatives that you can count on to protect the photos and videos that you upload to your Facebook story.
with featured stories
The first alternative that we can mention is that of the featured stories on Facebook, an option with which you can always find your stories. Of course, they will always be in the stories archive, but with this option they will always appear prominently on your profile for your friends and not for 24 hours.
To add these featured stories to your profile you can do so by entering the ‘Stories Archive’ as explained above. In there, touch the 3 horizontal dots that are in the upper right corner, and select the option ‘Create featured collection’ and choose the ones you want to publish.
Via Google Photos or iCloud
The Facebook platform also gives you the option that you can connect or synchronize a Google Photos account or with iCloud, to save those photos. The way to do this is by going to the ‘Your information’ section from ‘Settings and privacy’ and clicking on ‘Transfer a copy of your information’.
Then, you just have to follow the steps that they give you on the screen to be able to choose the Google Photos or iCloud application, and enter the password to continue in them. With these alternatives that we give you, although they are not the only ones, you can keep a more secure archive of the stories that you share in the Facebook application.
