How to remove unwanted photos invading your Facebook page

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Facebook is a great way to stay connected with friends and family, but sometimes you may encounter unwanted or inappropriate photos on your page or unknown names on your friend list. This can be very upsetting and frustrating. Just ask Sheila, who encountered this situation,

I am an 81-year-old lady and have nasty nude photos of women going across my Facebook page, and I cannot get rid of them. When I look at my list of friends, there appears to be many first names of people I don’t know. PLEASE HELP! I’m very upset.

Well, Sheila, we are definitely here to help. We’ll share some tips on how to remove those unwanted photos from your Facebook page and how to report fake accounts that may be spamming or hacking you.

Please note: the content of this article has been tested and is up to date, however some images from our video may have changed since publishing.

 

How to report distasteful photos on Facebook

If you see any distasteful photos that you don’t want on your Facebook page, you can report them to Facebook and hide them from your page. Here are the steps to do that on your phone or computer:

• Tap on the photo you want to delete.
• Click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the photo.
• Select Report post from the menu that appears.
• Follow the instructions to report the photo to Facebook, and then click submit. 
• Once you have reported the photo, Facebook will give you the option to “Hide all from [user]”, which will prevent that users’s future posts from appearing on your feed.

 

 

How to hide distasteful photos on Facebook from your computer

On some devices, you can only hide a photo by clicking the three buttons in the upper right hand corner of a post, clicking “report”, and then select, “I don’t want to see this”.

In other instances, you can hide a post directly from your feed:

• Find the post containing the photo you want to hide on your feed
• Click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the post
• Select Hide post from the menu that appears.

This way, you can remove any unwanted photos from your Facebook page and prevent them from appearing on your timeline or news feed.

 

 

How to customize your feed

To see the stories that matter most to you and hide those that don’t, follow these simple steps:

Phone

Facebook accounts sometimes show different interfaces to different people. Settings may vary depending on what kind of account you have. 

• Log in to your Facebook account
• Click on the “Menu” icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
• Scroll down and click “Settings & Privacy.”
• Then, click on “Settings”.
• Click on “Content preferences.”
• Tap Favorites.
• Then click the tab near the top where it says Friends or Pages that you want to prioritize.
• Next, click “Add” next to the “Friend” or “Page” you want to prioritize. Note: this means their posts will be shown higher in your Feed, and you’ll see their newest posts first. Learn about favorites.  
• Click the back arrow in the upper left corner of the screen.
• Tap Manage defaults to control content that is reduced or moved lower in your feed.  Options include political content, low-quality content, unoriginal content, problematic sharing, and sensitive content.
• You can tap on any of those defaults, and it will give you options such as “Show more”, Default or Show less.” Learn about content reductions.

Computer

Facebook accounts sometimes show different interfaces to different people. Settings may vary depending on what kind of account you have. 

• Log in to your Facebook account
• Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Click “Settings & Privacy,” from the dropdown menu.
• Then, “Content preferences” or “Feed preferences”
• Tap Favorites.
• Then click where it says All to display the types of accounts that you want to prioritize (Friends or Pages)
• Next, click the star next to the “Friend” or “Page” you want to prioritize. Note: this means their posts will be shown higher in your Feed, and you’ll see their newest posts first. Learn about favorites.  
• Click the back arrow in the upper left corner of the screen.
• Tap Manage defaults to control content that is reduced or moved lower in your feed.  Options include political content, low-quality content, unoriginal content, problematic sharing, and sensitive content. Note: these options don’t appear on all accounts
• You can tap on any of those defaults, and it will give you options such as “Show more”, Default or Show less.” Learn about content reductions.

 

How to report fake accounts on your friend list

If you notice any unknown names on your friend list, they may be fake accounts created by spammers or hackers who want to access your personal information or send you malicious links. You can report these accounts to Facebook and unfriend them. Here are the steps to do that on your phone or computer:

• Go to the profile of the account you want to report
• Click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the profile
• Select Report profile from the menu that appears
• Follow the instructions to report the account to Facebook
• After you report the account, you can unfriend it by clicking the Friends button on their profile and selecting unfriend from the menu that appears.

This way, you can protect yourself from fake accounts that may try to scam or harm you.

 

 

 

How to protect yourself from malvertising on Facebook

Not all photos on Facebook are safe or appropriate. Some photos may contain malicious code or links that can infect your device or compromise your privacy. These photos are called malvertising, and they are designed to trick you into clicking on them or downloading something harmful. Malvertising can also spread through your contacts and appear on your own Facebook page.

To avoid falling victim to malvertising, you should always have strong antivirus software installed on your device. Should you accidentally click any of these scam photos or links, you want to be protected by antivirus software. Having strong antivirus software actively running on your devices will alert you to any malware in your system, warn you against clicking on any malicious links in malvertising, and ultimately protect you from being hacked.  

 

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Kurt’s key takeaways

We understand how frustrating and upsetting it can be to deal with unwanted photos and fake friends on Facebook. By taking the actions we have outlined above, you can not only remove unwanted photos from your Facebook page but also report fake accounts on your friend list.

What do you think about the issue of unwanted photos and fake friends on Facebook? Have you ever encountered them? How did you deal with them? Let us know in the comments below.

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