Facebook has been heavily criticized recently for its social network platform’s access to users’ data beyond its basic functionality. As soon as a user creates an account on its platform, the social media giant starts tracking your data and online activity. There are many ways to stop the Indian Express website from allowing Facebook to track your daily activities or data, because you can turn off most of Facebook’s unwanted permissions and only need to visit the settings section of your apps to turn off unwanted permissions on your phone.

Steps to prevent Facebook from tracking your internet activity on Android phones

The first stepFirst: Your phone must be Android and not any other operating system like Apple’s iOS. Open the Facebook app on your Android phone and then click on the three horizontal lines at the top right of the screen.

The second step: Download the “Above Curtain” list at the top of the screen and click on Settings and Privacy option.

The third stepClick on Settings, then scroll to the “Off-Facebook Activity” option. From this page, you will see the apps or sites you have visited and share user data with Facebook. Click on the three vertical dots to view an info. Some of them are collected about you.

The fourth step: Click on the “Clear History” option, as this option will delete all data that Facebook has collected about you.

The fifth stepThis step is important because in addition to this Facebook can track you and monitor you again. To prevent it from collecting data, you need to click on more options and then control future activity.

The sixth stepClick again on the Manage future activity option and click Off-Facebook activity.