--- description: Facebook's latest search update allows you to use the search bar to find posts, photos or videos that were shared with you in the past. title: Facebook's Search Function Just Got So Much Better image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7b652d8fd589a00/69876d6ce20a87a4a8a83dc8/facebook-search-update.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Facebook's Search Function Just Got So Much Better ## Video: Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife [Watch (HLS stream): Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/riSXNceS.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2014-11-14. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife_  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 7:32 PM CUT  Facebook  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 7:32 PM CUT Want to remember that movie trailer your best friend posted on your Facebook page a couple months ago? Facebook’s latest search update just made it a lot easier to do that. The update allows you to use the search bar to find posts, photos or videos that were shared with you in the past, Facebook [said](http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/12/updates-to-facebook-search/ "undefined"). The new feature was designed specifically for mobile users, who make up 703 million of the social network’s 864 million daily active users, according to [Facebook](http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ "undefined"). “You’ve told us the most important thing is being able to find posts you’ve seen before, and now you can,” said Vice President of Search Tom Stocky in a statement_. “_With a quick search, you can get back to a fun video from your graduation, a news article you’ve been meaning to read, or photos from your friend’s wedding last summer.” The new search feature adds to Facebook’s Graph Search, an algorithm that enables you to search your friend network with phrases like “My friends who live in New York.” The update will roll out this week for Facebook users on desktop and iPhone. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/"},"headline":"Facebook's Search Function Just Got So Much Better","datePublished":"2014-12-08T19:32:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:52.898Z","description":"Now you can search to find posts, photos or videos that were shared with you in the past","url":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","facebook"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7b652d8fd589a00/69876d6ce20a87a4a8a83dc8/facebook-search-update.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7b652d8fd589a00/69876d6ce20a87a4a8a83dc8/facebook-search-update.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Facebook Search Update","caption":"Facebook Search Update","creditText":"Facebook","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/","name":"Facebook's Search Function Just Got So Much Better"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife","description":"Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/riSXNceS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-14T21:16:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/riSXNceS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3623964/facebook-search-old-posts/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```