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Questions tagged [facebook]

For questions specific to the Facebook app.

Facebook is the largest Social Network ever. The Facebook Android app allows the user to (from the Google Play Store description):

  • See what friends are up to
  • Share updates, photos and videos
  • Get notified when friends like and comment on your posts
  • Text, chat and have group conversations
  • Play games and use your favorite apps

See also:

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How do I turn off Messenger's default browser?

About a month ago, Messenger implemented an in-app browser, similar to the one on the main Facebook app. It's terribly slow, and I'd love to load links in Chrome (or Tumblr, or Twitter, or whatever app is actually meant for the link). I've looked…
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How to prevent the Facebook app (Android) to auto refresh/update the newsfeed?

I have a lot of news(paper) articles in my Facebook news feed and so I often open up the linked article to read it in the browser. After that I want to go back to the Facebook app to read the comments on this post which linked to the article, but at…
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Facebook mobile for Droid unable to delete friends

How does one go about deleting friends via the Droid's Facebook application? I am running the latest build of Facebook.
Woot4Moo
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Create new friend list on Facebook

With the Facebook Android app I can add and remove friends from existing friend lists but I cannot find a way to create a new list. Am I missing something? If not, is there an app available that does this?
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How to change privacy level of a Facebook post?

I'm using the official Facebook app and I've used it to update my status. Inadvertently, I made this status update public. Is there any way within the app, or the Facebook mobile website to change the permissions of a post to friends-only or a…
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How do I select a gallery album/folder when selecting what image to comment?

In the Facebook app, if you're going to post a picture, you can select a album from your gallery, like so: But when it comes to the comments, there are no option for it: Facebook Lite allows you select what folder since it opens the Gallery app…
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How can I share a post on my wall using the Facebook app?

On my PC, I can repost (share) a post from a friend on my own wall. How can I do that in the official Android Facebook app?
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Facebook App size, how to control it?

I've tried disabling geolocalization, yet the data portion of the apps is by far the largest storage hog in my phone (140Mb as I type). I uninstalled the facebook messenger app because it was also taking a lot of storage, any idea why facebook need…
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Stop old posts from reappearing in Facebook News Feed

I've recently been given an update of the Facebook App on Android and I have noticed that in my News Feed old posts are appearing. Some as old as a week or more. Obviously the point of a News Feed is to see new things, not old stuff. How can I turn…
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How to stop the Facebook app from updating itself automatically?

I have the Facebook app installed on my Android 7 phone. Auto-update is disabled for all applications on my Play Store account I have disabled installation from unknown sources For some reason, whenever there is an update of the Facebook app, it…
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Any way to set profile pic using FB for Android App (1.8.1 on ICS)?

I've resorted to the FB Mobile site which isn't a bad compromise really, but I was going a little crazy trying to find the option within the FB App, just wondering if it exists?
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Facebook app uses a lot of data storage while not logged in

I occasionally check my mom's Android phone to see if everything's still running smoothly, just regular maintenance. Today I noticed that the Facebook app on her phone uses 33.46MB of data storage besides the application's size of 27.62MB. Plot…
user72572
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Is there a way to get a history of Facebook profiles that I've visited?

I have visited a profile on Facebook recently but now I've forgotten the name of person. Is there a way that I can get a history of the profiles which I have already visited? I am currently using Android Facebook application
devendramohan
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Facebook chat icon status

In Facebook my friends see me with a light grey colored cellphone icon next to my name (in Facebook's messenger). Is this icon always on, even if my phone is off? Is it on if Facebook is running in the background, is it on if the app is actually…
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Export data from Facebook to Google accounts

My Android phone is linked with both my Google and Facebook accounts. Many of my friends' email addresses are available only in Facebook account details. Is there any way (perhaps an app) to copy the account information (like email address) to the…
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