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Everyone needs a break from social media once in awhile. It’s a good idea to do this regularly for your mental, emotional, and physical health. Admit it, you’ve had the desire to walk away from your Facebook account (I know I have). You may have even done it. If this is something you are considering, it’s important for you to realize there are two different ways to do this. One is temporary and the other permanent. So if you want to know how to delete your Facebook account, read on.

The temporary break is called deactivation. This is like putting your account in a deep freeze. When you are ready, you log back in and your account “wakes up” with all the notifications, activity, and noise just like before. Your content and friends are there waiting for you.

The permanent solution is called deleting your account. This wipes out all content (years of photos, videos and comments), page likes, groups, and friend relationships. You will be removed from the service altogether but it may take up to 90 days to delete data from their backup systems. If you ever decide to come back, you’ll have to rebuild. Continue reading →

The longer Facebook is a part of all our lives, the more messages I receive through the Facebook Messenger app. One recent afternoon, I was communicating with 4 people all at the same time on my mobile and felt like I had whiplash. You may not know this but there’s a better way to manage these messages.

Additionally, if you do business on FB, you’ve probably recognized the shortcomings of using your phone to answer professional communications. I type 80 words a minute and get frustrated at only using my thumbs to respond. When I want to copy, paste, or record important information the limitations of mobile and it’s tiny keyboard are an efficiency killer. When I discovered that I could use Facebook Messenger through my desktop computer, I got really excited. It ends up being an open tab in my browser and an alternate/addition to my traditional email. It feels like a brilliant hack and I wanted you to know that you can use it too! Continue reading →

Facebook groups are a great way to connect with people like family, teammates, industry professionals, or coworkers. Groups are more collaborative than Pages, as everyone can have a say, and communications in groups are balanced in delivery versus just coming from the administrator. There are more than 600 million groups in use and you may have started your own. If you have and it’s outlived it’s usefulness, here’s how to delete a Facebook Group: Continue reading →

I have a client that was upset about using the Business Manager tool on Facebook. Her business partner had turned it on but they later found that they couldn’t use Facebook apps or get back to the personal area without a lot of trouble.

I discovered this myself when it first came out. As an internet professional, much of my testing and learning about new tools comes about when I use my own accounts as the guinea pig. I usually wait until I hear reviews from other pros before putting myself in the line of fire but I went ahead and jumped in the deep end.

I regretted it immediately.

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I got this question on my Facebook page yesterday,

“FaceBook question for you: I used to have to click on a video – actually CHOOSE to watch it – before it began to play. Now all of a sudden videos just START playing on their own. Is there a way to disable this feature??”

In case you were wondering as well, here’s how to turn off Facebook videos from auto playing in your feed:

• Go to your drop down arrow upper left hand corner on desktop
• Choose Settings from the list
• Choose Videos
• Toggle the selection On/Off

Let me know in the comments if there are other questions I can answer for you!