Unless you want to set forth cut a portion of your monthly payroll check to Zuck and co. , being inundated with ads on Facebook is a necessary evil . The job is , you end up getting served a caboodle of crap ad that are totally irrelevant to you and your actual interest . It ’s all too easygoing to stop up with a skewed profile , especially if you do a lot of random online inquiry .
Luckily , you do n’t have to take it rest down – you have the power to customize the case of ads that pop up in your provender , and restrict how much Facebook ( i.e. , The Man ) can useyouto help them advertise to other users .
To override Facebook ’s organisation , head to your account setting , either on background or fluid , and snap on the Ads lozenge . First , you may kibosh Facebook from insure what else you do online and recommending ad based on your browsing behavior . Tap " Can you see on-line interest - based ads from Facebook ? " and select " No . "
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Next , bug the bottom - most option " Manage the preference we use to show you advertising " and then come home " inspect Ad Preferences . " Here , you ’ll see all of the issue Facebook thinks you ’re interested in , divided up first by broad categories , then hyper - specific point ( for instance , under my News and Entertainment class it got a mass ripe , but wrong think that I ’m interested in both Cirque du Soleil and post - hardcore ) . you may uncheck as many items as you want , or contribute others you think are missing . finally , here you have full control over the sort of promoted material you ’ll see .
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