Turn Off Location Facebook

Facebook is at it once again, releasing yet one more function that I never had the opportunity to politely opt out of: location sharing.

When Facebook decided to withdraw efforts from its brief check-in solution, Places, it quickly applied an extra passive location-sharing feature that does not even have a name. It's just there. As well as it's scary.

Now, whenever you compose an article on a mobile device or desktop computer, you'll see a light-gray location summary in the reduced left of the condition box.

Facebook sneakily gets your location by means of GPS or Wi-Fi router, and connects it to your blog post, so your friends can take pleasure in an extra extensive tracking experience.

Do you bear in mind deciding in to that? Me neither.

As a matter of fact, if you dig via your personal privacy and also account settings, the choice to turn off location-sharing isn't readily available. Nonetheless, it's pretty easy to transform it off. Here's just how:

- Because the location is displayed in light grey, it's extremely simple to miss out on. Constantly check the reduced left of the status box to see if a location is affixed.

- If you're on the Web, simply float the arrow over the place as well as click the "X." Your location will certainly no more be attached, even to future conditions. If you later on change your mind, just click the location pen to manually enter your area, however beware: it will certainly be affixed once again for all future updates (unless you turn it off again).

-In the Facebook mobile app, touch the location to remove it. On the apple iphone, you can turn off location services for Facebook totally by mosting likely to Setups > Location Services, and transforming it off for Facebook.

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