To compete with this, Meta-owned Instagram also started a section called Instagram reels that are currently available on Facebook as well. Reels are fun to look at and their short length makes us engage in them even more. But they can also be tremendously distracting when you are on Facebook for some information and business or, don’t like looking at videos in general. Well, in those cases, you can easily hide all reels on Facebook. In this article, you will learn how you can do so through various methods.
How to Hide All Reels on Facebook?
Instagram reels are shown on Facebook and there is a separate section that is available for those videos. The videos are shown on the basis of the content you like and interact with most on Facebook. But, when on this app you might just want to see and know what your friends are doing or, run a marketplace rather than focus on strange videos. Below mentioned are some methods through which you can hide all reels on Facebook.
How to Hide Shown Reels?
One of the ways to hide all reels on Facebook is by starting to hide the reels and short videos that are recommended to you and shown on your homepage. To stop seeing these reels on Facebook, follow the given steps:
1. Open Facebook and log into your account.
2. Scroll down on the homepage till you reach the ‘Reels and short videos’ section.
3. Click on the ‘Three dots’ option.
4. Select ‘Hide’.
5. The reels will be hidden.
In this way, you can hide all reels on Facebook that appear on your homepage.
How to Hide All Your Facebook Reels?
Now that you have learned how to hide all reels on Facebook from your homepage, you can also hide the reels shared by you on Facebook completely and make your work even easier. To hide all Facebook reels including your own, follow the given steps:
1. Open the Facebook app and log into your accounts.
2. Click on the ‘Hamburger icon’.
3. Click on ‘Settings and Privacy’ then select ‘Settings’.
4. Go to the ‘Reels’ option.
5. Select the audience you wish. To hide it completely, select the ‘Friends except…’ option and choose all the friends you wish to hide reels from.
You can also choose if you want others to be able to share your reels or not. In this way, you can hide all reels on Facebook that was shared by you. Along with hiding the reels shared by yourself, you can also hide photos on Facebook that you shared.
How to Stop Reels from Auto-playing in the App?
As you know that when you are scrolling through your Facebook home page and looking at the posts shared by your friends and family, it can be a huge distraction when reels start auto-playing. To stop reels from auto-playing on the Facebook app, follow the given steps:
1. Open the Facebook app and log into your accounts.
2. Click on the ‘Hamburger icon’.
3. Click on ‘Settings and Privacy’ then select ‘Settings’.
4. Go to the ‘Media’ option.
5. Under the Autoplay section, select ‘Never Autoplay Videos’ option.
The reels that appear on your page will stop auto-playing even when they actually do appear.
Other Ways to Hide Facebook Reels
1. Reinstall the App
One of the ways to hide all reels on Facebook is by reinstalling the app. As reels have been introduced to the app recently only, the older version of the app does not support this feature. Uninstall Facebook and reinstall it again to use the older version of Facebook. Make sure that you don’t update it or, set it to auto-update otherwise the reels will appear again.
2. Use Facebook Web
As you may know, the Facebook web version is not as advanced and robust as the app. The app contains way more features than that accommodated in the web version of Facebook. Reels are one of them. Reels have not yet been introduced to the Facebook web which means that you can use the platform without the thought of getting interrupted by short videos you don’t want to see.
Conclusion
Hence, by using the steps mentioned above in the article, you can now easily hide all reels on Facebook whether they be the ones appearing on your homepage or even the ones you shared. You can also use the web version if you do not feel like going through all the hard work and not dealing with reels at all. Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts. Feel free to leave comments in case of any queries.
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