# Searching for a partcular post on Facebook. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 15, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-partcular-post-on-facebook/707290 "2014-12-15T15:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-partcular-post-on-facebook/707290/1 "2014-12-15T15:29:42Z")
I want to find a particular post a friend of mine made on Facebook. I’m pretty sure she won’t have deleted it but I’m unsure exactly when she posted it within a roughly 2 year period. There is a keyword that was used in the post that I expect she never used in any other post as it is quite an unusual word. However I can’t see any way to seach anyones wall other than keeping dragging the screen down to the bottom so that Facebook will load a few more posts. Any way to search for keywords more easily? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-partcular-post-on-facebook/707290/2 "2014-12-15T15:40:00Z")
I’ve tried this before. Beyond a few weeks back, it is impossible to find a specific Facebook post. If it is your own post (or you know the person well enough to ask them), Facebook allows you to download all your data in a zip file, and you may be able to use other tools (grep?) to find the specific post you’re looking for there. Haven’t tried it though. Last time I downloaded my Facebook data it looked very incomplete, but hopefully it has gotten better.