Facebook – way to download an entire Facebook page

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Is there a way to download an entire Facebook page to read it offline?

I would like to read posts from particular Facebook page from the oldest to the newest – to do that I would need to scroll to the bottom of the page which in case of pages that have been posting for years it's impossible. My next thought was to download the entire page, but is it possible?

EDIT: scrolling down the page even when using the END key does not work – because there is so much content the browser finally gives up and crashes – even I have a good specs mac

Best Answer

Facebook only loads the page a section at a time. If you were to look at the HTML when you first load the page, it only includes what you see. After you scroll to the bottom, and more of the page loads, then more HTML gets added. So if you try to download when the page first loads, you'll only get what's visible.

Here's a solution:

  • Open the Facebook page in your web browser
  • Press the "End" key to jump to the bottom
  • Facebook will load more of the page
  • Press the "End" key again
  • More of the page loads
  • Keep doing that until you reach the end
  • Then press Ctrl-S or Cmd-S to make your web browser save the page

That should save the entire page on your computer. It will comprise one main HTML file and a lot of other files (like pictures) in a folder. You can open the HTML file when you're offline, and you should be able to see the whole Facebook page.