Facebook tries to keep settings and other options simple, but now that the social network offers so many options and features, it can sometimes make even the stupidest things complicated. Here are 10 frequently requested Facebook tips that will improve your overall experience and assist you with using Facebook.
1. Add Timeline or Remove Timeline
Facebook’s Timeline seems to be a hate it or love it feature for most FB users. It seems like people are either trying to figure out how to get Timeline, or once they get Timeline, how to remove it. The process is simple for either, but it does require a few steps. Check out our dedicated posts for Timeline:
Changing your Facebook profile picture is quite simple. While signed in to the website, simply click your name in the upper, right side of the screen to jump to your profile. Once at your profile, hover the mouse pointer over your profile picture, and you will be presented with the Change Picture option.
3. Unfriend or Delete someone from your friends list
If you no longer want to be friends with someone, you can unfriend them/delete them from your friends list.
From your profile page, select the Friends listing, located along the left side of the screen.
This will queue your Friends list in the main window. Scroll down the list to find the person that you want to delete. Hover your mouse over the Friends button and select Unfriend from the context menu.
4. How to Unsubscribe from a friend’s updates
By default, you are subscribed to all of your friends status updates, which appear on the main Facebook page. If you don’t want to unfriend someone, but don’t want to receive their online status updates either, you can simply unsubscribe them.
Click the Facebook logo in the upper left side of the screen to jump to the FB homepage.
From there, simply hover over any status update in the feed, and an arrow will appear. Click the arrow and select Unsubscribe from ____ or Unsubscribe from status updates by ____.
Also note that you can choose a level for the status updates, should you decide not to unsubscribe. Using the All Updates, Most Updates and Only Important options allow you to set this option.
5. How to unlike
Facebook uses likes, similar to Google’s +1s, to simply keep a count of popularity of things. So, you’re browsing the web and you click the Like button on something, but maybe later decide that you want to remove the like, or unlike something.
Simply navigate, to whatever specific website, webpage or app that the like button was on, and click it again. This will remove the like, or unlike the item. You must be signed in to your Facebook account for this.
Additionally, if the like was originally, directly via Facebook (not a like on a 3rd party website), you can view your likes using the path Activities and Interests > Other pages.
Quick tip: The Facebook like button is now all over the web, on many non-Facebook websites. We even have a like button on Online-Tech-Tips, which you can find directly to the left of this paragraph.
Clicking the like button on any website that is not Facebook can make it difficult to keep track of which specific articles, posts, videos or other web content that you’ve liked.
The LikeJournal plugin lets you keep track of these likes.
6. How to design a Facebook Timeline Cover
Facebook’s Timeline feature incorporates a main photo that is the highlight of a profile page. However, you shouldn’t upload just any image and set it as a Timeline Cover, because in order for a Timeline cover to look right, it needs to be specific dimensions.
For Facebook Timeline covers, crop your photo to the dimensions 851px/315px.
Quick tip: If you want to go professional with your Facebook Timeline cover, you may be interested in our article Create a Professional Timeline Cover.
7. How to use Facebook from a Smartphone or Tablet
Facebook has provided some official apps that you can download for your Android or Apple based smartphone or tablet:
AppStore
Google Play (Android)
Quick tip: You can also install the Facebook Messenger app to your Windows desktop, which will allow you to use Facebook without a web browser.
8. How to Delete Photos
To delete a photo on Facebook, simply navigate to the photo and click the Options button. Select Delete This Photo from the options menu.
9. How to Permanently Delete Facebook Messages
By default, when you click the x button in a Facebook message, it doesn’t delete it, it still remains on the server. However, there is an option to delete messages, but it’s not exactly easy to find. There are a few steps to the process, so see our article How to Delete Facebook Messages for Good.
10. How to Change Networks
Facebook allows you to associate yourself with a network. This could be your college, city of residence or even workplace. To join and manage networks, navigate to the Facebook settings page at http://facebook.com/settings/.
Click the Edit button next to the Networks listing to manage, add or remove networks.
That’s all there is to it. With the above steps, you can now manage, use and setup Facebook more effectively. Thank you for stopping by the site for today’s post. Feel free to bookmark our list of top 10 most requested Facebook tips, for quick reference and guide.
1. Add Timeline or Remove Timeline
Facebook’s Timeline seems to be a hate it or love it feature for most FB users. It seems like people are either trying to figure out how to get Timeline, or once they get Timeline, how to remove it. The process is simple for either, but it does require a few steps. Check out our dedicated posts for Timeline:
- Enable Facebook Timeline – While signed in to FB, jump to the Timeline page.
- Get rid of Facebook Timeline
Changing your Facebook profile picture is quite simple. While signed in to the website, simply click your name in the upper, right side of the screen to jump to your profile. Once at your profile, hover the mouse pointer over your profile picture, and you will be presented with the Change Picture option.
3. Unfriend or Delete someone from your friends list
If you no longer want to be friends with someone, you can unfriend them/delete them from your friends list.
From your profile page, select the Friends listing, located along the left side of the screen.
This will queue your Friends list in the main window. Scroll down the list to find the person that you want to delete. Hover your mouse over the Friends button and select Unfriend from the context menu.
4. How to Unsubscribe from a friend’s updates
By default, you are subscribed to all of your friends status updates, which appear on the main Facebook page. If you don’t want to unfriend someone, but don’t want to receive their online status updates either, you can simply unsubscribe them.
Click the Facebook logo in the upper left side of the screen to jump to the FB homepage.
From there, simply hover over any status update in the feed, and an arrow will appear. Click the arrow and select Unsubscribe from ____ or Unsubscribe from status updates by ____.
Also note that you can choose a level for the status updates, should you decide not to unsubscribe. Using the All Updates, Most Updates and Only Important options allow you to set this option.
5. How to unlike
Facebook uses likes, similar to Google’s +1s, to simply keep a count of popularity of things. So, you’re browsing the web and you click the Like button on something, but maybe later decide that you want to remove the like, or unlike something.
Simply navigate, to whatever specific website, webpage or app that the like button was on, and click it again. This will remove the like, or unlike the item. You must be signed in to your Facebook account for this.
Additionally, if the like was originally, directly via Facebook (not a like on a 3rd party website), you can view your likes using the path Activities and Interests > Other pages.
Quick tip: The Facebook like button is now all over the web, on many non-Facebook websites. We even have a like button on Online-Tech-Tips, which you can find directly to the left of this paragraph.
Clicking the like button on any website that is not Facebook can make it difficult to keep track of which specific articles, posts, videos or other web content that you’ve liked.
The LikeJournal plugin lets you keep track of these likes.
6. How to design a Facebook Timeline Cover
Facebook’s Timeline feature incorporates a main photo that is the highlight of a profile page. However, you shouldn’t upload just any image and set it as a Timeline Cover, because in order for a Timeline cover to look right, it needs to be specific dimensions.
For Facebook Timeline covers, crop your photo to the dimensions 851px/315px.
Quick tip: If you want to go professional with your Facebook Timeline cover, you may be interested in our article Create a Professional Timeline Cover.
7. How to use Facebook from a Smartphone or Tablet
Facebook has provided some official apps that you can download for your Android or Apple based smartphone or tablet:
AppStore
Google Play (Android)
Quick tip: You can also install the Facebook Messenger app to your Windows desktop, which will allow you to use Facebook without a web browser.
8. How to Delete Photos
To delete a photo on Facebook, simply navigate to the photo and click the Options button. Select Delete This Photo from the options menu.
9. How to Permanently Delete Facebook Messages
By default, when you click the x button in a Facebook message, it doesn’t delete it, it still remains on the server. However, there is an option to delete messages, but it’s not exactly easy to find. There are a few steps to the process, so see our article How to Delete Facebook Messages for Good.
10. How to Change Networks
Facebook allows you to associate yourself with a network. This could be your college, city of residence or even workplace. To join and manage networks, navigate to the Facebook settings page at http://facebook.com/settings/.
Click the Edit button next to the Networks listing to manage, add or remove networks.
That’s all there is to it. With the above steps, you can now manage, use and setup Facebook more effectively. Thank you for stopping by the site for today’s post. Feel free to bookmark our list of top 10 most requested Facebook tips, for quick reference and guide.
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