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If you're not sure you want to delete your Facebook account completely, but think maybe you might want to reduce your use of it, then uninstalling the app from
by dannysu 9y ago
If you're not sure you want to delete your Facebook account completely, but think maybe you might want to reduce your use of it, then uninstalling the app from your phone is very helpful (Assuming you have it on your phone).
That worked very well for me. I used to have it on my phone and would check it all the time. Then I decided I didn't want to do that so I uninstalled it from my phone. Doing so helped me reduce and eventually stop using the website.
In between those times I also had a browser plugin to hide the news feed. So if I do login, I see nothing.
Now I'm basically rarely on Facebook. I have an account, but I don't feel I need to delete it because the account doesn't control or affect me. I can still get messages, and Facebook keeps trying to get me back into it with their notification emails, but I'm in control and I feel great about that.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoThe best thing I ever did was to disable all notifications on my phone, other than text messages and direct instant messages. No Facebook, email or other app notifications. It has severely reduced my tendency to constantly check my phone, and it doesn't buzz in my pocket all the friggin time.
- beefield 9y agoDone that. If only somebody told me how to disable facebook (and slack and gmail etc) starting blinking the browser tab when they think something happened that I need to note, that would make my desktop life much less distracted.
- k-mcgrady 9y agoAn alternative to hiding the news feed is unfollowing (not unfriending) people. I've unfollowed all but my immediate family and about 10 of my closest friends. None of them really post memes, only interesting life events/travel. Deleted the app from my phone too. For me this is the best solution. My main Facebook use case is photos. I don't like to take them and my friends aren't going to waste time emailing me them when they can put them on Facebook for everyone. If it wasn't for photos I would have deleted it.