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Hi Carol, As far as I know there's no way to download an official copy of Facebook groups, even if you are the owner. This is something that the Society of American Archivists wrote a letter to Facebook about in 2015 [1], and I don't think they ever received a response. If you have access to the Facebook Group you may want to try using Webrecorder Desktop [2] to capture it as a web archive (WARC file). wenrecprder's autopilot functionality should let you automatically scroll the page to collect content. I suggest the desktop version because you will have to log in to your Facebook account to retrieve the content, and if you use Webrecorder-desktop you will know that there is no chance of your credentials existing up on webrecorder.io One nice thing about having the site as a WARC file is you can use it later to extract images and things like that from the WARC. It might be a bit thorny, but at least it's possible. //Ed [1] https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Letter%20to%20Facebook_SAA.pdf [2] https://blog.webrecorder.io/2019/08/29/desktop-app.html > On Nov 4, 2019, at 11:25 AM, Carol Kassel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I wondered if anyone here has any experience in preserving the content of a > closed Facebook group. I thought it would be straightforward to create some > kind of archive, or download all the photos, or really anything. But it > isn't. Searching for a solution yields a variety of interesting options but > I'm not sure what to try. > > Please note that I used to write commands but now I'm a manager-type who > only issues commands. However, I can roll up my sleeves and try to remember > what I used to be able to do, if that's what it takes. > > Thank you! > > -Carol > > -- > Carol Kassel > Senior Manager, Digital Library Infrastructure > NYU Digital Library Technology Services > she/her/hers > [log in to unmask] > (212) 992-9246 > dlib.nyu.edu