This can be a problem if something happens to the originals—for example, you're considering leaving a social media account.
It's never a good idea to keep only the most important files in one place, so we recommend making sure your social media photos and videos and messages are exported and backed up.
This also applies to pictures and videos sent to you by other people, as well as pictures and videos that you post yourself.
We can't cover all social media and messaging apps here, but we've highlighted five of the most popular and well-known ones below. If you use other software, looking through the configuration options may reveal the export or backup feature you're looking for.
Full credit to the Instagram engineers for making this process as easy as possible. If you download the app and tap your profile picture (right), tap the three horizontal lines (top right), select Your activity and Share your data, you can send your stories, photos and videos directly to several services, including Google. Photos and Dropbox.
Alternatively, you can save your photos and videos somewhere and save them yourself by choosing Upload Your Data instead of Transfer Data. You will receive a download link containing all the posts for the time period you selected - remember to set the Format Type to HTML and the Quality to High. If you want to make sure what you post is also saved to your phone's camera roll (which can then be backed up to Google Photos, Apple Photos or another service), select the three horizontal lines, click Settings & Privacy, then Archive & Upload. (Android) or Settings, then Settings, then Native Images (iOS).
Twitter doesn't export all the photos and videos you send directly to other services, so you'll have to upload them and then upload them to another photo and video service yourself.
In the mobile app, tap your profile picture (top left), then Settings & Support, Settings & Privacy, My Account, and Upload Your Data Archive.
You will be notified when the archive is ready and a download link will be sent to your registered address. This downloadable archive contains everything you've ever sent, including a folder containing images and videos attached to your tweets.
They can then be backed up or transferred to another service as needed. If you want to be more selective about the photos and videos you export, you can go to your Twitter profile and then press and hold a photo or video - you can tap the three dots and Save (Android) or Save photo or Save.
Video (iOS) to save it to your phone and from there you can back it up elsewhere.
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