How to Turn Off Your Location On Facebook | Update 2019

Facebook is at it again, releasing yet another attribute that I never ever had the chance to pleasantly pull out of: place sharing.

When Facebook determined to take out efforts from its short-term check-in solution, Places, it promptly carried out an extra easy location-sharing attribute that doesn't also have a name. It's just there. As well as it's scary.

Now, whenever you make up a message on a mobile phone or desktop, you'll see a light-gray place description in the lower left of the status box.

Facebook sneakily grabs your place through GPS or Wi-Fi router, and also connects it to your message, so your pals can appreciate a more comprehensive tracking experience.

Do you keep in mind opting in to that? Me neither.

As a matter of fact, if you dig via your personal privacy as well as account settings, the option to switch off location-sharing isn't available. Nevertheless, it's quite very easy to transform it off. Right here's exactly how:

- Because the place is shown in light grey, it's extremely simple to miss out on. Always examine the reduced left of the condition box to see if a place is attached.

- If you get on the Web, merely float the cursor over the area and click the "X." Your location will certainly no more be attached, also to future statuses. If you later on transform your mind, just click the place marker to manually enter your place, but beware: it will certainly be connected once more for all future updates (unless you turn it off once more).

-In the Facebook mobile app, tap the location to remove it. On the iPhone, you can turn off location services for Facebook totally by going to Setups > Place Services, and also transforming it off for Facebook.

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