# Facebook notes just disappeared - Can I get them back somehow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530 "2009-06-12T04:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/1 "2009-06-12T04:00:09Z")
I don’t use facebook much but when I set it up I did put considerable time into formatting a bunch of notes. I haven’t checked it in a few months but, when I checked it recently, they are all gone. Did facebook change some policy that dumped notes or something? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/2 "2009-06-12T04:38:09Z")
Mine too only went back so far. I was looking for something I’d posted about a year ago, and everything from that far back was missing. Must be one of their upgrades that sent everything below that date down the memory hole. More fuel for the Facebook-update haters. This bug is substantial rather than just cosmetic. ---
**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/3 "2009-06-12T04:40:26Z")
Thats interesting. I can still view the notes i wrote way back in January 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/4 "2009-06-12T05:07:34Z")
My notes currently saved on FB only go back to September 2008. Everything posted before then is vanished. This is weird. Do we all have different cutoff dates? ---
**Author:** ![Myrrajh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Myrrajh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrrajh)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/5 "2009-06-12T05:37:11Z")
Mine are all still there, from almost 2 years ago. So far. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/6 "2009-06-12T06:16:37Z")
Mine disappeared and then reappeared a few weeks later. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/7 "2009-06-12T19:46:26Z")
In a thread somewhere else, **Idle Thoughts** mentioned he sort of worked for Facebook. Maybe he’ll see this thread and can give a reasonable answer. ---
**Author:** ![outsidethelines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@outsidethelines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outsidethelines)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notes-just-disappeared-can-i-get-them-back-somehow/499530/8 "2012-05-17T12:18:45Z")
I had exactly the same problem. I closed my browser and tried again. Still nothing. Turned off the computer restrarted… nothing. Then I cleared my cookies/history… VOILA! Try that. It may work for you. If it does, the problem was only tangendentially related to Facebook. Hope it helps. So glad to have my Notes back. I never lost them. I could always find them individually by going down the Timeline, but that is such a hassle. Why it takes you almost back to the dark ages of pre-Timeline:)