I despise facebook, i don't want to be any part of it. I do not use it for anything other than messenger. Yet it is like a physical reflex... everytime i open up my phone or browser i end up going to the site. Anybody have any interesting way they blocked out this addiction from their life?
How to permanently leave Facebook
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Re: How to permanently leave Facebook
#2I just uninstalled the facebook app from my phone, and I don't use Messenger, although I still have to use Whatsapp (which is owned by Facebook) because that's what literally everybody uses.
Re: How to permanently leave Facebook
#3One way to reduce the time you are using it, is to uninstall it from your phone as drKarl said. If you still want to be on facebook or messenger to keep a link with your friend, go only with your computer (if you have one) and limit it 15-20 minutes to check news and answer.
Leaving facebook depends also on your friends. If they understand your choice, then they will contact you with messages or phone calls. If they don't, then it might be more difficult.
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#4Have someone set a completely random password on your account, then have them 'delete' the account. The random password is because facebook doesn't actually delete your account and it will prevent you from being able to log in and reactivate it. Problem solved.
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#5Just logging out on all devices has been enough to break the reflex for me. Typing in my email and password, especially on mobile, is enough to prevent me from proceeding.
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#6If you're on an iPhone, you can use App Limits as a part of the iOS 12 Screen Time functionality.
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#7Just uninstall all apps, and log out of facebook did it for me. The act of having to log in would stop me.
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#8Yeah, I told everyone I was concerned about data collection and deleted it, this was around year 2012. It took two weeks of not logging back in.
There's a difference between deleting and deactivating I think, I deleted mine.
That was it.
Re: How to permanently leave Facebook
#9I just uninstalled the facebook app from my phone, and I don't use Messenger, although I still have to use Whatsapp (which is owned by Facebook) because that's what literally everybody uses.
"because that's what literally everybody uses." This exact same statement could be said about TheFacebook.com. How is using WhatsApp any different, if the goal is to disrupt Zuck's data collection?
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#10If you want to permanently disable News Feed but still retain the ability to have friends and use Messenger, just unfollow literally all your friends. Every time you go to the FB homepage, it just tells you "no posts to view", but you can use the service like normal otherwise. Saved me a ton of time