Step-by-step guide on how to stop Facebook from tracking you and your personal data

Social media platforms have allowed us to reach, nurture, and engage with our loved ones. And with roughly 500 million users worldwide, Facebook's audience is vastly larger than any other social media platform. But Facebook was recently under fire for having access to a lot of users' data. So, Facebook introduced a new tool for its users last year.

This tool allows all the users to see what data is being accessed by a third party. You can also track your daily activities. This app gives your permission to turn off your Facebook activity.

The tool is known as 'Off-Facebook Activity'. It allows its users to control the data sharing settings.

How can you access your Off-Facebook Activity?

• Login to your Facebook account
• On the top right icon, choose the Security and Privacy option.
• Click on Your Facebook Information
• Activate your Off-Facebook Activity option

Clear your Off-Facebook Activity

To do so, you simply have to click on the Clear History Tab from the Off-Facebook Activity page. By clicking on the Clear History button, all your history will be deleted.

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Easy steps to disable Off-Facebook Activity for all apps and websites at once

• Click on your Manage Future Activities from the Off-Facebook Activity page
• In the popup, click on Manage Facebook Activity again
• Turn off the Future Off-Facebook activity in order to disable all the future Off-Facebook Activities.

All Facebook users are advised to disable 'Off-Facebook Activity' if they don’t want the social media giant to track the apps or websites they are using.

What will happen if you disable 'Off-Facebook' activity?

Once you turn off your 'Off-Facebook' activity option, you won’t get personalized advertisements based on your daily online activity, you basically have to pay for it with your data.