1. Features
  2. Historical import

Your last 3 months,
in your calendar.

Import your recent Facebook and Instagram posts, with their comments and reactions, straight into your calendar. On every plan, FREE included.

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The Import history window: Facebook and Instagram to select, Start import, and a completed run with 38 Facebook and 41 Instagram posts imported
What it does

Start from what you’ve done.
Not from an empty calendar.

From your profile card, Import history pulls in the 3 calendar months before you start: each post’s text or caption, its photos and videos (carousels included), its format, all its comments, and its total reactions or likes and comment count.

The posts land in your calendar as published posts. Posts that are already in POSTIVA are skipped and counted as skipped, so you can run the import again later.

The import runs in the background. You get a notification and an email when it starts and when it’s finished. Every run is listed under Import history, with its status and how many posts were imported or skipped on each platform.

On paid plans, the first complete import that brings in at least one post also refreshes this week’s strategy using the imported posts.

Why it helps

No fresh start needed.
Your history comes with you.

“A new tool means starting from zero.”

Pick up where you are

Your recent posts, with their comments and reactions, appear in the calendar.

“My old comments are scattered across apps.”

Comments come along

All comments on the imported posts come in too.

“I don’t want duplicates.”

No double posts

Posts already in POSTIVA are skipped, so running the import again is safe.

“I can’t sit and watch an upload.”

It works in the background

Start it and get on with your day. A notification tells you when it’s done.

How to use it

From the profile card
to your history in the calendar, in six steps.

  1. Connect Facebook or Instagram

    The import needs a connected Facebook or Instagram account on the profile. Without one, the window says: “Connect a Facebook or Instagram account for this profile before importing history.”

    Meta Business and Instagram Business cards, both connected

  2. Open Import history

    On the profile card, open the ⋮ menu and choose Import history. Only the profile owner sees this option. The import never starts on its own.

    Profile card menu with Edit, Integration, Collaborators, Import history and Delete

  3. Choose the platforms and start

    Under Select platforms to import, tick Facebook, Instagram or both, then tap Start import.

    Import history: Select platforms to import with Facebook and Instagram, and the Start import button

  4. Let it run

    The import runs in the background, and the button shows In progress until it’s finished. One import runs at a time. You get a notification and an email when it starts (“We’re importing your post history”) and when it’s done (“Your post history import is done”).

    Import history with a run In progress

  5. Check the result

    Import history in the same window lists every run, newest first: its date, a status (In progress, Completed, Partial or Failed) and how many posts were imported or skipped on each platform. The imported posts are in your calendar as published.

    A completed import with the number of posts imported per platform

  6. If something goes wrong

    If a platform keeps returning errors, the import stops early for that platform. If the rest of the run finished, you still get “Your post history import is done”, with a note about the platform that stopped, and the run shows Partial. Only a run that fails completely sends “Your post history import couldn’t finish”. Either way, reconnect the account, then start the import again.

    A Partial import: Facebook completed, Instagram failed
Good to know

Plans, platforms
and what to expect.

  • On every planHistorical import is included on every plan, FREE included.
  • Facebook and Instagram onlyYou can import from Facebook and Instagram. LinkedIn history isn’t imported.
  • The last 3 calendar monthsThe import brings in the 3 calendar months before you start it.
  • Reactions as totalsEach post comes in with its total reactions or likes and its comment count, plus all its comments.
  • You start itThe import never starts on its own: you start it from the profile card, and only the profile owner can. You can run it again later.
  • A fresher strategy on paid plansOn CREATOR and PRO, the first complete import that brings in at least one post refreshes this week’s strategy using the imported posts.
FAQ

Questions about historical import

No. You start it yourself from the ⋮ menu on the profile card, with Import history.

The 3 calendar months before you start the import.

No. Historical import works with Facebook and Instagram.

No. Posts already in POSTIVA are skipped and counted as skipped.

If a platform keeps returning errors, the import stops early for it. You still get the “import is done” message, with a note about that platform, and the run shows Partial. If the whole run fails, you get “Your post history import couldn’t finish”. Reconnect the account and start the import again.

Yes. Historical import is on every plan, FREE included.

Bring your history.
Plan the next step calmly.

Create an account, connect Facebook or Instagram and import your last 3 months, on the FREE plan.

Create a free account

No card required. FREE forever.

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