How to clean up your News Feed with Facebook for iPhone and iPad

August 29, 2014

Have a friend that's particularly vocal on Facebook that you wish you could just hide? Or how about all those groups and pages you joined that now spam your timeline with nonsense that you really don't need to see every day? As luck would have it, there's an easier way to silence them than manually visiting each page, group, or profile. While doing some digging through the settings in the Facebook for iOS app, I found an interesting section that actually lets you clean up your entire News Feed in just a few taps. You just have to know where to look!

How to quickly follow and unfollow people, pages, and groups with Facebook for iOS

Launch the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on More in the bottom navigation.
Tap on Manage News Feed — it's towards the bottom.
Use the tabs at the top to switch between Friends, Pages, and Groups.
Tap on the Following button next to a friend, page, or group that you'd like to Unfollow.
Tap it again to follow them.

That's it! Simply unfollow all the friends, pages, and groups that you don't want to see in your News Feed. Keep in mind that this is completely different than removing someone as a friend or un-liking a page. The person on the other end has no idea that you've unfollowed them. The only difference is that now you'll have to go directly to the person's profile or that particular page or group in order to see their posts. You've always had the ability to unfollow people, groups, and pages on their specific profiles but this new addition makes it much quicker and simpler to clear up things in the News Feed.

This works surprisingly well for pages, groups, and friends that are spammy with links, or let's face it, with friends that you don't want to delete but find rather obnoxious. Give it a try and let me know if the quality of your Facebook News Feed seems to improve or not!