Facebook introduced a Places a throwback feature in 2010 that allows users to share their location with their friends whenever they post a status update, upload images, comment or do other activities on their Facebook profile. This can be useful at times, but few users seem to appreciate this feature that reveals their location information in every post or status update they post. Many users actually want to disable Facebook Places permanently, but they don’t know if Facebook Places is enabled for their account or not.
If you want to permanently hide Facebook places or disable location on Facebook and don’t want to share your location in every Facebook post, here’s a quick guide you might find helpful.
How to Delete or Disable Facebook Locations Completely
Previously, there was an explicit setting that allowed you to enable or disable Facebook Places and location information for all your Facebook posts. Just recently Facebook revamped their privacy page and the location setting no longer exists under your Facebook account > Privacy Settings. From now on, you have to individually set if you want to share location information with Facebook friends on individual posts, status updates, photo uploads, etc.
The location filter is disabled by default, so you need not worry that your location is being shared in every Facebook post. When composing a new status update, remember not to include location information, which will be activated once you click the location or places button, as shown in the following illustration:
However, here is a little catch you should be aware of.
Once you’ve enabled the location on Facebook, it will be displayed in any future posts you post. For example, suppose you wrote a status update or uploaded a photo and deliberately included location information in that specific message. Now that you’ve included location information, the next time you create a new status update, post to Facebook, or upload a photo, Facebook will use your latest location information and include it in all of your posts, unless and until you delete them.
Now, how do you remove location information from Facebook posts? Rather easy.
When composing a new status update, carefully research whether Facebook has automatically included a location in your post. The slot will be located just to the right of the status update box as shown in the screenshot above. Hover your mouse over the location filter, click the Cross and remove it. That’s it, you have successfully deleted and disabled your location, Facebook will no longer include the location in any of your future posts, unless of course you choose to explicitly add it again.
What happens if my friends tag me on a Facebook post and include location information?
Sometimes, some of your friends write a status update, upload a photo, add location information to it, and tag you on Facebook. There, I can’t do anything other than ask your friend not to tag you in a post where they’ve included location information. You can, however, use the Activity Log and Timeline Review to find all Facebook posts that contain your location.
The best way to handle this scenario is to remove your tag from that specific post. If you have any other questions and queries, be sure to check out this official Facebook Places page
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