KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — I’ve had my Facebook account since high school, so I can’t bare to think of what embarrassingly sad posts I have made back when I was a teenager. While I haven’t used my account as an emotional journal anymore, the history is still there. Luckily, Facebook has introduced a privacy control tool that can help me clean out my mess.Move posts you no longer want to the trash. Posts sent to the trash will stay there for 30 days before being deleted.
Manage Activity is now available on mobile though the Facebook app . It’s not currently on desktop yet, but it is expected to be available in the future.Once you’ve pressed ‘Recycle Bin’ to trash your old posts, you’ll get a warning saying “items moved to the recycle bin will be deleted after 30 days”. You can access ‘Recycle Bin’ with the icon on the top of the page, next to the ‘Archive’ icon, just in case you’ve thrown away something you want to keep.