Stop FB ruining your day with terrible memories

Stop FB ruining your day with terrible memories

Arab News:
If you had a Facebook account for a while, chances are, the hugely-successful social network has a few memories and photos you’d rather not see plastered across your News Feed. And the more times goes by, the more of such stuff the platform collects on you.
Facebook’s “On This Day” timehop feature pulls in past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things you’ve shared or been tagged in — from one year ago, two years ago, and so on. 
The feature can help you to stroll down memory lane and fondly remember some of the times you’ve spent with friends and family. Unfortunately, it can also resurface some painful memories from your miserable past.
The platform does offer some customization tools, as well as the ability to turn off the feature altogether.
To switch-off “On This Day” completely, you’ll need to login to the Facebook website.
When your News Feed loads, click on “On This Day,” which is listed in the rundown of apps on the left-hand side of the screen.
When facebook.com/onthisday loads, you will be presented with a list of your social media memories. In the top right hand-corner, there is a button marked Notifications. Click this and chose the option marked Off.
You can not remove the app altogether. 
But at least the platform won’t pester you with cringe-inducing past statuses every time you login.
And if its just a few select memories you’re looking to avoid, you can customise the “On This Day” alerts from the same menu.
Tap the Preferences button, next to Notifications on the “On This Day page.” This presents you with two filters, which allow you to purge a particular date or person from your memories.
You don’t need to be friends with people to ditch them from the “On This Day” app, so you can easily get rid of people you’re no longer friends with.