Finding out who unfriended you on Facebook can be difficult to figure out on your own since there is currently no official 'unfriend tracker' in place. With some Excel knowledge however, it is possible compare an older friends list with a current one and quickly deduce who is missing.
Part 1Downloading Your Facebook Data
- 1Go to facebook.com. Log into your account if you aren't logged in automatically.
- 2Click the arrow icon. This is the downward pointing triangle located at the top right, next to the 'Privacy Shortcuts' icon.
- 3Click 'Settings'.
- 4Click 'Download a copy of your Facebook data'. This is at the bottom of the general account settings page.
- 5Click 'Start My Archive'.
- 6Enter your password.
- 7Wait for an email. You should soon receive the email ‘Your Facebook download is ready’ at your associated email address.
- 8Open the email.
- 9Click the link. This is at the bottom of the email.
- 10Click 'Download Archive'. Clicking this will download a folder titled 'Facebook*YourName*'.
Part 2Creating an Excel/Google Sheets Friends List
- 1Open your downloaded Facebook folder.
- 2Open the html folder.
- 3Open the friends file.
- 4Highlight your friends list. Starting at the top of your friends list, click and drag your mouse down until you reach the bottom of the list.
- 5Copy your list. To copy, press Ctrl+C (PC) or ⌘ Cmd+C (Mac).
- 6Open Excel or Google Sheets.
- 7Click cell A1.
- 8Paste your list. To paste, press Ctrl+V (PC) or ⌘ Cmd+V (Mac).
- If you are using Excel, save your file here as well.
Part 3Comparing Friends Lists
- 1Download another friends list. Refer to part I.
- 2Copy your new friends list. Refer to part II here, specifically steps 1-5.
- 3Open Excel/Google Sheets.
- 4Click your friends list file.
- 5Click cell B1.
- 6Paste your new list. To paste, press Ctrl+V (PC) or ⌘ Cmd+V (Mac).
- 7Click cell C1.
- 8Enter
=VLOOKUP(A1,B:B,1,FALSE)
. This is a vlookup function targeting cell A1, searching for your friend's name in all of column B, and only looking for exact matches. - 9Click cell C1 again.
- 10Click and hold on the square icon. This is a small green square located at the bottom right of a highlighted cell.
- 11Drag your cursor down the column. Drag with your cursor down column C until there is a vlookup formula in column C for every name in column A.
- 12Look for #N/A values. A vlookup formula that returns an ‘#N/A’ value means that the associated friend's name in column A was not found in your new friends list.
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