Most people have at some point posted something on social media that they later regretted.
But no matter your reason for wanting to remove a Facebook post — it's inaccurate, embarrassing, unflattering, something you wouldn't want an employer to see, or any other reason — you can permanently delete a post you've made on Facebook with just a tap or a click.
How to delete a Facebook post on the mobile app1. Open the Facebook app.
2. Go to your timeline by tapping the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines on the bottom right) and tap your name at the top.
3. Find the post you want to delete and tap the three dots on the upper right of the post.
4. Tap "Delete." Facebook will then ask you to confirm that this is really what you want to do — tap "Delete Post" to confirm.
You can delete any post you created on Facebook at any time. Dave Johnson/Business Insider How to delete a Facebook post on your computer1. Go to Facebook in your web browser.
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Go to your timeline by clicking your name at the top left of the window, just underneath Facebook's search box.
3. Find the post you want to delete and click the three dots on the upper right of the post.
4. Click "Move to Recycle bin."
Select "Move to Recycle bin." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider5. In the pop-up, click "Move" to confirm. All posts that are moved to your recycle bin will be deleted after 3o days. If you want the post deleted immediately, you need to also delete it from your recycle bin.
6. To access your recycle bin, click the downward-facing arrow in the top right corner of the Facebook window.
In the dropdown, click "Settings & privacy," then "Settings."
7. In the menu on the left side of the main Settings page, click "Your Facebook information" and then click "Activity log."
After clicking "Your Facebook information," click "Activity log." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider8.
On the left side of the Avtivity log page, click "Recycle bin."
9. Click the three-dot icon beside the post you want to fully delete and click "Delete" in the dropdown.
Click "Delete." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider10.
Then, in the pop-up, click "Delete" again to confirm. Your post is now immediately deleted from your timeline and from your recycle bin.
Of course, you can only delete posts you have created yourself — you don't have the power to delete something that was posted to Facebook by someone else.
But if you don't like a post that you're tagged or mentioned in, you could ask the person who created it to edit or delete it. Alternatively, you have two other options:
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Sure, Facebook can be a great way to connect and stay in touch with family and friends. Yet, more often than not, it’s a headache that can turn toxic thanks to the News Feed. Whether it’s fake news, envy-inducing vacation photos from a classmate you barely know, or a relative’s upsetting political post, there are just some things better left unseen. True, you could unfollow a page if you want to stop seeing those kinds of posts, but you can’t exactly unfollow your uncle or a close friend without potentially putting those relationships at risk.
Thankfully, there’s a way around it. It turns out, you can customize your Facebook feed so you don’t have to see their posts without needing to unfriend anybody. There are a number of ways to do so, whether you just want to hide a single post or hide all of someone’s posts indefinitely. We’ll guide you through your options here.
Click on the three dots near the top right of the post you’d like to get rid of.
A menu will pop up that you can use to hide, snooze, or unfollow posts.
And that’s it! As a side note, though, if you don’t wish to remove the profile’s posts entirely but simply see less of them, it might be a good idea to tap on Favorites.
This will prioritize the posts of people and pages you want to see more of in your feed. You may still see the posts you don’t want to view, but it likely won’t be as often.
Don’t worry: if you ever wish to turn off a Snooze or follow somebody back, Facebook also offers a number of ways for you to do so. One of these is through customizing your feed.
Underneath your profile photo, click on “Settings & privacy.”
Under “Settings & privacy,” click on “Feed.”
You should now see a menu presenting you with a number of options.
After selecting “Feed,” you’ll see options that will allow you to undo a “Snooze,” follow profiles back, and more.
It should turn black once you do so.Click on the clock next to the profile to turn off the “Snooze.”
Click on the black filing box icon to follow the profile again.
And voila! You’re done. Now next time you come across a relative’s cringeworthy, most definitely politically incorrect Facebook post, you can just hit “Snooze.” When you’re ready, you can undo it whenever you please — and nobody will suspect a thing.
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The key to comfortable work with social services is a careful selection of contacts.
But if Facebook has become the embodiment of information chaos for you, do not rush to delete friends or close your account altogether. Better try these not so drastic measures.
Let's say your feed is full of boring posts from school friends. But you don't want to unfriend them so you don't get caked in the face at a class reunion. How to be? Just unsubscribe from them without deleting them - your friends will not know about it. No matter how many such friends you have, Facebook will help you unfollow them all at once. If you have not yet discovered this opportunity for yourself, I will tell you briefly how to use it.
Done. Inappropriate entries will no longer appear in the feed. This way you can quickly unfollow any accounts whose posts have no place in your heart.
The more sources form the feed, the more difficult it is to digest the information coming from them. Therefore, Facebook allows you to break down the news feed into categories to make it easier to understand. Everything is simple. You group your favorite contacts by some common attribute (for example, "best friends", "my exes" or "colleagues"), creating separate lists for them. And then you view updates only for those accounts that interest you at a particular point in time. Here's how to organize it all.
In the future, you will be able to view news from sources from each list separately. The lists appear on the left side of the home page of the Facebook website and in the "More" menu in the mobile apps.
Facebook can hide posts that contain links to pages and entire sites that you don't want. Regardless of who shares these links. In the context of the political bacchanalia that rages on social networks, this function looks especially relevant. If you notice content from a hateful source in one of the news and want to avoid it in the future, do this with it.
You will no longer see news with links to a blocked resource. But the account that posted such a link will remain among your subscriptions. In the same elementary way, you can tell Facebook about other sources whose content you do not want to see in your feed.
There are many personal and corporate pages on Facebook, the owners of which publish good content, but do not know the measure and clog the entire feed for subscribers. On the one hand, I don’t want to unsubscribe from these sources, on the other hand, they often strain me. Most likely, there are such accounts in your contact list. Fortunately, Facebook allows you to reduce the amount of news from selected pages, which can be a solution. To cool down overzealous publishers, follow these steps.
As a result, entries from this and other accounts marked in this way will be less likely to get into your feed. In my experience, this seemingly obvious option is often overlooked. But in vain.
In addition, you have another way to reduce the amount of news from unwanted sources.
You can select the pages whose posts you want to see in the feed more often. Consequently, posts from the rest of the contacts on your list will flash before your eyes less often. Here's how to do it.
After this simple procedure, publications from unmarked contacts will be displayed last in the feed.
P.S. I took Vimeo and Depeche Mode just for examples. Nothing personal.
Of course, Facebook can be a great way to connect and stay in touch with family and friends. However, most often it is a headache that can become toxic thanks to the news feed.
Whether it's fake news, an envy-inducing vacation photo from a classmate you barely know, or a relative's upsetting political post, there are things best left unnoticed. Yes, you can unfollow a page if you want to stop seeing such posts, but you can't unfollow your uncle or close friend without putting that relationship at risk.
Fortunately, there is a way around this. Turns out you can customize your Facebook feed so you don't have to see their posts without removing any of your friends. There are several ways to do this, whether you want to just hide one post or hide all of someone's posts indefinitely. Here we will tell you about the possible options.
Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the post you want to get rid of.
A pop-up menu will appear that you can use to hide, snooze or unsubscribe messages.
That's it! As a side note, however, if you don't want to completely delete profile posts, but just see fewer of them, it might be a good idea to click on Favorites . This will prioritize the posts of people and pages you want to see more of in your feed. You may still see messages you don't want to see, but it probably won't happen as often.
Don't worry, if you ever want to turn off repeat or follow someone, Facebook also offers several ways to do so. One of them is setting up your channel.
Under your profile photo, click Settings & Privacy.
Under Settings & Privacy, click Feed.
You should now see a menu with several options.
Once you select Ribbon, you'll see options that let you undo Snooze, return to profile, and more.
Tap the clock next to your profile to turn off Snooze.
