How to Get Rid of Suggested Posts on Facebook

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: January 25, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent Facebook's "Suggested Posts" ads from appearing in your News Feed while using Facebook on a computer, as well as how to remove individual suggested posts manually on both desktop and mobile versions of Facebook. Since blocking suggested posts requires the use of an ad-blocker, you cannot block all suggested posts in the Facebook mobile app.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Blocking All Posts with AdBlock Plus

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Install Adblock Plus in your browser. If you don't already have Adblock Plus, install it in your favorite browser before proceeding.
- The ad-blocker that you use must be Adblock Plus.
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Click the Adblock Plus icon. It resembles a red stop sign icon with "ABP" written in it in the top-right side of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.
- In Chrome, you may first have to click ⋮ in the upper-right corner of the window.
- On Microsoft Edge, you'll need to click ⋯ in the upper-right corner, click Extensions in the menu, and click AdBlock Plus.
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Click Options. You'll find this near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking it prompts the Adblock Plus "Options" tab to open.
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Click the Add your own filters tab. It's a grey button near the top of the page.
- On Firefox, click instead the Advanced tab on the left side of the page.
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Copy the suggested post-blocking script. Select the code listed in this step, then press Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘ Command+C (Mac): facebook.com##DIV[id^="substream_"] ._5jmm[data-dedupekey][data-cursor][data-xt][data-xt-vimpr="1"][data-ftr="1"][data-fte="1"]
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Enter the script. Click the "Add filter" text field near the top of the Adblock Plus page, then press Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Command+V (Mac) to paste the copied code into the text field.
- On Firefox, scroll down and click EDIT FILTERS, then paste the script into the "My filter list" text box.
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Click ＋ Add filter. It's to the right of the script.
- On Firefox, you'll click SAVE instead.
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Restart your browser. Close and re-open your browser to finalize the changes. Your Adblock Plus extension should now block suggested posts (along with other ads) on Facebook.
- It may take Adblock Plus a few minutes to determine and block every ad on Facebook, so be patient and refrain from refreshing your Facebook page for a few minutes.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Removing Individual Posts on Desktop

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Open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. This will open your Facebook News Feed if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password in the upper-right side of the page before continuing.
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Find a suggested post. Scroll through your News Feed page until you find a "Suggested Post" ad.
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Click ⋯. It's in the upper-right side of the suggested post. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Hide ad. This option is in the drop-down menu.
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Select a reason. When prompted, check one of the following options:
- It's not relevant to me
- I keep seeing this
- It's misleading, offensive or inappropriate
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Click Continue. It's a blue button at the bottom of the window.
- If you selected It's misleading, offensive or inappropriate in the window, you'll need to check an additional reason first.
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Click Done when prompted. You should no longer see the selected ad.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Removing Individual Posts on Mobile

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Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon, which resembles a white "f" on a dark-blue background. This will open the News Feed if you're logged into Facebook.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password before proceeding.
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Find a suggested post. Scroll through your News Feed until you find a "Suggested Post" ad.
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Tap ⋯. It's in the upper-right corner of the ad. Doing so prompts a pop-up menu.
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Tap Hide ad. This option is in the pop-up menu. The ad will immediately disappear.
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Tap Hide all ads from [name]. It should appear in the middle of the page. This will prevent the ad's poster from showing up in your News Feed again, with the sole exception being if you've liked their page.
- For example, you might tap Hide all ads from Nike to avoid ads from Nike in the future, but you'll still see Nike posts if you follow their page on Facebook.
- You may not have this option on Android.

Community Q&A

Question

I don't get another menu after I click on Hide Ad.

Community Answer

Try restarting your web browser and try again. Also, make sure you're clicking the down-arrow next to the name of the page who advertises a Suggested Post, and not one of the ads in the right side bar.
Question

Even if you hide a post it returns if you leave facebook and then go back on or check out some other story and then go back to the timeline.

Community Answer

Instead of hiding individual ads, try hiding all ads from a particular Facebook page with the method in this article. This will prevent that page's ads from appearing in your newsfeed.
Question

How do I remove a post in the news feed?

Community Answer

You can remove any post in your news feed by clicking the downward-facing arrow in the upper right-hand corner of the post, then clicking "Hide post". From there, you can select options such as "Undo", "See less from..." and "Report post".

Warnings

Facebook will invariably continue looking for ways to best ad-blockers, meaning that your ad-blocker might one day stop working on Facebook.

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