How to Stop Facebook from Showing “On This Day” Memories

How to Stop Facebook from Showing “On This Day” Memories

Facebook will show you a memory everyday provided you have posted something on that date from any number of years ago.  To turn off this function, follow these steps:

Step 1:
Click on the Arrow in the Top-Right Corner, and select “Hide Post”, when you see the “Your Memories on Facebook” message.

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 1

 

Step 2:
Facebook will tell you it’s sorry, and then you’ll see a link to click for “On This Day Preferences”.

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 2

 

Step 3:
In the “On This Day Preferences”, you can filter out people you don’t want to be reminded of, or you can select a date or range of dates. In this case, we click the “Edit” link next to Dates.

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 3

 

Step 4:
On the proceeding screen, click “Select Dates”.

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 4

 

Step 5:
First select the Starting Date. In this case, we just go ahead and select the earliest year (2003) from the dropdown selection.

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 5

 

Step 6:
Click “Done” to confirm the dates

Facebook Turn Off Memories Notification 6

Finally click “Save” to finish the whole process. With the above method, you won’t see these “On This Day” Memories for at least a year from now.

 

Original Source: How to Geek

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