How to Turn Off Your Location On Facebook

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

When Facebook made a decision to take out efforts from its temporary check-in service, Places, it swiftly carried out a much more easy location-sharing attribute that doesn't even have a name. It's simply there. As well as it's creepy.

Now, every time you compose a post on a smart phone or desktop computer, you'll see a light-gray area summary in the lower left of the status box.

Facebook sneakily grabs your location using GENERAL PRACTITIONER or Wi-Fi router, and also affixes it to your post, so your close friends can enjoy a more in-depth stalking experience.

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

Actually, if you dig via your privacy and also account settings, the alternative to shut off location-sharing isn't offered. However, it's rather easy to transform it off. Below's how:

- Since the location is received light gray, it's extremely simple to miss out on. Constantly check the lower left of the standing box to see if a location is affixed.

- If you get on the Internet, just float the cursor over the location as well as click the "X." Your area will no longer be connected, even to future statuses. If you later on change your mind, just click the location marker to by hand enter your location, yet beware: it will certainly be connected once again for all future updates (unless you turn it off again).

-In the Facebook mobile application, touch the location to remove it. On the apple iphone, you can turn off area services for Facebook entirely by going to Settings > Place Solutions, and transforming it off for Facebook.

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