To fix Instagram and Facebook export dates free: drop your Meta export zip anywhere on this page. Your browser scans every JSON file for photo timestamps and writes the real dates back into each photo's EXIF, whatever vintage the export format is. No upload, no file cap, no signup.
Why Meta exports arrive broken
When you use "Download your information" on Instagram or Facebook, the
photos come back stripped of their metadata. The date each was posted or
taken lives in separate JSON index files (posts_1.json,
media.json and friends), and Meta reorganizes those files
every year or two. Import the export into any photo app and your entire
history collapses onto today's date.
How this tool survives Meta's format changes
Instead of assuming one JSON layout, we scan every JSON file in your export for photo-to-timestamp mappings. Whatever vintage your export is, if the date is in there, we find it and write it into the photo. JPGs get real EXIF (date + everything apps read); other files get corrected file timestamps.
FAQ
Which export format should I request from Meta?
Choose JSON (not HTML) and high quality when requesting your download. The HTML version buries the metadata where no tool can reliably reach it.
Is this the same as your Google Takeout tool?
Same family, different disease: Takeout uses per-photo sidecars, Meta uses index files. Both fixers run entirely on your device.
My export is split into multiple zips.
Run each zip through separately. Meta keeps the JSON indexes in the first zip, so start with that one; if photos in later zips come back unmatched, drop us a note and we'll add cross-zip pairing.