Facebook Post ID Finder

Every Facebook post, photo, video, reel, and group post has a unique numeric ID. Paste any Facebook URL into the field above and this tool extracts all IDs instantly — right in your browser, with no login, no server call, and no rate limit.

How to Use

Copy your Facebook URL
Open the Facebook post, photo, video, or reel in your browser and copy the full URL from the address bar.
Paste it above
Paste the URL into the input field. The tool also accepts a raw numeric ID or a pfbid share token pasted directly.
Copy your ID
Your IDs appear instantly in labelled rows. Click the Copy button next to any ID — it confirms with a "Copied!" state for one second.

What Is a Facebook Post ID?

A Facebook post ID is the unique numeric identifier assigned to every piece of content on Facebook — posts, photos, videos, reels, and group posts. You need the post ID to use the Facebook Graph API, embed posts, track engagement, or use any third-party Facebook tool.

Facebook exposes post IDs in URLs in several different formats. This tool understands all of them, including the newer pfbid share tokens introduced in 2022, and decodes them back to the underlying numeric ID wherever possible.

Supported URL Formats

facebook.com/{page}/posts/{id} — classic page post
facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid={id}&id={page_id} — permalink
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid={id} — photo
facebook.com/watch/?v={id} — video watch
facebook.com/reel/{id} — reel
facebook.com/share/p/pfbid… — share link (pfbid decoded to numeric ID)
facebook.com/groups/{gid}/posts/{id} — group post
m.facebook.com and web.facebook.com variants

Who Uses This

Developers & API users

Use the post ID to query the Facebook Graph API for comments, reactions, and insights without parsing URLs manually.

Giveaway organisers

Get the post ID to use with FB Picker and pull all comments for a fair, cryptographically random draw.

Social media managers

Quickly find the numeric ID of any post to embed it, schedule reposts, or reference it in reporting tools.

Researchers

Archive or cross-reference Facebook content with stable numeric IDs that remain consistent even when vanity URLs change.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Facebook Post ID Finder free?

Yes, completely free. No login, no account, no rate limit. The tool runs entirely in your browser.

Does this tool work with private or friends-only posts?

The tool parses the URL in your browser only — it never connects to Facebook. If you can see the URL, it can extract the ID. Whether you can then use that ID to fetch data via the API depends on your own access permissions.

What is a pfbid share token?

In 2022, Facebook replaced many numeric post IDs in share URLs with base64-encoded tokens called pfbid. These tokens contain the original numeric ID. This tool decodes pfbid tokens and returns the underlying numeric post ID wherever possible.

Why do some Facebook URLs not show a numeric ID?

Facebook uses several URL formats. Newer share links use pfbid tokens instead of bare numbers. Page posts accessed via a page's timeline may show the page slug instead of a numeric ID. This tool handles all known formats.

Can I find the ID of a Facebook Page, not just a post?

Yes. Paste a URL like facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456 or any URL containing ?id= to extract a Page or Profile ID.

Do you store the URLs I paste?

No. All parsing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is sent to our servers.

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