Finding and adjusting your Facebook settings on an iPhone is easy once you know where to look. Facebook’s app for iOS consolidates all of the key settings into one place, so you can control your preferences, privacy, notifications and more with just a few taps.
Opening the Facebook Settings Menu
To access your Facebook settings on an iPhone, simply open the Facebook app and tap on the three-line “hamburger” icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. This will open up a menu. At the very top of this menu, you will see an option called “Settings”. Tap on this to open the settings menu.
Adjusting Account Settings
The first section in the Facebook settings menu allows you to manage your basic account settings. Options here include:
- Account ownership – Confirm your account ownership and view authorized logins
- Personal information – Update your name, phone number, email, language, etc.
- Password – Change your Facebook password
- Privacy – Manage your privacy settings
- Security – Set up two-factor authentication
- Login alerts – Get alerts about unrecognized logins
- How people can find and contact you – Control who can send you friend requests or see your friends list
Adjust these settings to update your personal account details, strengthen your security, and control your general privacy preferences.
Configuring Notifications Settings
The notifications settings allow you to manage your notifications from Facebook on your iPhone. Options include:
- Push notifications – Turn push notifications on/off entirely
- Sounds – Choose whether to receive sounds with notifications
- Badges – Toggle on/off app icon badges for new notifications
- Vibration – Turn vibration on/off
- Show Previews – Choose whether to show notification previews on the lock screen
- Notification topics – Granularly control notifications for specific topics like comments, messages, events, etc.
Adjust these settings based on how and when you want to be notified about Facebook activity.
Controlling Location Settings
The location settings allow you to configure how Facebook accesses and uses your location data. Options include:
- Location access – Allow/disallow Facebook to access your location at all
- Background location – Let Facebook access location when not using the app
- Location history – Clear your location history on Facebook
- Tagging – Control whether others can tag you in posts at specific locations
Adjust these settings according to your comfort level for sharing location data.
Configuring Privacy Settings
Facebook’s privacy settings allow you to control exactly who can see your posts, info and more. Key options include:
- Who can see your future posts – Choose friends, friends except acquaintances, only me, customise for specific friends/lists
- Who can contact you – Set who is allowed to contact you or send friend requests
- Who can see your friends list – Select whether your friends list is public or private
- Who can look you up using phone number/email address – Control findability by contact info
- Who sees your stuff on your profile – Manage visibility of profile info, featured photos, posts, etc.
Adjust these based on your preferences for sharing information publicly or with specific groups.
Controlling Ad Settings
You can manage the types of ads you see and adjust your ad preferences. Options include:
- Ad settings – Opt out of certain ad topics, categories or advertisers you don’t want to see
- Ad interests – View interests Facebook has inferred about you for ad targeting
- Advertisers – View list of advertisers currently showing you ads
- Your information – Control what information is available to advertisers
Use these controls to influence the types of ads shown to you on Facebook.
Managing Your Apps and Websites
Review and adjust permissions for apps and websites connected to your Facebook account. You can:
- Logged in with Facebook – View all sites and apps connected to your account via Facebook Login
- Apps, websites and games – Manage individual app permissions, remove access entirely, or turn off platform (App Center) access
Periodically check these settings to ensure only approved apps have access to your account.
Adjusting Data Usage Settings
If you need to minimize mobile data usage, Facebook offers some options. You can:
- Video autoplay – Turn off autoplaying videos while on cellular data
- Image quality – Select lower resolution images while on cellular data
Enable these as needed to reduce bandwidth usage.
Managing Your Language Settings
Facebook lets you configure your preferred language and translation options:
- Language – Select your primary language
- Translations – Choose whether posts you see are automatically translated or in original language
Set these up however makes Facebook easiest for you to use.
Checking Your Account Activity
Finally, your account activity settings provide a quick look at recent security changes, logins and more. Options include:
- Where you’re logged in – View recent sessions across all devices
- Login history – Check dates, locations and browsers used for recent logins
- Account recovery – View details of any account recoveries
- Changes – Check any recent changes to password, email, phone number or other account info
Review this info to monitor suspicious activity and ensure unauthorized changes don’t occur.
Conclusion
Facebook’s iPhone app provides access to all key account settings in one centralized, easy-to-access menu. Just tap the settings icon to manage everything from privacy and security to ads, location sharing, languages and more. Regularly checking in on these settings ensures your account is locked down properly and configured to your preferences.