Facebook on Android is one of the most used applications by millions of users in the world since the growth of social networks is quite a lot and every day it gains more followers. That is why Facebook developers work every day to look for new updates that involve details such as security, features, compatibility and performance. Then, these new versions are released for users, by default they are downloaded and installed on the phone. This is safe and functional without a doubt, but many users may not want the application to be updated for any issue of mobile space, functions that can be removed, etc., in this case it is advisable to disable Facebook on Android Run the update process automatically and today we will explain how to achieve it..
Updates are necessary to ensure that the versions we have in a software are the most optimal that we can have installed. But updating does not only imply being up to date in versions, but it implies that all the improvements, including security improvements, will be implemented. Therefore, when there is a security or privacy error, a new software version is released with the resolution of these problems. Even so, it is sometimes quite annoying that updates are run continuously and without having requested it. In this case we can manage this task in the Facebook app with Android and choose whether or not to automatically update us.
You can also follow the steps with the video that we leave below and thus manage Android updates:
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1. How to disable automatic Facebook updates on Android from Google Play
One of the first options available is to avoid updating Facebook from the Play Store, but this will affect all phone applications
Step 1
If we want to use this method, we access the Play Store and there we click on its menu and select “Settingsâ€:
Step 2
By clicking there we will then locate the option “Update applications automaticallyâ€:
Step 3
In the options displayed we will have the following. In this case we select “Do not update apps automatically†but as we mentioned this will affect all Android applications.
- Update applications only over Wi-Fi
- Update them using both Wi-Fi and data
- Do not update them automatically
2. How to disable automatic Facebook updates on Android from the app
Step 1
If we want to do it directly from the Facebook application, we must access it and we will see the following:
Step 2
Click on the application menu and select "Settings":
Step 3
Then we must go to the section "Multimedia content and contacts" where we find this:
Step 4
Click on the "Multimedia content and contacts" option and locate the line called "App updates":
Step 5
By default, automatic updates will be active:
Step 6
To deactivate them, click on the “Automatically update Facebook†switch and the following message will be launched:
Step 7
We confirm by clicking on the “Disable†line:
3. How to disable automatic Facebook updates on iPhone
In the case of iPhone we will have to manage the updates from the App Store. To do this we will do the following:
Step 1
You have to click on the “Settings†of your iPhone
Step 2
Find the App Store application and click on it
Step 3
Here you will have to disable automatic updates by deactivating the "App Updates" option.
In this way we have disabled automatic updates on Facebook for Android..