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How to Capture a Specific Timeframe - Facebook

Easily limit your Facebook captures to certain dates or ranges.

Capturing a specific timeframe on Facebook is often necessary when you only need posts from certain dates, rather than the entire profile. Page Vault offers two ways to achieve this:

  • Scrape + Bulk Capture: Best for precise control over which posts are included.

  • Filters: A faster option when you want to begin capturing from a specific date back through the profile history.

Follow the steps below to choose the method that fits your needs.

Option A: Use the Social Media Tool in Batch (Recommended)

  1. In the Page Vault Portal, go to Batch > Social Media.

  2. Choose Scrape and Capture.

  3. Enter the Facebook profile URL.

  4. Select a Date Range to capture posts from a specific timeframe.

  5. Complete Authentication with either the Chrome Extension or Cookies.

  6. Click Start Capture.

This method can only be used for fully public profiles that are viewable without signing in. For profiles that are private/semi-private, please use Option B.

Option B: Using Filters (quickly start from a specific date)

  1. On the Facebook profile, click Posts: Filters.

  2. Enter the start date for your capture.

    • This moves posts from that date to the top of the profile feed.

  3. Click the Expand button to capture from that date back to the beginning of the profile.

Tip: You can lower the pixel limit before starting the capture to capture less content in a single run.