• You can delete any post on Facebook that you created yourself.
• It's easy to delete a post by choosing "Delete" from the three-dot menu on the Facebook app or your web browser.
• You can hide posts made by other people so they won't appear in your Facebook feed, but you cannot delete them.

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Most people have at some point posted something on social media that they later regretted.

But no matter your reason for wanting to remove a Facebook post — it's inaccurate, embarrassing, unflattering, something you wouldn't want an employer to see, or any other reason — you can permanently delete a post you've made on Facebook with just a tap or a click.

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How to delete a Facebook post on the mobile app

1. Open the Facebook app.

2. Go to your timeline by tapping the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines on the bottom right) and tap your name at the top.

3. Find the post you want to delete and tap the three dots on the upper right of the post.

4. Tap "Delete." Facebook will then ask you to confirm that this is really what you want to do — tap "Delete Post" to confirm.  

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How to delete a Facebook post on your computer

1. Go to Facebook in your web browser.

2. Go to your timeline by clicking your name at the top left of the window, just underneath Facebook's search box.

3. Find the post you want to delete and click the three dots on the upper right of the post.

4. Click "Move to Recycle bin."

5. In the pop-up, click "Move" to confirm. All posts that are moved to your recycle bin will be deleted after 3o days. If you want the post deleted immediately, you need to also delete it from your recycle bin.

6. To access your recycle bin, click the downward-facing arrow in the top right corner of the Facebook window. In the dropdown, click "Settings & privacy," then "Settings."

7. In the menu on the left side of the main Settings page, click "Your Facebook information" and then click "Activity log."

8. On the left side of the Avtivity log page, click "Recycle bin."

9. Click the three-dot icon beside the post you want to fully delete and click "Delete" in the dropdown.

10. Then, in the pop-up, click "Delete" again to confirm. Your post is now immediately deleted from your timeline and from your recycle bin.

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How to hide Facebook posts created by others

Of course, you can only delete posts you have created yourself — you don't have the power to delete something that was posted to Facebook by someone else.

But if you don't like a post that you're tagged or mentioned in, you could ask the person who created it to edit or delete it. Alternatively, you have two other options:

• You can hide it from your timeline. This isn't the same as deleting the post — and in fact, it may still appear in other people's timelines — but you can keep it from showing up in your own. To do that, click or tap the three dots on the upper right of the post and choose "Hide from timeline."

• If you're tagged in the post, you can remove the tag. This will prevent it from appearing in your timeline and from searches that include posts with your tag. To do that, click or tap the three dots on the upper right of the post and choose "Remove tag."

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