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How to delete all your Facebook posts without deleting your account
Published onFebruary 23, 2025
With Facebook being one of the oldest social media platforms around, we are all bound to find some old posts that embarrass us. Therefore, you might want to turn over a new leaf and remove all your posts, especially when applying for a new job. Here’s how to delete all your Facebook posts without deleting your account, allowing you to start fresh.
QUICK ANSWER
To delete all your posts on Facebook, go to Facebook.com or launch the Facebook app. Click on the profile icon, then go to Settings & privacy > Activity log > Your Facebook activity > Posts > Your posts, photos and videos. Checkmark the All option, then select Trash.
JUMP TO KEY SECTIONS
How to delete all your Facebook posts on a desktop
If you’re using a computer, just launch your favorite browser, go to Facebook.com, then follow the steps below.
- Click on your profile icon, in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings & privacy.
- Go into Activity log.
- Expand Your Facebook activity.
- Expand Posts.
- Select Your posts, photos and videos.
- Checkmark the All option to select all posts.
- Click on the Trash button.
How to solve the “Technical Error” message when deleting posts on Facebook
If you encounter a technical error doing the Activity Log method, there is another way to delete Facebook posts from your profile page. This method takes longer, though.
- Using your favorite browser, go to Facebook.com, log in, and head to your profile page.
- Under the Posts section, select Manage posts.
- Hit Select all for every month you wish to delete posts for.
- When ready, hit Next.
- Select Delete Posts, and hit Done.
How to delete all your Facebook posts on mobile
The process is pretty much the same using the mobile app.
- Launch Facebook.
- Tap on the profile icon. On Android, it will be in the top-right corner. On iPhone, it will be in the lower-right corner.
- Expand the Settings & privacy section.
- Go into the Settings.
- Tap on Activity log.
- Expand the Your Facebook activity section.
- Expand Posts.
- Go into Your posts, photos and videos.
- Checkmark the All option.
- Hit Trash.
FAQs
Archiving a post is a way to hide it from your profile while keeping its likes and comments. In other words, only you will be able to see a post you have archived. You can Archive photos by clicking on the Archive button instead of Trash button at the Manage Posts page.
Yes, photos in an album you created and shared with others can be archived or deleted. However, for albums other people created and was shared with you as a contributor, your only option is to leave it. Any photos you’ve shared in that album will remain there unless you delete it from your account.
No, posts can only be archived or deleted by the person who created them. However, you can remove the tag, so the post doesn’t appear on your profile.