Curious to find out the exact date you created your Facebook account? Here are several methods to try.
Do you want to find out exactly when you created your Facebook account or how old your Facebook account is? There are various ways to do that.
Facebook provides its own way to help you find your join date, but there are some other methods that you can use as well.
Each method has varying accuracy, and which one you should choose depends on the access you have (whether you can or cannot access your Facebook account). Read on to find out how to check your Facebook account creation date.
Find the Exact Date That You Made Your Facebook Account
If you can log in to your Facebook account, there’s a section on the site that tells you when you made your account. This is the best way to find the Facebook join date as this provides the most accurate answer.
Here’s how you use this method:
- Open Facebook in your preferred browser on your computer.
- Once you’ve logged in, click the down-arrow icon at the top-right of the site and select Settings & Privacy.
- Choose Settings in the menu that opens.
- Facebook’s main settings page appears. On this page, in the left sidebar, click the option that says Your Facebook Information.
- Several new options appear on the right pane. Click View next to Access Your Information.
- On the following screen, under the Your Information section on the left, select Personal Information.
- On the right pane, look towards the Your Account Creation Date section. This section displays the exact date you created your Facebook account.
Using Facebook’s Welcome Email to Find Your Join Date
Another way to check how many years you’ve had Facebook is by using your welcome email.
When you sign up for an account on Facebook, the site sends you a confirmation as well as a welcome email. If you have access to the email account you used to make the Facebook account, you can find the welcome email and that should tell you your join date.
To use this method, open your email account’s inbox. Put your cursor in the search box and search for keywords like Welcome to Facebook, Facebook Registration Confirmation, and so on.
When you find the Facebook email that either asks you to confirm your email address or offers instructions on getting started with Facebook, that email’s date should be your Facebook account creation date.
This is the best method if you no longer have access to your Facebook account, or you recently created your account and so the welcome email is easily accessible.
Find How Old Your Facebook Account Is Using a Profile Picture
Facebook usually asks you to upload a profile picture as soon as you’ve finished creating an account. This means the upload date of your first profile picture should be your Facebook account creation date.
This isn’t always the case, though. Some people prefer not to upload a profile picture and so this method won’t work for them.
However, if you’re still interested in getting a rough idea of when you made your Facebook account, use the following steps to do that:
- Open Facebook in your computer’s web browser.
- On Facebook, click your name at the top to open your profile page.
- Select Photos on your profile page.
- On the Photos screen, find and click the Albums option. This lets you view your Facebook photo albums.
- Click Profile Pictures on the album screen to open your profile photos album.
- Find the oldest profile picture in this album. Unless you’ve uploaded loads of profile pictures, you shouldn’t have any issues getting to the oldest picture.
- When your oldest profile picture opens in full-screen, check the date of the upload on the right of the photo.
That date should be the date you made your Facebook profile.
Check Your Facebook Account Creation Date
If you ever want to know when your Facebook account was created, the methods outlined above should help you find that information.
eep in mind different methods have different accuracy levels; use the first method if you can.
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