Clean up your Facebook account by deleting any old posts that you’re not very proud of.
If you look at Facebook’s Suggested Memories daily, you’ve probably come across some old posts that you aren’t very proud of today. To no longer want to hide each time one of your old statuses emerges, it is better to do a little cleaning.
Let’s be honest, ten years ago, social media users were much less careful about what they posted, and rarely worried about whether their posts were public, or visible only to a select circle of users.
Unfortunately, these old public statuses are still available on your profile. And they are very often the joy of recruiters who, after having received a candidate, can fall in a few clicks, on your photos of student parties, left in “public” mode, where you appear in underwear, a pint in your hand. , standing in line. You might as well say it right away, these personal memories probably won’t work in your favor.
But it’s never too late to wipe out the past and clean up your digital life. Facebook integrates a function, accessible from a computer as well as from a mobile, and which will allow you to quickly review all your digital past on the platform. This will allow you to mass delete all the content of which you are not proud.
From a PC
1. Go to your profile
Log in to your Facebook account and go to your profile. At the top of the posts displayed on your wall, click the Manage Posts button.
2. Filter posts
Natively, Facebook offers you to manage all the publications displayed on your wall, which obviously includes yours, but also those of your friends.
If you only want to delete your own publications, filter the display by selecting those Posted by You in the left column.
3. Select the posts to delete
Now scroll through all the posts on your wall, check all the ones you want to disappear. You can select up to a maximum of 50 publications at one time.
Then click on Next, choose Remove publications.
Validate your choice by clicking on OK and confirm the deletion by clicking on Delete publications.
From the mobile application
1. Go to your profile
Open Facebook on your smartphone, and go to your profile. Scroll down until you reach the section dedicated to Posts and press Manage Posts.
2. Apply filters
All the posts on your wall are displayed. To see only your own posts, press the Filters button and, in the Posted by row, select You and press Finish.
3. Delete the posts
Scroll through your posts, select the ones you want to disappear and tap Next or the trash can icon.
Then choose Delete Posts and confirm by tapping Delete Posts again.
Facebook only allows the simultaneous deletion of 50 posts at a time, repeat the operation as many times as necessary to get rid of your old Facebook posts.