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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:03 PM Feb 2019

How to stop Facebook from tracking your location on Android even when you're not using the app

Source: CNBC

How to stop Facebook from tracking your location on Android even when you're not using the app

• Facebook on Wednesday rolls out a new feature that lets users stop the Facebook app from tracking their location on Android phones.
• If location tracking was enabled in the past, Facebook's Android app tracks you even when you're not using it.
• This isn't needed on iOS where users can change iPhone settings from tracking them without having to open an app.


Todd Haselton
Published 6 Hours Ago Updated 5 Hours Ago

Facebook is rolling out a new feature to its Android app that lets you stop the company from tracking your location even when you're not using the app.

This is a function that's already built into iPhones, which let you limit whether an app can track you any time, only when you're using it or never.

Facebook uses your location information to target ads, show you nearby events and to identify where you're logging in from, and it stores a copy of your precise location data. You have to manually enable Location History for Facebook to track you in the first place, but you may have done this if you've ever used a feature like location tagging for photos.

I'll show you how to stop Facebook from using your location on Android even when you don't have the app open



• Open Facebook on your Android phone.
• You should see a notification that looks like the one above, tap "Manage Settings."
• Toggle background location to off.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/20/how-to-stop-facebook-from-tracking-your-location-on-android.html
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How to stop Facebook from tracking your location on Android even when you're not using the app (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
Better instructions rickford66 Feb 2019 #1
+ a Brazillion nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #2
Exactly. Disable it if it was pre-installed. ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #3

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
3. Exactly. Disable it if it was pre-installed.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:53 PM
Feb 2019

If one wants to do Facebook and have better privacy, one should access the site using a web browser, not the app.

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