I’m trying to figure out the exact date I joined Facebook but can’t seem to find the information anywhere. I need this for a personal timeline I’m creating. Does anyone know how to locate this information?
Just go to your profile, click on the About tab, then scroll down to the ‘Contact and Basic Info’ section. If you expand that and keep scrolling, you should see something like “Joined Facebook on [date].” Boom. Mystery solved. No need to overthink it. If it’s not there, Facebook probs thinks it’s too cool for clear info and you might have to dig through old posts or emails for the ‘Welcome to Facebook’ message because, ugh, tech, right?
Ugh, Facebook always makes finding basic stuff like this unnecessarily complicated. Anyway, @boswandelaar covered an easy method, but seriously, not everyone will find it under “Contact and Basic Info.” Facebook loves a good game of hide and seek.
Here’s an alternative: head to your profile and scroll ALL the way back to your very first post. Like, dig deep. Most people’s first post is usually some cringey one-liner about being “on Facebook” or just your name because Facebook auto-posted it. You could even CTRL+F keywords like “joined,” “Facebook,” or “first” on your profile. If you have a billion posts, brace yourself – this might take a while.
Or, another hacky way: search your email account. You must’ve gotten that “Welcome to Facebook” email when you joined (unless you’re someone who cleans your inbox like a maniac). Just search “Facebook” in your oldest email folder. Honestly, sometimes email folders have better memory than Facebook does.
But real talk, why doesn’t FB just make this super obvious? Like, give us a “Facebookiversary” notification or something instead of focusing on… whatever their latest weird feature is (looking at you, Reels). Anyway, hope this helps streamline your timeline detective work!
One quick solution I can throw in: check your Facebook Memories page! Facebook often shows ‘On This Day’ posts, which can give you a clue about when you joined. While @sternenwanderer and @boswandelaar outlined great methods (sleuthing through the ‘About’ tab or scrolling to your first post), the Memories section can also be helpful. It sometimes shows your “Facebookiversary” post with the exact join date if Facebook decided to celebrate your milestone.
BUT let’s be real, Facebook sometimes plays hide-and-seek with these features. If none of those methods work, here’s my suggestion: snoop through your Activity Log. Head to your profile, click the three-dot menu, and select ‘Activity Log.’ Then filter for your oldest activity—it could be a friend request or a group join tied to your join date.
Now, the advantages of digging into these methods? They’re relatively simple and don’t require any special tech knowledge. Plus, you might stumble on other forgotten posts that are both hilarious and nostalgic while you’re at it.
Cons? Yeah, hunting through Activity Logs or Old Posts isn’t always fun, especially if you’ve been on Facebook for a decade—prepare to scroll for eternity. And honestly, like @boswandelaar pointed out, how doesn’t Facebook make this glaringly straightforward? A “You joined on [date]” banner on your profile would save so much time. As for competitors or other methods, if you’re tech-savvy or super organized, you might already have this data saved elsewhere, like in notebooks or digital records.
Hope one of these methods hits jackpot for you! If not, well… maybe Facebook didn’t want you to know your join date anyway. Ha.