You can learn how to download the Facebook app for your smartphone or tablet from this wikiHow. Both the iPhone and Android app stores provide versions of Facebook that are free to download and use.
You can download your Facebook data to a computer if you’d want to see the personal information that Facebook has saved.
Method1
On iPhone ![]()
- Open your iPhone’s App Store. Tap the App Store app icon, which resembles a white “A” on a light-blue background.
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Tap Search. It’s a tab in the bottom-right corner of the App Store screen.
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Tap the “App Store” text box. This is at the top of the screen. Your iPhone’s on-screen keyboard will appear.![download facebook app]()
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Search for Facebook. Type in Facebook then taps Search in the bottom-right corner of the keyboard.
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Tap GET. It’s to the right of the Facebook logo.
- If you’ve previously downloaded Facebook, you’ll tap the cloud
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icon here instead.
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6 Enter your Touch ID or Apple ID password when prompted. Either scan your Touch ID fingerprint or type in your Apple ID password to prompt Facebook to begin installing.- iPhone X users can simply look at the iPhone’s screen to use the Face ID feature.
- You can open Facebook as soon as it finishes installing by tapping OPEN in the App Store (or by tapping the Facebook app icon on one of the Home Screens).
Method2
On Android
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1 Open your Android Play Store. Tap the Play Store app icon, which resembles a multicolored triangle on a white background![download facebook app]()
2 Tap the search bar. It’s at the top of the Play Store page. Your Android’s on-screen keyboard will appear. - If you’ve previously downloaded Facebook, you’ll tap the cloud
Tap the “App Store” text box. This is at the top of the screen. Your iPhone’s on-screen keyboard will appear.
6 Enter your Touch ID or Apple ID password when prompted. Either scan your Touch ID fingerprint or type in your Apple ID password to prompt Facebook to begin installing.
3 Search for Facebook. Type facebook into the search bar. A drop-down menu with related results will appear.
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4 Tap Facebook. It’s in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Facebook app page.
5 Tap INSTALL. This is at the top of the page.
6 Tap ACCEPT if prompted. Facebook will begin installing onto your Android.
- You can open Facebook as soon as it finishes installing by tapping OPEN in the Play Store (or by tapping the Facebook app icon in the App Drawer).