28 PCWorld JULY 2020NEWS FACEBOOK’S MANAGE ACTIVITY
future.
“Whether you’re entering the job
market after college or moving on from an
old relationship, we know things change in
people’s lives, and we want to make it easy
for you to curate your presence on
Facebook to more accurately reflect who
you are today,” Facebook wrote in a blog
post (go.pcworld.com/fcbl).
Facebook will offer two ways to remove
content, the company said: archiving the
content and deleting it. Archiving it won’t
actually remove the content (which can
include photos or posts) from Facebook’s
servers. Instead, archiving makes it private,
so that you and you alone can see it,
according to the company.
Posts that you want to delete will
actually be purged from Facebook’s
servers, though Facebook itself will give
you quite a lot of time to think things
over: The posts won’t actually be deleted
for a full 30 days.
Facebook will offer a number of ways
to find and select posts for deletion. You
may select all of your posts, according to
an explanatory video that the company
posted, or choose individual posts or
photos to delete. You may filter posts by
date range or by specific people. You’ll
also be able to select a particular category,
such as “Text updates, check-ins, notes
and more” as well as “Photos and videos”
and “Posts from other apps.” ...or delete it.Facebook will let you archive the content...