Removing yourself from ads

Pt. 9 of 10 | 1:25 |

Facebook Privacy Primer

Thursday June 17, 2010

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advertisements are all over the place when you're online. You may have even noticed pictures of your friends being used in them. If you're concerned that your friends might be seeing pictures of you in their

Facebook advertisements

then you can change some

privacy settings

so that you stay on the safe side. It only takes a few quick steps that might afford you some peace of mind from the advertising industry!

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Show Notes

UPDATE: Facebook has begun rolling out new and simplified privacy settings for some users. Many of the tips in this series still directly apply however.

- You can change how much of your information is visible to advertisers through your profile page.

- First click on Settings.

- Now click Account Settings.

- Now click on the Facebook Ads tab.

- Here you can uncheck the box so that your information will not be used in advertisements.

- You can also uncheck an option at the bottom to not be affiliated with ads.

- Save the changes and exit.

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