How to Turn Off Location On Facebook

Facebook goes to it again, launching yet an additional function that I never ever had the chance to pleasantly opt out of: place sharing.

When Facebook determined to take out initiatives from its temporary check-in service, Places, it quickly applied a more easy location-sharing feature that does not also have a name. It's just there. And also it's creepy.

Now, every single time you make up a post on a smart phone or computer, you'll see a light-gray location summary in the lower left of the status box.

Facebook sneakily grabs your location using GPS or Wi-Fi router, and also affixes it to your message, so your close friends can take pleasure in a much more thorough tracking experience.

Do you remember deciding in to that? Me neither.

In fact, if you dig via your privacy and account setups, the choice to switch off location-sharing isn't offered. Nonetheless, it's rather very easy to transform it off. Right here's just how:

- Given that the location is shown in light grey, it's very easy to miss. Constantly check the reduced left of the standing box to see if an area is connected.

- If you're on the Internet, simply hover the arrow over the location and click the "X." Your place will certainly no more be affixed, also to future statuses. If you later transform your mind, simply click the place marker to by hand enter your place, but beware: it will certainly be attached again for all future updates (unless you transform it off once more).

-In the Facebook mobile app, touch the location to remove it. On the apple iphone, you can turn off area solutions for Facebook totally by going to Settings > Area Services, and turning it off for Facebook.

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