Being one of the most widely-used social media platforms in the world, Facebook is a brilliant way to share your memories with family members and friends, and even interact with their posts through likes, comments, and shares. However, sometimes you might like a certain post or page accidentally, or you might even change your mind after a while, and don’t wish for your likes to be publically available on any posts/pages you don’t associate with anymore.
In those instances, the best course of action would be to remove your likes from the specific page or post in question. Here is how you could do just that, depending on the device you’re currently using:
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Unliking photos and posts with a computer
To unlike an image or any other post when you’re using Facebook on your computer, simply follow these easy steps below:
- Firstly, load the Facebook website in your preferred browser, and log in if necessary.
- Press the down arrow at the top-right part of the display.
- Press on the Settings & Privacy option, and then choose Activity Log.
- In the left banner, press the blue Filter tab. Choose the Likes and Reactions option, and then press the blue Save Changes button.
- Here, you should see a detailed list of all the specific posts and/or comments you’ve previously liked. Just scroll to locate a post you wish to unlike, and click on it to open.
- After you’ve located the post in question, just press the blue Like button (thumbs up icon) to erase your like or reaction.
Unliking photos and posts with a mobile device
If you’re currently using Facebook on your smartphone or tablet, however, you could unlike images and other types of posts by following these simple steps:
- Load the Facebook application on your device, and sign in if necessary.
- Press the hamburger menu icon (three vertical lines) that’s located either at the beginning (Android) or the end (iOS) of your display.
- Press the Settings & Privacy option, and then choose Settings.
- Swipe down to the ‘Your Facebook Information’ section, and then choose the Activity Log option.
- Press the Filters icon, and then choose Categories.
- Press on Interactions, and then on Posts and Comments.
- Here, you should see a detailed list of all the specific posts and/or comments you’ve previously liked. Simply scroll to locate a specific post you want to unlike, and click on it to open.
- After you’ve located the post in question, just press the blue Like button (thumbs up icon) to erase your like or reaction.
Unliking pages with a computer
In case you’d like to remove your previous likes from a page, on the other hand, here’s how you could do so when using your computer:
- Firstly, load the Facebook website in your preferred browser, and log in if necessary.
- Press your name in the top-right part of the display, and then press the About button.
- Swipe down until you locate the Likes segment. Here, you should see all of the pages you’ve previously liked on Facebook.
- Simply locate a page you want to unlike, and click on it to open.
- Now, just press the blue Liked button to erase your like.
Unliking pages with a mobile device
If you wish to remove your like from a page on Facebook when using your smartphone or tablet, however, here’s how you could do just that:
- Load the Facebook application on your device, and sign in if necessary.
- Press the profile icon (a silhouette of a person) that’s located either at the beginning (Android) or the end (iOS) of your display.
- On the following page, press the ‘See Your About Info’ tab underneath your profile photo.
- Swipe down until you locate the Likes segment, and then press the blue See All button.
- Here, simply locate a page you wish to unlike, and click on it to open.
- Now, just press the blue Liked button, and click on Unlike once more to confirm.
And there you have it! Regardless of the specific device you’re currently using, you can now unlike any page or post on Facebook with this helpful guide above.
