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33 Facebook tips and trickseveryone should know

ALEX HEATH TECH INSIDER15H

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Theres a lot you can do with Facebook Its the app you likely spend the majority of yourtime using on your phone whether its for finding the latest news or staying in touch withfriends

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Weve collected some of the best tips and tricks you may not know about Its time tostart using Facebook like a pro

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1 See something interesting in your News Feed butdont have time to look at it now You can save it forlater

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Your bookmarked links videos photos places and more are accessible from theSaved page on your Facebook profile The page is included under the More tab inthe Facebook mobile app

Perfect for saving all of Tech Insiders amazing articles for later

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2 Never get a request to play Candy Crush again

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Theres a way to keep annoying Facebook games like Candy Crush from spamming youwith invites

Under the More tab in Facebooks mobile app select Settings then AccountSettings followed by Notifications Go to Mobile scroll all the way down anduncheck Application Invites

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3 Turn your profile pic into an animated GIF

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From the Facebook mobile app select your profile picture and then Take a New ProfileVideo to upload a short video loop of yourself The result looks like a mix betweenan animated GIF and a moving picture frame straight out of Harry Potter

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3 Turn your profile pic into an animated GIF

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From the Facebook mobile app select your profile picture and then Take a New ProfileVideo to upload a short video loop of yourself The result looks like a mix betweenan animated GIF and a moving picture frame straight out of Harry Potter

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4 Stay on top of the hottest news with whats trendingon Facebook

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The topics that are currently being talked about the most on Facebook are featured onthe Trending list which is accessible to the right of the News Feed on the desktop andunder the search bar in Facebooks mobile app

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5 Articles with this little lightning bolt load natively inFacebook which typically means they load faster withfewer ads

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Facebook Instant Articles are native to the social network which means that they loaddirectly in the Facebook iPhone app with a clean minimal layout Dozens of mediaoutlets are sharing Instant Articles and Facebook claims that stories published in itsformat load up to ten times faster

If a story is an Instant Article youll see a little lightning icon in the top right of itsheader photo

6 Turn off autoshyplaying videos in your News Feed

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If you dont want videos on Facebook automatically playing in your News Feed makesure to turn the setting off

Under the More tab in the Facebook mobile app select Videos and Photos You canchoose to autoshyplay videos over cellular and WishyFi connections just WishyFi or never

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7 See your Facebook activity on the same day fromyears past

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Facebooks On This Day feature shows your activity on its social network on the sameday from years past Think of it like your personal time capsule on Facebook

Only you see your On This Day activity and you can find the feature from the linkFacebookcomonthisday Facebook also lets you hide certain people from showing up inyour past activity which is helpful for not seeing memories of your ex

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5 Articles with this little lightning bolt load natively inFacebook which typically means they load faster withfewer ads

Tech Insider

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Facebook Instant Articles are native to the social network which means that they loaddirectly in the Facebook iPhone app with a clean minimal layout Dozens of mediaoutlets are sharing Instant Articles and Facebook claims that stories published in itsformat load up to ten times faster

If a story is an Instant Article youll see a little lightning icon in the top right of itsheader photo

6 Turn off autoshyplaying videos in your News Feed

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If you dont want videos on Facebook automatically playing in your News Feed makesure to turn the setting off

Under the More tab in the Facebook mobile app select Videos and Photos You canchoose to autoshyplay videos over cellular and WishyFi connections just WishyFi or never

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7 See your Facebook activity on the same day fromyears past

Facebook

Facebooks On This Day feature shows your activity on its social network on the sameday from years past Think of it like your personal time capsule on Facebook

Only you see your On This Day activity and you can find the feature from the linkFacebookcomonthisday Facebook also lets you hide certain people from showing up inyour past activity which is helpful for not seeing memories of your ex

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Facebook Instant Articles are native to the social network which means that they loaddirectly in the Facebook iPhone app with a clean minimal layout Dozens of mediaoutlets are sharing Instant Articles and Facebook claims that stories published in itsformat load up to ten times faster

If a story is an Instant Article youll see a little lightning icon in the top right of itsheader photo

6 Turn off autoshyplaying videos in your News Feed

Tech Insider

If you dont want videos on Facebook automatically playing in your News Feed makesure to turn the setting off

Under the More tab in the Facebook mobile app select Videos and Photos You canchoose to autoshyplay videos over cellular and WishyFi connections just WishyFi or never

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7 See your Facebook activity on the same day fromyears past

Facebook

Facebooks On This Day feature shows your activity on its social network on the sameday from years past Think of it like your personal time capsule on Facebook

Only you see your On This Day activity and you can find the feature from the linkFacebookcomonthisday Facebook also lets you hide certain people from showing up inyour past activity which is helpful for not seeing memories of your ex

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7 See your Facebook activity on the same day fromyears past

Facebook

Facebooks On This Day feature shows your activity on its social network on the sameday from years past Think of it like your personal time capsule on Facebook

Only you see your On This Day activity and you can find the feature from the linkFacebookcomonthisday Facebook also lets you hide certain people from showing up inyour past activity which is helpful for not seeing memories of your ex

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8 Your Activity Log shows everything youve likedshared and commented on in the past

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Your Activity Log on Facebook documents all of your activity on the social network Itseasily accessible on your profile from both the mobile app and desktop site

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9 Select profiles and pages you never want to missupdates from in your News Feed

Facebook

If there are certain people or pages you want to see first in your News Feed no matterwhat you can select them in the Facebook mobile app

Tap Settings under the apps More tab and then News Feed Preferences to getstarted

People and pages youve marked to see first will have a little blue star next to their postsin your feed

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10 Know the distinction between a friend and afollower on Facebook

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There are two ways you can connect with someone on Facebook bybecoming friends with them and by following them

Being friends means that you and the other person have approved the connection andlikely know each other while following an account means that the person hasnt addedyou back as a friend

When someone follows you theyll only see posts you share publicly You can turn offthe ability for people to follow your account at any time from the Followers section ofyour account settings

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9 Select profiles and pages you never want to missupdates from in your News Feed

Facebook

If there are certain people or pages you want to see first in your News Feed no matterwhat you can select them in the Facebook mobile app

Tap Settings under the apps More tab and then News Feed Preferences to getstarted

People and pages youve marked to see first will have a little blue star next to their postsin your feed

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10 Know the distinction between a friend and afollower on Facebook

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There are two ways you can connect with someone on Facebook bybecoming friends with them and by following them

Being friends means that you and the other person have approved the connection andlikely know each other while following an account means that the person hasnt addedyou back as a friend

When someone follows you theyll only see posts you share publicly You can turn offthe ability for people to follow your account at any time from the Followers section ofyour account settings

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10 Know the distinction between a friend and afollower on Facebook

Tech Insider

There are two ways you can connect with someone on Facebook bybecoming friends with them and by following them

Being friends means that you and the other person have approved the connection andlikely know each other while following an account means that the person hasnt addedyou back as a friend

When someone follows you theyll only see posts you share publicly You can turn offthe ability for people to follow your account at any time from the Followers section ofyour account settings

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11 See what your profile looks like to the public andindividual friendsThis is handy for seeing what on yourprofile is visible to others includingindividual friends you may have hiddencertain information from in the past

When youre logged into Facebook onthe desktop website go to your profileclick the ellipsis and then View as

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12 When you share a post you can choose to hide itfrom specific people

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Your Facebook posts can be shared with your friends friends and friends of friendsor anyone who views your profile

You can select these sharing options on a caseshybyshycase basis from the dropshydownmenu at the top right of a post On the mobile app select Edit Privacy and select oneof the options From the desktop just click the little friends or globe icon next to a poststime stamp

If you want everyone expect a few people to see a post you can choose to hide it fromspecific people by selecting Friends except on the mobile app and Custom on thedesktop

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13 Hide your list of friends from everyone but you

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If for some reason you dont want people seeing who youre friends with you can hidethe list entirely

From your friends list on the desktop click the Manage pen icon on the right and thenEdit Privacy Then you can change who can see your friends list the people youfollow and your followers

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14 Hide your relationshipshystatus change from yourfriends

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It could be potentially disastrous for your Facebook friends to see your relationshipshystatus change The good news is that you can prevent relationship changes from beingseen by anyone except you This means the change wont show up in your friends NewsFeeds

While editing your profile under Family and Relationships change the privacy filter toOnly Me

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15 Hide specific photo albums and events on yourtimeline

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If you have certain photo albums you dont want people seeing but dont feel likedeleting them completely you can hide them so only you can see them on FacebookThe same goes for events in your life whether they be relationship changes new jobsetc

Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post Two little peoplemean that it can only be seen by your friends a globe means its public and a padlockmeans only you can see it

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

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If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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12 When you share a post you can choose to hide itfrom specific people

Tech Insider

Your Facebook posts can be shared with your friends friends and friends of friendsor anyone who views your profile

You can select these sharing options on a caseshybyshycase basis from the dropshydownmenu at the top right of a post On the mobile app select Edit Privacy and select oneof the options From the desktop just click the little friends or globe icon next to a poststime stamp

If you want everyone expect a few people to see a post you can choose to hide it fromspecific people by selecting Friends except on the mobile app and Custom on thedesktop

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13 Hide your list of friends from everyone but you

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If for some reason you dont want people seeing who youre friends with you can hidethe list entirely

From your friends list on the desktop click the Manage pen icon on the right and thenEdit Privacy Then you can change who can see your friends list the people youfollow and your followers

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14 Hide your relationshipshystatus change from yourfriends

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It could be potentially disastrous for your Facebook friends to see your relationshipshystatus change The good news is that you can prevent relationship changes from beingseen by anyone except you This means the change wont show up in your friends NewsFeeds

While editing your profile under Family and Relationships change the privacy filter toOnly Me

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15 Hide specific photo albums and events on yourtimeline

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If you have certain photo albums you dont want people seeing but dont feel likedeleting them completely you can hide them so only you can see them on FacebookThe same goes for events in your life whether they be relationship changes new jobsetc

Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post Two little peoplemean that it can only be seen by your friends a globe means its public and a padlockmeans only you can see it

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

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If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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13 Hide your list of friends from everyone but you

Tech Insider

If for some reason you dont want people seeing who youre friends with you can hidethe list entirely

From your friends list on the desktop click the Manage pen icon on the right and thenEdit Privacy Then you can change who can see your friends list the people youfollow and your followers

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14 Hide your relationshipshystatus change from yourfriends

Tech Insider

It could be potentially disastrous for your Facebook friends to see your relationshipshystatus change The good news is that you can prevent relationship changes from beingseen by anyone except you This means the change wont show up in your friends NewsFeeds

While editing your profile under Family and Relationships change the privacy filter toOnly Me

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15 Hide specific photo albums and events on yourtimeline

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If you have certain photo albums you dont want people seeing but dont feel likedeleting them completely you can hide them so only you can see them on FacebookThe same goes for events in your life whether they be relationship changes new jobsetc

Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post Two little peoplemean that it can only be seen by your friends a globe means its public and a padlockmeans only you can see it

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

Tech Insider

If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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14 Hide your relationshipshystatus change from yourfriends

Tech Insider

It could be potentially disastrous for your Facebook friends to see your relationshipshystatus change The good news is that you can prevent relationship changes from beingseen by anyone except you This means the change wont show up in your friends NewsFeeds

While editing your profile under Family and Relationships change the privacy filter toOnly Me

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15 Hide specific photo albums and events on yourtimeline

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If you have certain photo albums you dont want people seeing but dont feel likedeleting them completely you can hide them so only you can see them on FacebookThe same goes for events in your life whether they be relationship changes new jobsetc

Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post Two little peoplemean that it can only be seen by your friends a globe means its public and a padlockmeans only you can see it

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

Tech Insider

If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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15 Hide specific photo albums and events on yourtimeline

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If you have certain photo albums you dont want people seeing but dont feel likedeleting them completely you can hide them so only you can see them on FacebookThe same goes for events in your life whether they be relationship changes new jobsetc

Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post Two little peoplemean that it can only be seen by your friends a globe means its public and a padlockmeans only you can see it

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

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If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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16 Block people from being able to contact youIf someone is spamming youwith messages or you justwant to make sure they cantsee your profile go to theirprofile page and click on thethree dots to the far rightSelect Block

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

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You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

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If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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17 See everywhere youre logged into Facebook andremotely log out

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From the Facebook mobile app tap the More tab then Settings Account SettingsSecurity and finally Active Sessions Tap the X to remotely log out of any device orFacebook app youre logged into

From your Security Settings on Facebooks desktop site the Where Youre Logged Inmenu shows active logins and lets you end them

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

StackExchange

You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

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If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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18 Get alerted every time a logshyin attempt is made foryour account and approve or deny itFacebook Login Alerts andLogin Approvals can beenabled under SecuritySettings in the mobile appand desktop site

You can choose to get aFacebook notification oremail whenever a logshyin ismade Login Approvals meanthat youll have to enter asecondary code sent to yourphone before you can logshyinto Facebook on a newdevice

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

StackExchange

You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

Tech Insider

If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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19 Adjust the number of notifications you get

StackExchange

You can customize exactly what kinds of notifications you get from Facebook all theway down to updates for an event youve joined

It gets better Notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phoneseparately Go to the Notifications section of your account settings on the desktop andtweak away

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

Tech Insider

If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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20 Turn off birthday notifications

Tech Insider

If youre sick of Facebook notifying you about friends birthdays every day you can turnthe notifications off

Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff

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21 Get a notification every time a specific person postssomethingIf you want to keep tabs onsomeones Facebook activityyou can get alerted everytime they share somethingJust click the Friends dropshydown menu from their profileon Facebooks desktop siteand select GetNotifications

22 Search for posts and photos liked or commented onby a specific personThis takes stalking to thenext level You can searchfor posts liked or commentedon by one of your friends

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23 Search for specific keywords and topics not justprofiles and pagesFacebook lets you search fora lot more than just otherpeoples profiles Everythingthats publicly shared on thesocial network is searchablewhich means that if yousearch for something likeJames Bond or iPhone 6syoull see related posts fromnews sources friends andother pages

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24 Tell people how to pronounce your name correctly

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Sick of people pronouncing your name wrong You can teach them on Facebook

While editing your profile on the desktop go to Details About You to get started Youcan also add a nickname or maiden name for yourself to display with your profile

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25 Unfollow people you dont want to see in your NewsFeed but dont want to completely unfriend

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If you want to stop seeing someones posts in your News Feed but dont have the gutsto completely unfriend them you can unfollow them to hide their activity

From someones profile in the Facebook mobile app tap on Following under theirprofile picture and then Unfollow to get rid of their posts completely On the desktopsite click the dropshydown arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person

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26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

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Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

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27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

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23 Search for specific keywords and topics not justprofiles and pagesFacebook lets you search fora lot more than just otherpeoples profiles Everythingthats publicly shared on thesocial network is searchablewhich means that if yousearch for something likeJames Bond or iPhone 6syoull see related posts fromnews sources friends andother pages

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24 Tell people how to pronounce your name correctly

Tech Insider

Sick of people pronouncing your name wrong You can teach them on Facebook

While editing your profile on the desktop go to Details About You to get started Youcan also add a nickname or maiden name for yourself to display with your profile

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25 Unfollow people you dont want to see in your NewsFeed but dont want to completely unfriend

Tech Insider

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If you want to stop seeing someones posts in your News Feed but dont have the gutsto completely unfriend them you can unfollow them to hide their activity

From someones profile in the Facebook mobile app tap on Following under theirprofile picture and then Unfollow to get rid of their posts completely On the desktopsite click the dropshydown arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person

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26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

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Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

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27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2537

24 Tell people how to pronounce your name correctly

Tech Insider

Sick of people pronouncing your name wrong You can teach them on Facebook

While editing your profile on the desktop go to Details About You to get started Youcan also add a nickname or maiden name for yourself to display with your profile

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2637

25 Unfollow people you dont want to see in your NewsFeed but dont want to completely unfriend

Tech Insider

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If you want to stop seeing someones posts in your News Feed but dont have the gutsto completely unfriend them you can unfollow them to hide their activity

From someones profile in the Facebook mobile app tap on Following under theirprofile picture and then Unfollow to get rid of their posts completely On the desktopsite click the dropshydown arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person

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26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

Tech Insider

Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

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httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2937

27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

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25 Unfollow people you dont want to see in your NewsFeed but dont want to completely unfriend

Tech Insider

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If you want to stop seeing someones posts in your News Feed but dont have the gutsto completely unfriend them you can unfollow them to hide their activity

From someones profile in the Facebook mobile app tap on Following under theirprofile picture and then Unfollow to get rid of their posts completely On the desktopsite click the dropshydown arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person

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26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

Tech Insider

Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

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27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2737

If you want to stop seeing someones posts in your News Feed but dont have the gutsto completely unfriend them you can unfollow them to hide their activity

From someones profile in the Facebook mobile app tap on Following under theirprofile picture and then Unfollow to get rid of their posts completely On the desktopsite click the dropshydown arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person

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26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

Tech Insider

Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2937

27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2837

26 Tell Facebook what you dont like seeing in yourNews Feed to improve its recommendations

Tech Insider

Your News Feed isnt a chronological list of activity Its a mix of posts Facebookdetermines you may be interested in based on how you interact on the social network

If you see a post you dont like tap the dropshydown arrow to the right and select I dontlike this post to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2937

27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhowshytoshyuseshyfacebookshylikeshyashyproshy2015shy11 2937

27 Make lists to separate groups of people yourefriends with like school friends and work colleagues

Tech Insider

Designating groups within your list of friends can be useful to filter between whateveryone is talking about in your News Feed For instance you may want to see whateveryone from your hometown is sharing or just your friends from college

Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation whether it bethe same hometown school etc On Facebooks desktop site you can see all of yourfriend lists from this page and add people to them This creates individual News Feedswithin Facebook for you to browse

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28 Give yourself a short bio

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Facebook lets you create a short bio for yourself that sits above your other profileinformation such as city work and relationship status

You can edit it at any time from your profile on the desktop site and mobile app

Pro tip Make your bio completely out of emojis

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29 Unsubscribe from notifications for posts youvecommented on

Tech Insider

Weve all probably commented on a post and regretted it later because of the onslaughtof notifications that followed from other people commenting

You may not know that you can unsubscribe from activity on any post which could be agodsend next time you decide to comment on a friends politically charged opinion

When you get a notification for a comment or like on a post on Facebooks desktop siteclick the X to the right of the notification and then Turn off

The reverse is also true You can turn on notifications for activity on any post from theright dropshydown arrow

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30 Edit a post or comment

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Your Facebook comments and posts are thankfully not set in stone Not only can youdelete them at any time but you can also edit them

Tap the dropshydown arrow to the right of one of your posts on the desktop and then hitEdit Post When viewing one of your comments tap the little pencil icon to the right toedit or delete

To edit or delete a comment from the Facebook mobile app tap and hold on thecomment

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31 Swipe on a photo in the Facebook mobile app toapply a filter before sharing it

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While uploading photos in Facebooks iPhone app swipe on the photo to apply somebuiltshyin Instagramshylike filters You can also add text and stickers over a photo similar tothe way Snapchat works

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32 Create a shared photo album with friends

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

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More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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29 Unsubscribe from notifications for posts youvecommented on

Tech Insider

Weve all probably commented on a post and regretted it later because of the onslaughtof notifications that followed from other people commenting

You may not know that you can unsubscribe from activity on any post which could be agodsend next time you decide to comment on a friends politically charged opinion

When you get a notification for a comment or like on a post on Facebooks desktop siteclick the X to the right of the notification and then Turn off

The reverse is also true You can turn on notifications for activity on any post from theright dropshydown arrow

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30 Edit a post or comment

Tech Insider

Your Facebook comments and posts are thankfully not set in stone Not only can youdelete them at any time but you can also edit them

Tap the dropshydown arrow to the right of one of your posts on the desktop and then hitEdit Post When viewing one of your comments tap the little pencil icon to the right toedit or delete

To edit or delete a comment from the Facebook mobile app tap and hold on thecomment

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31 Swipe on a photo in the Facebook mobile app toapply a filter before sharing it

Tech Insider

While uploading photos in Facebooks iPhone app swipe on the photo to apply somebuiltshyin Instagramshylike filters You can also add text and stickers over a photo similar tothe way Snapchat works

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

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32 Create a shared photo album with friends

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

Tech Insider

More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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30 Edit a post or comment

Tech Insider

Your Facebook comments and posts are thankfully not set in stone Not only can youdelete them at any time but you can also edit them

Tap the dropshydown arrow to the right of one of your posts on the desktop and then hitEdit Post When viewing one of your comments tap the little pencil icon to the right toedit or delete

To edit or delete a comment from the Facebook mobile app tap and hold on thecomment

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31 Swipe on a photo in the Facebook mobile app toapply a filter before sharing it

Tech Insider

While uploading photos in Facebooks iPhone app swipe on the photo to apply somebuiltshyin Instagramshylike filters You can also add text and stickers over a photo similar tothe way Snapchat works

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

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32 Create a shared photo album with friends

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

Tech Insider

More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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31 Swipe on a photo in the Facebook mobile app toapply a filter before sharing it

Tech Insider

While uploading photos in Facebooks iPhone app swipe on the photo to apply somebuiltshyin Instagramshylike filters You can also add text and stickers over a photo similar tothe way Snapchat works

11192015 How to use Facebook like a pro shy Business Insider

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32 Create a shared photo album with friends

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

Tech Insider

More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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32 Create a shared photo album with friends

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

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More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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If you want to let other people contribute to one of your photo albums tap Edit in thetop right of Facebooks mobile app while viewing the album Then select AllowContributors

From the desktop click the same edit button to add people as contributors

33 Saying goodbye to Facebook Download all yourdata

Tech Insider

More Features Facebook Tips and tricks

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