Delete phone contacts on Facebook: Here's how
Data protection scandals on Facebook are almost the order of the day. For many, the reason is to delete their phone contacts. In this practical tip you will learn how this works.
Delete phone contacts from Facebook - that's how it's done
Facebook has never made a name for itself with data protection issues. Therefore, it is probably not a bad idea to remove all phone contacts from Facebook, especially since this data says a lot about your environment.
- Facebook has pretty well hidden the option to delete your phone contacts. There is no obvious way to remove them directly via a menu in Facebook.
- Nevertheless, Facebook offers a page on which you can remove your contacts from Facebook.
- This page lists all phone contacts that Facebook knows. To delete individual entries from this list, simply click on the box next to the corresponding entry. To delete all contacts, you can also click on "Remove all contacts" and confirm the following message.
- Removing your contacts may make Facebook’s suggestions for friendship less accurate, but it’s a big part of your privacy.
Facebook app: prevent contacts from uploading
To prevent your contacts from finding their way back to Facebook, you must deactivate the transfer of your contact details in the Facebook app.
- To do this, open the Facebook app and press the three horizontal bars at the top right.
- Now scroll down quite a bit and click on "App Settings".
- Deactivate the setting "Upload contacts continuously" here. As a result, your saved numbers are no longer automatically passed on to Facebook.
In the next practical tip, you will learn which tricks you can use to ensure more data protection on Facebook.