How to Delete All Old Facebook Posts on iPhone or iPad

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Last Updated: May 15, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete the posts you've shared on a friend's or your own Timeline using, Facebook's iOS app. Facebook doesn't allow you to delete all your posts at once, but you can quickly find and delete your old posts on the Activity Log, or limit your old Timeline posts to your friends.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Deleting from Activity Log

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Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad. The Facebook icon looks like a blue box with a white "f" logo in it.
- If you're not automatically signed into Facebook on your device, enter your email or phone and your password to log in.
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Tap the Menu button. It looks like three horizontal lines in the lower-right corner of your screen.

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Scroll down and tap Settings. This option is next to a gray gear icon towards the bottom of the menu. It will bring up a pop-up menu.
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Tap Activity Log. This will be at the bottom of the pop-up menu. Here you can see a list of all your posts and activity from today back to the first day you opened your account.
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Tap Filter. This button is in the upper-left corner of your Activity Log. It will let you choose a filter and only see Your Posts, Posts You're Tagged In, Posts by Others, or another option.
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Select Your Posts. This will show you all your status updates and posts you've shared on a friend's or your own Timeline.
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Tap the downward-facing arrow next to a post. It will open a drop-down menu.
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Tap Delete. This will instantly delete your post. It will disappear from your or your friend's Timeline.
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Tap the arrow next to another post and tap Delete. Repeat this process until there are no more posts left.
- There is no option to delete all your posts at once. You will have to delete all of them manually.
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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Limiting Your Old Posts

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Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad. The Facebook icon looks like a blue box with a white "f" logo in it.
- If you're not automatically signed into Facebook on your device, enter your email or phone and your password to log in.
2
Tap the Menu button. It looks like three horizontal lines in the lower-right corner of your screen.
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Scroll down and tap Settings. This option is next to a gray gear icon towards the bottom of the menu. It will bring up a pop-up menu.
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Tap Account Settings. It's at the top of the pop-up menu.
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Tap Privacy. It will open your How You Connect page. Here you can customize your privacy settings to change who can see your future posts, or your profile information.
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Tap Limit the audience for posts you've shared with friends of friends or Public. You can find this option at the bottom of the Who can see my stuff? section in your privacy settings.
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Tap Limit Old Posts. This is the blue button in the middle of your screen. This button will instantly change the privacy settings of all posts that are currently set to Friends of friends or Public on your Timeline. All of these posts will now only be available to people on your Friends list.

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