How to Uninstall Facebook on Android

Last Updated: May 15, 2018

This wikiHow teaches you how to uninstall the Facebook app on Android phones. If you are quitting Facebook altogether, you may want to deactivate your Facebook account before you uninstall the app.

Steps

1
Open Setting
. It's the icon that resembles a gray gear usually located in your Android's app drawer, though the icon may look different depending on the theme you're using on your Android phone.
2
Tap Apps. It's next to the icon with dots in the shape of a square. This will display a list of all your installed apps.
3
Tap Facebook. It's next to the blue Facebook logo with the white lowercase "f". All the apps installed on your Android device are listed in alphabetical order. This will display the Application Information page for the Facebook app.
4
Tap Uninstall. It's the first option below the title at the top of the page. This will prompt a pop-up window asking if you want to uninstall the app.
5
Tap Ok. It's in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window. This will uninstall the Facebook app.

Community Q&A

Question

I only have the options of enable or force stop. I'm wanting every crumb to be removed of this platform from my phone.

Tommy haggrty

Community Answer

Delete your account, force stop them and delete the app. Delete your app cache. You’ll be good as new.