Facebook is the most downloaded and installed app in the world, because, for everyone, it is the standard and unique way of accessing the social network. Instead it is not like that at all and since Facebook is one of the heaviest apps ever and that drains more battery, my advice for all those who have an iPhone or an Android smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy is absolutely to delete Facebook as an app and to access Facebook from the website .
Not only will the smartphone become much faster than before, the battery will also reap significant benefits that can be appreciated immediately.
Even without the app, in fact, we can continue to be present on the social network and do all the same things that were done with the application, by connecting to the website in the mobile version of Facebook, which we can put on the main screen of the smartphone and launch it at any time as was an app.
And if that's not enough, it becomes possible, with the Facebook site, to send and receive messages without having to download that other heavy application called Facebook Messenger.
Delete Facebook from Android and use the site through Chrome .
Who has an Android smartphone (especially those who have an old or cheap one with limited memory), unless specific needs, can safely remove the Facebook app without having to give up any of its functions.
Not only does the mobile site on Chrome allow you to access all Facebook screens, search, messages and general settings, but it is also capable of sending notifications to the phone, thus remaining connected and immediately receiving every message, invitation or comment.
To uninstall the Facebook app on an Android smartphone, locate the icon in the list of apps, hold it down, drag it upwards without taking your finger away and move it to the word " Remove ".
If you are unable to do so, open Android Settings, go to the Apps category, find and tap Facebook and press the Uninstall button.
In the event that the app was pre-installed and was therefore not removable with uninstall, press on Disable .
Open your favorite browser now, (keep in mind that only on Chrome does the Facebook site send notifications to your mobile phone ), access www.facebook.com and allow push notifications when the warning appears.
Once open, in Chrome and in other browsers you can press the menu button at the top right and touch the option to add Facebook to the home or the main Android screen.
From now on, you can access Facebook with a single touch, pressing the icon, identical to that of the removed application, which will be on the home screen of the phone and which you can move to wherever you prefer.
Delete Facebook from an iPhone.
The iPhone is a powerful and fast smartphone of its own, so the removal of Facebook is not so much to gain memory space and speed, but above all to make the battery last longer.
On the iPhone, you can uninstall the Facebook application by touching the icon on the home screen, holding down and then touching the "x" to remove it.
Once done, open the website www.facebook.com on Safari, log in with your account name and password, tap the button at the bottom with a square icon and an arrow that comes out and select the option to add it to the Home screen .
Facebook will have its own icon on the iPhone home screen and can be opened with a single touch.
Since Facebook is no longer installed as an application, it will not be able to run in the background, to know the location and to do all those things that drain the battery.
The only problem on the iPhone is that the mobile Facebook site does not support notifications as it does on an Android phone with Chrome.
You can remedy this deficiency by activating email notifications in your Facebook settings and receiving them via the Swiss Post app to not really lose anything.
Personally I have removed the Facebook app from my smartphone for several months and if before the battery arrived in the evening completely discharged, now it always remains with at least 20% of charge until late at night.
The Facebook site is the same as the application, it opens quickly, although a little less fluid in movement.
You can definitely share photos and videos quickly and, as mentioned above, the site also allows you to read messages and chat, which the app does not do without installing Messenger.
This trick, which is vital for Facebook, also works for other apps like Twitter that have the identical website to the application.
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