How to Block Advertisements on Facebook

As you browse along your NewsFeed, you’ll usually come across posts that somehow don’t appear to be from anyone of your Facebook friends. Looking closely, you’ll find that these aren’t actually posts from people, but rather advertisements slid in between your News Feed section. These ads can sometimes be annoying as it consumes space on your Facebook stream that should be for posts from your friends. One good way to get rid of these random ads is by blocking it from your Facebook.



Steps:

1) Log into your Facebook account.Open a web browser on your computer and visit Facebook. You can also access Facebook using its mobile app by tapping its app icon from the screen of your phone or tablet.
  • Enter your account email and password on the allocated text fields on the page and click, or tap, the “Sign In” button to log into your account.

2) Find an advertisement to block.After logging into your account, you’ll be taken to your Facebook’s News Feed page. Scroll down the page and find a post labeled as “Sponsored.” Sponsored posts are advertisements on Facebook.
  • You can also find “Sponsored” posts on the right-hand side of your News Feed when you’re browsing Facebook on a computer web browser.

3) Block advertisements on Facebook.Tap the down arrow icon, or the close “X” button, on the top right-hand corner of the sponsored post, and a pop-up menu will appear. Click or tap “I don’t want to see this” from the pop-up menu, and that ad will be removed from your Facebook

4) Tell your reason for blocking. If you want to send a feedback to Facebook on why you decided to block the ad, click the “Why don’t you want to see this?” link that will appear as soon as you remove the advertisement from your Facebook. A small window called “What can you do?” will appear where you can choose from the five reasons why you want to block the post:
  • It’s not relevant to me
  • I keep seeing this
  • It’s offensive or inappropriate
  • It’s spam
  • Something else
5) Block all other post from a specific advertiser. After picking out your reason, click the “Hide all ads” link on the next window that will appear to block all ads coming from that particular advertiser.  
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