Have you received an unwanted, unsolicited message or maybe a harassing one on Facebook Messenger? Luckily you have a way to report these types of conversations in the Messenger app or on the web, and it only takes a minute.
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How to turn off your Active Status in Facebook and Messenger
Just because you're browsing your News Feed on Facebook or rereading some conversations in Messenger, it doesn't mean you want everyone to know you're available. You can change your status to inactive whenever you please. This way, you can use Facebook and Messenger without others knowing you're online.
This tutorial will walk you through how to turn off your Active Status on Facebook and Messenger.
How to stop your iPhone from uploading contacts to Facebook
While some might find it convenient that Facebook can upload contacts from their device, others might find it going a bit too far. Facebook states that they use the details from your contacts, as well as information others have uploaded, to provide you with recommendations. They want to make it easier for you to find people you know. Again, this might be fine for some people but not for others.
If you’re not okay with this, there is a fast and easy way to end it. Here’s how to stop your iPhone from adding contacts to Facebook.
How to leave a group conversation in Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger is a great app for chatting with your Facebook friends. And you can have one-on-one conversations or chat with a group. But there may come a time when the conversation is over. While you cannot currently leave a one-on-one conversation, you can leave a group chat.
Here's how to leave a group conversation in Facebook Messenger on the app or website.
How to add Facebook Events to your iPhone calendar (and how to delete them too)
Facebook Events are a great way to keep track of what's going on in the world around you, including upcoming concerts, community functions, birthdays, and more. You can easily add these Facebook Events to your iPhone calendar and remove them if you change your mind. This brief tutorial shows you how to do that.
How to turn off Facebook’s expanded facial recognition features
Facebook takes advantage of facial recognition in several ways.
How to export your Facebook contacts
In this post, we will show you how to export Facebook contacts, including their names and phone numbers to your computer so you can keep a backup of that data locally.
How to disable comments on your Instagram posts
If you have problems with trolls leaving nasty comments on your Instagram posts, then it might be music to your ears to hear that you can disable commenting, a step that can prevent trolls from leaving hurtful comments on your posts while allowing you to maintain a presence on the popular media-sharing social network.
While the workaround certainly isn’t perfect, it can be effective if used correctly. We’ll show you how to disable comments on your Instagram posts in this tutorial.
How to create self destructing status updates on WhatsApp
In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll tell you everything there's to know about the WhatsApp's multimedia status updates feature that you can use to share photos, text, audio note, or videos for 24 hours.
How to turn off sound for auto-playing videos on Facebook
In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll tell you about a hidden setting that lets you force the Facebook mobile app to autoplay all videos and Stories in your News Feed with audio off.
How to log out of all active Facebook sessions from your iPhone
If you have a Facebook account, then chances are you access it on more than one device. You might forget from time to time to sign out of sessions on other machines you don't intend to use again, such as those in schools or at the workplace, potentially handing over access to your Facebook account to the next person(s) who uses the machine.
Facebook fortunately comes with a feature that lets you sign out of all active sessions on your account with just a few taps. We'll show you how you can do this in this tutorial.
How to stop people you’re not friends with from showing up in your Facebook chat
If you use Facebook, you might have noticed there are people you aren’t friends with appearing in your Facebook Messenger sidebar when using the desktop website or mobile app. Although this is meant to be a way for you and your potential friends to connect on Facebook, some people find this overbearing and an invasion of privacy.
There is a way to prevent people you aren’t friends with from appearing in your Facebook Messenger sidebar, and in this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can do it.