Facebook introduced a Places 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 activity on their Facebook profile. This can be useful at times, but not many users seem to appreciate this feature that reveals their location information on every post or status update they make. Many users really 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 turn off location on Facebook and don’t want to share your location in each and every Facebook post, here is a short guide that you might find helpful.
How to Remove or Disable Facebook Places Completely
Previously, there was an explicit setting that allowed you to enable or disable Facebook places and location information for all your Facebook posts. Recently, Facebook has revamped their privacy page and location settings no longer exist in your Facebook Account > Privacy Settings. From now on, you must individually define whether you want to share location information with Facebook friends in individual posts, status updates, photo uploads, etc.
Location filtering is off 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 illustration below:
However, there is a little catch here that you should be aware of.
Once you’ve turned on location on Facebook, it will show up in any future posts you make. For example, let’s say you wrote a status update or uploaded a photo and deliberately included location information in that specific post. 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 last location information and include it in all your posts unless you delete it.
Now, how do I remove location information from Facebook posts? Very easy.
When composing a new status update, locate carefully if Facebook has automatically included a location in your post. The location will be located just to the right of the status update box, as shown in the screenshot above. Hover over the location filter, click the Cross and delete it. That’s it, you’ve successfully removed and disabled your location, Facebook will now not 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 in a Facebook post and include location information?
Sometimes some of your friends will compose a status update, upload a photo, add location information to it, and tag you on Facebook. There’s not much you can do except ask your friend not to tag you in any posts where they’ve included location information. However, you can use the activity log and timeline review to find all Facebook posts that have your location listed.
The best way to deal with this scenario is to remove your tag from that specific post. If you have any further questions and queries, be sure to check this official page on facebook places
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