While you should certainly boost your Facebook privacy settings to prevent this, you may want to consider a more drastic approach. One way to protect yourself is to bulk delete all Facebook posts on your profile, removing them from view permanently. If you want to delete all of your Facebook posts, here’s what you’ll need to do.
How to Bulk Delete All Facebook Posts on PC or Mac
One of the easiest ways to go through and delete all of the Facebook posts on your profile is to use the website interface on a PC or Mac. The Facebook website allows you to review and clear out your older Facebook posts, where you can either archive your posts to hide them from view or delete them entirely. If you’re worried about deleting your posts, don’t worry—Facebook uses a recycle bin system to give you an opportunity to change your mind. Posts placed in the Facebook recycle bin can be restored within 30 days. If you want to speed up their removal, however, you can delete Facebook posts immediately. Once removed, Facebook posts can’t be retrieved—they’re gone forever. If you move posts to the Facebook recycle bin, but don’t delete them manually afterwards, you’ll still have 30 days to restore them or move them to your archive before Facebook deletes them automatically.
How to Delete All Facebook Posts Using Your Mobile Device
If you prefer to use Facebook on your Android, iPhone, or iPad device, you can use the Facebook app to bulk delete all Facebook posts on your profile. These steps follow a similar process to the Facebook website method demonstrated above and should work for both Android and Apple devices. If you choose to delete your Facebook posts from the Facebook recycle bin, they can’t be retrieved and they’re lost forever. The same applies to any posts that remain in the recycle bin for 30 days or longer, as these posts will be removed at that point. If you want to keep any of the posts, use the Archive function instead. This restores the posts, but hides them from view. Only you can review posts that you’ve archived, ensuring that any embarrassing posts you’ve made in the past are hidden from friends, family, and potential employers.
Better Privacy on Facebook
If you’ve deleted all of your Facebook posts, you’ve taken one step closer to removing the influence of the controversial social media network from your life. You can also consider downloading and deleting your data from Facebook to ensure you have a full archive of the information the company has collected in the past. It doesn’t just stop there, however. You can block personalized Facebook ads to stop companies tracking you elsewhere using Facebook. Or, if you’re dealing with trolls, you may want to block someone on Facebook Messenger. You could also consider deactivating your Facebook account or deleting it entirely.
