How to enable or disable Facebook automatic updates on iPhone and Android

Automatic Facebook updates

Many complain that Facebook is constantly updated at the worst times. Likewise, some say they prefer older versions of the application. For this reason, knowing how to disable updates can be very helpful.

Furthermore, disabling automatic updates of an Android App is something we recommend for a large number of applications, since it is certainly not always necessary to update.

How to enable or disable Facebook automatic updates on iPhone and Android

There are two main competitors in the world of mobile phones, i iPhone devices and Android mobile phones. Both devices have their positives and negatives, in the end it is none other than the taste of each that defines what to buy is best. Either way, in both you can use Facebook without problems.




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Disable Facebook updates on iOS

The process for disabling updates on iOS it's pretty simple, you won't be able to disable the update for a single app anyway. In fact, the only way to disable updates is to completely disable this feature.

However, we believe it is the best option, as not all applications need to be constantly updated. In this way you can decide which applications to update and which not, if you want to prevent Facebook from updating automatically, read this information:

  1. The first thing you should do is go to the configuration options of your iOS device. To do this, click on the gear Settings a life.
  2. Once you are in the configuration area of ​​your iPhone, you need to locate the section iTunes Store and App Store. Click on this menu.
  3. The following screen will show the various options that you can configure, including the Automatic Downloads section.
  4. Likewise within this menu there are options   Music, Applications, Books e Updates.
  5. We recommend that you disable all of these options, so applications, books or other updates will not be downloaded automatically.
  6. This way, Facebook and the rest of the applications on your system will no longer be downloaded automatically. In case an update is needed, the most common is for the application to notify you, so don't worry.

After the above, you will have disabled Facebook automatic updates. If instead you intend to use the previous method to have more space, we recommend instead to use these methods to free up space in the internal memory of my iPhone, which will be much more useful.




Disable Facebook updates on Android

Android is one of the most prominent operating systems for mobile phones along with iOS. Likewise, the Facebook application is present in this OS and can also generate problems by updating itself automatically, although there is a solution to this problem.

In any case, as with iPhone devices, you will not be able to deactivate a specific application, instead you will have to deactivate all updates. Therefore, if you go to this guide because you have little internal storage space on your Android, know that there are other methods that you can follow. Finally, to disable updates on your Android device, please follow the below steps carefully

  1. In the case of Android, to disable automatic updates it is necessary to open the Play Store application, which is the official Google app store.
  2. Once you are inside the App Play Store, click on the three horizontal lines located at the top left of the screen.
  3. All available options will be displayed, however the one you are interested in is the configuration. click on Settings.
  4. In the General tab you will automatically find the update applications, click there. By default is enabled the option Only via Wi-Fi, in any case to disable automatic updates it is necessary to select the option Do not update App automatically.
  5. By following these steps, Facebook will not be able to update itself automatically. In any case, the application will notify you if new updates appear, so you can choose whether to install them or not.

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Disabling the automatic updates it is not only useful for application Facebook, but it also prevents the space from filling out of control. At the same time you will save the data, as it will not be consumed by an inappropriate update.

On the other hand, you can carry out this process with many applications, for example it is valid to turn off automatic WhatsApp updates, although this is certainly not recommended, so it is necessary to evaluate the functioning of the application before taking this measure.

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