18/07/2017

How To Clear Facebook App Browsing Data(Cache And Cookies) To Avoid Web Trackers

Learn How To Clear Facebook App Browsing Data(Cache And Cookies) In Android To Avoid Web Tracking
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Over 1 Billion Users Use Facebook Android App, Facebook's Main App Which Is Normally Used By Users To Access News Feed.You May Also Interact  Sponsor Ads Links Or Post Links From Facebook Pages That You've Liked.When You Click On That Links, Your Web Session Starts To That Particular Site And Cache Data, Cookies Save As Browsing Data.Among These, Cookies Helps Websites To Track A User ID, This Is Used A Lot In Online Advertising To Re-Targeting A User If They Visited A Product On An E-Commerce Portal And Did Not Buy It.To Avoid Web Trackers That Tracking You With Cookies, You Must Clear Cookies And Cache From Facebook App.

Facebook App Also Used Cookies Which Help Them To Provide You Contextual, Personalized Ads.When You Click On A Website Link Through Facebook App, Cookies Will Store As Browsing Data.Here's Brief Description Of Cookies-
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes.

As Facebook App Links Opens With In The App, Cache And Cookies Data Of A Particular Website Also Saved In Facebook App, Which Can Be Clear In Two Ways.

It Is Also Mentioned In Facebook Policy That Other Parties(Sponsors i.e. Amazon) Can Also Used These Cookies.

In This Post, I'll Show You How To Clear Facebook App Browsing Data(Cache And Cookies Of Websites That You Visited) And Facebook App Cache Data.

Method 1.)Clear Facebook App Browsing Data Including Cache And Cookies-

Step 1.)In Your Device, Launch Facebook App And Go To Last Tab(Menu-Three Horizontal Lines At Last).
Step 2.)Scroll Down, Find And Open "App Settings.


Step 3.)Under App Settings, Scroll Down, You'll See "Clear Phone's Browsing Data".Click On It And Confirm.

This Will Clear All Cache And Cookies Data Of Websites That You Visited From Facebook App.

Method 2.)Clear Facebook Cache And Clear Facebook Data-

Step 1.)Go To Your Android Phone Settings→Apps→Find Facebook In "All Section"→Click On Facebook App.
Step 2.)Now, There'll Be Two Options: -



Clear Data-This Will Delete All Facebook Data(You'll Be Log Out Of Facebook, All Images Saved In Facebook Folder Also Will Be Remove)
Clear Cache-This Will Clear Cache Of Facebook App.Clear It And Use Facebook In Fresh Mode.
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