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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By Deepesh Sharma
This guide will detail how to delete individual Facebook posts as well as how to delete posts in bulk.
Want to know how to delete your posts on Facebook? Maybe there's an embarrassing post that you shared years ago and now you want to get rid of it for good.
Now is the time to permanently delete such posts from your Facebook account.
In this article, you'll learn how to quickly remove posts from your Facebook timeline. You will also find a brief guide on how to delete Facebook posts in bulk.
We all have those shameful posts on Facebook we shared years ago. And sadly, Facebook loves to remind you of them. Fortunately, getting rid of them is easy.
To delete a post on Facebook using the smartphone app:
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To delete a post on your computer using the web version of Facebook:
com. The post will now be moved to your account's trash bin. Keep in mind that deleted posts will remain in the trash for 30 days. The trash bin allows you to restore the posts that you deleted accidentally.
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Some people have their timeline flooded with hundreds of posts they want gone from their accounts. In such situations, finding and deleting every post becomes tedious and time-consuming.
Luckily, Facebook has an option called Manage Your Activity which allows you to review the posts and status updates shared by you on your timeline. You can quickly go back and delete the posts that you don't want others to see.
To delete Facebook posts in bulk:
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The Manage Your Activity feature is not available for the web version of Facebook. You can only delete multiple posts using the app on your phone.
Tagged posts shared by Facebook friends and followers also appear on your timeline. You can delete such posts using the same steps as above. Removing people that you don't know from your friend list can also have a positive impact on your Facebook timeline, as fewer people will be able to tag you in their posts.
Related: Reasons to Purge Your Social Media Friends List
We all have some old embarrassing posts on Facebook that we don't want others to see. Facebook's Manage Activity feature comes in handy when you want to mass delete posts from your account.
Sometimes your timeline might get filled with a lot of unwanted posts that have nothing to do with your online activity. Many tools are available on the internet that help you get rid of such posts with ease.
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There are many reasons why you need to delete posts on your profile, and there are several ways to do it. Facebook provides the ability to delete posts from your page using any PC or mobile device.
The removal process is quite simple:
Important! When you delete a post from your page, its content will also disappear for those who reposted this post.
It is possible to delete a publication from your page using any mobile device, regardless of the operating system.
Algorithm of actions. Log in to your profile through the Facebook mobile app and log in.
Click on your avatar with the left mouse button.
Your page will open - scroll down a little until the posts appear.
Find the post you want to delete and click on the button with three horizontal dots in the right corner.
A window will open with a list of different functions - you need to select and click on "Move to Trash".
Next, you need to confirm your actions.
If you are satisfied that the publication is not completely deleted and will be in the trash for 30 days, leave it as it is, entrusting the site with automatic deletion. If such a delay does not suit you, you can delete the publication immediately through the "Action Log".
Here you need to return to the news feed section and click on the button with three horizontal lines, which is located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Next, go to Settings and Privacy.
And click on the appeared line "Settings".
Another window will appear - select "Action Log".
Click on it and select the post you want to delete from the "Your publications" section.
Click on it, select a post and delete it.
Note! In this way, you can delete the publication immediately and without waiting, but this requires moving the post to the trash, after which it can be deleted through the action log.
There are two ways to remove all posts from the feed:
Both methods are available for both PC and phone - they are completely identical, a slight difference is noticeable only in the interface. For example, you might consider deleting on a mobile device.
Deleting records:
In the menu that opens, click on the line "Your publications".
Now you need to click on the post filter icon.
And then filter your old posts. For example, it is easiest to do this by date.
After that, you need to delete each post in the standard way.
Important! You can't delete all old records at the same time - you can only delete them individually.
Closing access to publications is not a deletion in the full sense of the word. But this method provides an opportunity to close old posts from all people who view your page. Accordingly, publications will disappear from the news feed of friends or ordinary users.
How to close old posts:
In the window that opens, click on "Change Privacy".
Next, you need to put a label that closes old publications from everyone except the account owner.
The icon with the image of the globe in such publications will disappear - a “lock” should appear in its place.
It is not possible to delete all posts in your profile at the same time. You can use the filters in the "Action Log" section, sort the publications for deletion and remove each manually.
If the post is in the trash, you have 30 days to restore it. To do this, go to "Settings" and to "Your publications". After that, select the desired section and restore the post. The post will disappear after 30 days.
If the post is not in the trash, but deleted immediately through the "Action Log" - it is impossible to restore it.
Video review:
The section "Publication management" will immediately help you delete all posts on Facebook. The user will be able to hide or permanently get rid of unnecessary posts.
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on Facebook for a long time there was no function: “Delete post”, instead there was “Hide from the general chronicle”.
Recordings were stored in the Archive, from where the user could re-publish them. In one of the updates, the option appeared in the browser and mobile versions.
How to remove one post:
In order not to lose a previously created entry, the user can hide it. A completely deleted publication cannot be restored, as well as returned added photos or videos.
The browser version has a section: "Manage publications", so it's easier to delete a post from a computer than in a mobile one. The user can select which entries to remove or hide from the Timeline. Separate options: change the posting date, edit the audience and the post itself.
How to delete multiple entries:
Publications are placed by date and grouped by months and weeks.
To delete everything at once, the user needs to go to the button: "Filters":
There are also other options for filters: "Privacy" and "Tagged Publication".
From the mobile version, in order to delete a post on Facebook, you must also go to management.
In contrast to the browser view, the function is hidden in the application and is located in the "Personal profile" category:
There are also filters with the same settings. The profile owner can delete individual posts one by one by going to them using the "Feed".
Another way to get away from others is to set your privacy settings. Change access to records:
The profile owner can restrict access to basic page information. For example, city of residence, date of birth and place of work.
Timeline of actions on Facebook - a log that allows you to view user activity from the day of registration. The owner of the page will see what search queries he performed, the publications he liked and deleted.
