Export

• Most sites let you download your data
• Usually not data you view
  • You might want `scraping` tools

1. Scope -- What do you want to save?
2. Frequency -- Is this one-off or ongoing?
3. Sensitivity -- do local backups introduce new risks?

Twitter/X

Has a data export option!

• ~3 day wait
• Only your data

Has a data export option!

• ~3 day wait
• Only your data

Other accounts?

RSS from xcancel.com

Instagram/FB

 https://accountscenter.instagram.com

https://accountscenter.facebook.com

Other accounts? Feedbro web extension

TikTok

Profile page 

> Three-lined menu icon (upper-right)

> Settings and Privacy

> Account

> Download Your Data

Other Accounts?

Browser extension "myfaveTT"

(can browse downloaded videos)

Google/Youtube

https://takeout.google.com

- There's a lot! try separate exports per service

youtube-dl tools:

"Open Video Downloader"

View/Clean up

Exports are usually hard to look through!

Many on-device programs which help view/sort

Google Photos

Migrate (optional)

'Easier' Social Transfers

X                 ->              Bluesky

Insta             ->              Pixelfed

Gmail                 ->         Protonmail

Youtube           ->              Newpipe

Well supported

• blog to blog
• storage to storage

Trickier

• Moving "social graphs"
• Features/settings

Migrate       to

Follows:

• Extension "Sky Follower Bridge"
  • Find people from 𝕏, Threads, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook
  • Tip: put your new handle in your old X profile

Your Timeline:

- `twitter-to-bsky`

Migrate       to

Must export instagram data as `json`

Only posts, not followers

Migrate       to

Can skip the export!

- Mail

- Contacts

- Calendar

Forwards future mail