How to Download Your Threads Data
Short answer: Threads uses the same Meta Accounts Center export as Instagram and Facebook. Pick your Threads profile, set All time and JSON, and download it when Meta notifies you.
Step by step
- Open the Meta Accounts Center. In the left menu, click Your information and permissions, then Export your information.
- Click the blue Create export button.
- On Choose a profile, pick your Threads account.
- On Choose where to export, click Export to device.
- On Confirm your export, click Customize information and keep only your threads and replies. This step is optional, but it makes the download smaller.
- Still on that screen, set Date range to All time, Format to JSON, and Media quality to Low (smaller download, the scan only reads text).
- Click Start export. Meta notifies you when it’s ready.
- Go back to Export your information and click Download next to your profile. You have 4 days before it expires.
Meta defaults to Last year and HTML. Change both before you click Start export, otherwise your export only covers one year. Threads uses the same Meta screens as Instagram and Facebook, and each profile shows up as its own download.
Why download it before a job search
The export includes your threads and replies, which PruneSocial scores. It also lists your likes and saved posts, but likes only record who you liked, not the text, and a save is a private bookmark rather than something you published, so neither is scored.
Some screening vendors publicly describe social media lookbacks of up to seven years, so PruneSocial uses a seven-year review window for eligible dated activity. Actual employer and screening-provider practices can vary. Your own export is the most complete way to see what's there. See the sources and methodology.
What's in the file that matters
You don't need to unzip anything or dig through folders. The scan reads: files from the threads folder. Everything else in the export, including photos and messages, stays on your computer.
Can’t find the ZIP on your phone, or the scanner can’t read it? See fixes for common export problems.
Check your Threads history when your export arrives
Not requested yet? Start with the export checklist. Drop the ZIP into PruneSocial and your threads and replies from the last seven years are scored against published screening categories, with a recommended fix for anything flagged.