Turn Off | Off-Facebook Activity Tracks Your Websites You Visited
Facebook added a feature called “Off-Facebook Activity” that basically tracks your activities and interactions, such as apps or websites that you have visited. According to Facebook, interactions are things that you’ve done on an app or website. They can include:
- Opening an app.
- Logging into an app with Facebook.
- Viewing content.
- Searching for an item.
- Adding an item to a shopping cart.
- Making a purchase.
- Making a donation.
There’s some more:
Activity from apps and websites you’ve logged into with Facebook. This activity comes from businesses or organizations who use Facebook Login. You can also manage the apps and websites you log into with Facebook in your Apps and Websites settings.
Activity from data service providers and marketing agencies. If you don’t recognize some of your activity, it may be because it was sent by a data service provider or marketing agency. Businesses and organizations may use third-party data service providers or marketing agencies to analyze and understand their customers’ interactions on their apps and websites. These providers or agencies may then use our Business Tools to send your activity to us, on behalf of the business or organization.
Activity that isn’t related to any actions you’ve taken. Some activity in your summary may include updates from an app or website that aren’t related to an action you’ve taken. We’ll show you the date we received the updates.
To see what Facebook is tracking, follow these steps.
- Log-in to your Facebook account.
- Click
in the top right. - Select Settings & Privacy > Settings.
- Click Your Facebook Information at the left column.
5. Click Off-Facebook Activity to review.
6. In the next screen, click Manage Your Off-Facebook Activity for more information. You’ll be asked to re-enter your password.
7. Once logged-in, click on “Manage Future Activity”.
8. In the window that appears, click again “Manage Future Activity”.
9. In the next screen, turn the slide to turn off the feature.
10. If you want, you could also delete your browsing history that the feature already tracked.
11. Now, you’re done! “Off-Facebook Activity” won’t be tracking your browsing activity anymore!