{"id":223,"date":"2025-10-02T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a.flowindsurfing.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/how-to-turn-off-facebooks-web-browser-history\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:39:38","slug":"how-to-turn-off-facebooks-web-browser-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/how-to-turn-off-facebooks-web-browser-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off Facebook\u2019s web browser history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whenever you open a link from the Facebook app, Meta uses cookies to improve performance, personalise content, and tailor ads. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep reading to learn how to clear your cookies and cache in the Facebook Mobile Browser, or scroll to the bottom of this guide for steps to clear your Facebook search history and erase activity tracked outside of Meta\u2019s apps and services. <\/p>\n

What you\u2019ll need\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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  • A Facebook account<\/li>\n
  • The Facebook app for iOS or Android\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Short Version\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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    1. Open the Facebook app\u00a0<\/li>\n
    2. Open any external link\u00a0<\/li>\n
    3. Tap the three dots in the corner\u00a0<\/li>\n
    4. Select Go To Settings\u00a0<\/li>\n
    5. Tap Clear next to Your Browsing Data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      <\/section>\n
      \n

      How to turn off Facebook\u2019s web browser history<\/p>\n

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      1. \n
        \n

        Step 1.<\/h3>\n

        Open the Facebook app\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        The following steps will work in the iOS and Android apps. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. \n
        \n

        Step 2.<\/h3>\n

        Open any external link\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        This will take you to Facebook\u2019s Mobile Browser. Make sure to click a link you trust from a person or page you trust on your timeline. Alternatively, you can find your Browser Settings in the Facebook mobile app by heading to the Settings section. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. \n
        \n

        Step 3.<\/h3>\n

        Tap the three dots in the corner\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        This will bring up a dropdown menu with more options. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. \n
        \n

        Step 4.<\/h3>\n

        Select Go To Settings\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        This will take you to your Facebook Mobile Browser Settings. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      5. \n
        \n

        Step 5.<\/h3>\n

        Tap Clear next to Your Browsing Data<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        This will clear your phone\u2019s cookies and cache from any websites you\u2019ve visited in the Facebook Mobile Browser. You can also switch off your Link History at this stage (if the feature is available to you) to prevent Meta from using this data to personalise ads. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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        \n Advertisement <\/div>\n
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        Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n
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        How to erase your Facebook search history <\/strong> <\/p>\n

        To erase your search history within the Facebook app, including all the people and pages you\u2019ve looked up using Facebook\u2019s built-in search tool, you\u2019ll need to head into the Meta Accounts Centre. You can access this via your Facebook or Instagram settings. Just click Search History and then Clear All Searches. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

        How to erase your off-Meta activity <\/strong> <\/p>\n

        Meta also tracks information shared with them from other apps. In our case, this included apps like Deliveroo and ASOS. To erase this data, head into your Meta Accounts Centre and tap Clear Previous Activity. You can also prevent Meta from gathering any future data by tapping Manage Future Activity and selecting Disconnect Future Activity. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        \n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Whenever you open a link from the Facebook app, Meta uses cookies to improve performance, personalise content, and tailor ads. Keep reading to learn how to clear your cookies and cache in the Facebook Mobile Browser, or scroll to the bottom of this guide for steps to clear your Facebook search history and erase activity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}