Manual method
- Open your BeReal profile and View all my Memories.
- Open a memory, use its three-dot menu and choose the option to add it to Photos.
- Repeat for the memories you want; the official guide says bulk download is unavailable.
- Export the saved pictures from the phone’s photo library to a dated folder, keeping any original dates/metadata available.
What you get: This preserves selected images. Do not assume downloaded images also contain comments, reactions or the full account record. Record the dates you covered so a partially completed manual collection is not mistaken for a complete export. Provider instructions.
Size and waiting time
Planning example: 2 GB; light/heavy scenarios: 0.1–20 GB. These are estimates, not a measured population average or fixed limits. About 1,000 saved daily photo memories averaging roughly 2 MB; this assumes the files are actually downloaded.
Preparation: No provider queue for an individual saved memory. Planning allowance: 15–60 seconds of manual work per item, potentially many hours for a long history, plus transfer time.
Network transfer of 2 GB: about 38 min at 10 Mbps, 8 min at 50 Mbps, or 4 min at 100 Mbps. This assumes 70% sustained throughput and excludes preparation, manual work and extraction. These are download estimates; online backup takes additional time at your upload speed. Transfer calculations and large-file examples.
Store and check your archive
An encrypted external SSD or hard drive is a good main archive for this collection. Allow roughly 6 GB of working space for the example, including an original, an extracted working copy and room to check it. Very compressed packages can need more. A USB key is useful for a spare copy, but should not be the only one. An encrypted online copy protects against losing the local devices.
Keep the original in bereal/YYYY-MM-DD/original/. Record the account alias, selected scope, date range and missing items. Open old and recent records and sample attachments offline, then compare file sizes or checksums after copying. Keep the source account until you have checked the result. Storage and recovery instructions.
Sources and review
Public documentation was reviewed on 27 October 2026. No signed-in export or restoration was performed. Account options and availability can change; follow the current provider instructions.