How To Find An/Your Old Posts On Facebook Website Using Keywords (2020)

PROBLEM

In the previous Facebook website design, Activity Log feature was added. This displayed all your Facebook activity. Also added to the Activity Log was a search feature that allowed the user to input key words in order to find posts on specific subjects they have interacted with. 

Activity Log Old
Old Activity Log

On 24 September 2020 I found that not only has the Activity Log been relocated in the new Facebook design but also the activity log search feature was nowhere to be found. I very much hope this is a temporary problem.

New Activity Log Menu Location


The new activity log had no activity log search. The search bar displayed was the main Facebook search bar that searched the whole of Facebook. This means one could not keyword search their activity history.

New Activity Log with no activity search bar



SOLUTION

The work around is to use the standard Facebook search bar to find old posts. The new Facebook search bar allows to filter by date and also has a toggle to display only posts you have seen. This allows you to search for posts from a particular year with the keyword you desire.

The steps are as follows:

  1. Type your desired keyword into the search bar and click search (enter)
  2. On the page displayed after you have run the search, filters are shown on the left (in chrome)
  3. Select "Posts". This will display more filter options.
  4. Toggle the "Posts You have seen" option to on (to display only posts you have interacted with).
  5. Now select the year posted to narrow your search if you can remember the year the content was posted.

Using the standard Facebook search to find old posts



Run the search again with these settings and scroll through the list of posts in the right pane to find your old post.

That's all folks!

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