35 Awesome IFTTT Recipes To Archive Your Social Media Data
If you’re an avid social media user, it’s always smart to have a backup of your data. Archiving your data is great in cases where a site shuts down, or your account is compromised or you want to close down your accounts. Having an ongoing archive however will fast become a really good idea, especially when something bad happens to your online accounts, and you can’t be sure if you can still retrieve the data that belongs to you.
Various tools help you backup your data from various several sites all at once, like SocialSafe and Backupify but if you’re only looking to archive only a site or two, then these may not be the best options for you. Plus, they don’t let you backup your data to your Cloud storage be it Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Evernote or Box.
But there is an alternative: IFTTT recipes.
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IFTTT, In A Nutshell
If you’re unfamiliar with IFTTT, it’s an online automation tool that lets you create ‘recipes’ (Internet tasks) using triggers and actions. IFTTT stands for: If This, Then That. The best thing about the service is that you get to fill in what happens for ‘this’ and ‘that’ with a large variety of channels like Facebook, RSS, email, Pocket, Evernote, HootSuite, and more.
So without further ado, here are 35 awesome IFTTT recipes to archive your social media data.
Facebook to Google Spreadsheet
Archive your Facebook posts to Google Spreadsheet.
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Facebook to Box
Archive your Facebook photo uploads to Box.
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Facebook to Dropbox
Archive the photos you are tagged in on Facebook to Dropbox.
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Facebook to Dropbox
Archive your uploaded Facebook photos to Dropbox.
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Facebook to Evernote
Archive links that you share on Facebook to Evernote.
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Twitter to Evernote
Archive tweets marked as a favorite to Evernote.
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Twitter to Evernote
Archive all your tweets to Evernote (gets around policy changes) .
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Twitter to Dropbox
Archive all your tweets to Dropbox.
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Twitter to Instapaper
Archive tweets marked as ‘favorite’ to Instapaper.
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Twitter to Pocket
Instagram to Evernote
Archive all your Instagram photos to Evernote.
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Instagram to Dropbox
Archive all your Instagram photos to Dropbox.
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Instagram to Dropbox
Archive your Instagram liked photos to Dropbox.
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Instagram to Box
Archive all your Instagram photos to Box.
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Instagram to SkyDrive
Archive all your Instagram photos to SkyDrive .
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Foursquare
Foursquare to Google Calendar
Archive your Foursquare check-ins to Google Calendar.
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Foursquare to Google Spreadsheet
Archive your Foursquare check-ins (maps included) to Google Spreadsheet.
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Foursquare to Dropbox
Archive the photos you share on Foursquare to Dropbox.
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Foursquare to SkyDrive
Archive your Foursquare check-ins to SkyDrive.
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Foursquare to Box
Archive the photos you share on Foursquare to Box.
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Flickr
Flickr to Dropbox
Archive all your Flickr photos to Dropbox.
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Flickr to Dropbox
Archive Flickr photos you mark as favorite to Dropbox.
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Flickr to Evernote
Archive Flickr photos you mark as favorite to Evernote.
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Flickr to SkyDrive
Archive all your Flickr photos to SkyDrive.
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Flickr to Google Drive
Archive all your Flickr photos to Google Drive.
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Misc
StumbleUpon to Evernote.
Archive your StumbleUpon likes to Evernote.
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Pinterest to Dropbox
Archive your Pinterest photos to Dropbox.
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Pinterest to Evernote
Archive an individual Pinterest board to Evernote.
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YouTube to Dropbox
Archive your YouTube videos marked as favorite to Dropbox.
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YouTube to Pocket
Archive YouTube videos marked as watch later to Pocket.
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Tumblr to Evernote
Archive all your Tumblr posts to Evernote.
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Tumblr to Dropbox
Archive just your Tumblr photo posts to Dropbox.
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LinkedIn to Evernote
Archive your LinkedIn updates to Evernote.
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LinkedIn to Google Spreadsheet
Archive your LinkedIn updates to Google Spreadsheet.
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Google+ to Evernote
Archive your Google+ posts to Evernote.
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And that’s that. Now, tell us: will you be using IFTTT recipes to archive your online data or would you prefer using backup tools?