There is a feature called Link History on Facebook. Didn’t you know her? We show you how to activate it and check the links visited over time
Browsing Facebook It is common for us to encounter posts that lead us to links to websites. If you don’t follow us on Facebook yet, now is a good time to follow us. The best of all is that These visits may have historyas if we were in a Safari or Google Chrome browser. In this article we are going to see how to review the list of links that we visited in the last monthLikewise, if you do not find it useful to consult it, we will teach you how to deactivate it.
Important information about the Facebook app to take into account
This feature is only compatible with the Facebook mobile app., so if you enter through the browser you will not be able to consult the link history. To do this, you could use the mobile browser itself, although it will be more complex. This history function on Facebook is being implemented globally, you must keep the app updated through the App Store. If you click on a link sent in Messenger it will not count towards your history.
That said, we will see how to activate the function if you already have the latest compatible version of Facebook.
Link history on Facebook, do you already have it but need to activate it?
- Open the Facebook app on your iPhone
- Tap a website link (if it’s iPadizate, what better!)
- A screen will appear saying “Never lose a link again.” At the bottom activate Allow link history and confirm
- If the window does not appear, Tap the three dots icon on the app’s browser screen and go to settings. Here you can activate link history
Enable link history on Facebook
View link history
If I activate the link history on Facebook, you have to wait for the corresponding month to pass to see these links. It is important that you take into account that this history will change after this complete time.. To see it do the following.
- Open the Facebook app and tap the menu button (three lines)
- Tap on Settings and privacy
- Select link history
- It will show the recently visited links or from the last 30 days
View visited links on Facebook
If you like deleting a page visited through Facebook is possible by tapping the X button on the right side or you can click on Delete all to leave no trace in the link history if you consider appropriate. If some time has passed and You no longer want to have link history activefollow these steps.
- Tap a link in the Facebook app
- Then go to the three dots icon and go to Settings
- Turn off the switch for Allow link history and then click Don’t allow.
Once you disable history you will no longer be able to visit all recent links and therefore every time you visit a link it will no longer generate any type of related history.
One of the reasons to disable link history is related to the advertising experience of Facebook and the other Meta networks like Instagram. So if you consider that a visit to a product is producing unnecessary ads, it is time to delete the history or delete the visited item.
A healthier way to save content that interests us without depending on history
Save a Page to Facebook Saved Items
There is a function within Facebook called Saved Links. It works like a Pocket-style app to keep links for as long as you decide. No need to activate any function, just touch the bookmark icon that comes at the bottom of the screen when visiting a link.
To see the saved links you have to go to the menu (three lines) and then in the Saved section. You can also see what you have saved in terms of websites by clicking on the three dots icon when visiting any clicked link on Facebook. Remember that here you do not depend on any time to save these links. You can keep them until you decide to remove them. To do this, go to any saved item, click on the three dots and then remove.
View visited links on Facebook
Visiting web pages through Facebook is useful since it prevents us from having to leave the app to go to a default browser, in addition to saving us a few seconds of time. Another interesting function that Facebook has is to notify us when a contact has a birthday. If you want to review each of them, here we show you how to find them.