It's not possible to turn off Facebook ads entirely, but if you want to keep Facebook from being creepy, customizing Facebook ad preferences might be for you.
If you want to keep Facebook from being creepy, customizing your Facebook ad preferences might be for you.
You can hide ad topics, restrict which parts of your information advertisers can use and prohibit Facebook from using partners' data for targeting and more. The first option, which is "ads based on data from partners," will limit ads based on data Facebook has acquired about you from its partners. Tap to change it to "not allowed."
In the "your information" section of Facebook's ad settings, you can toggle off the social network's ability to use your relationship status, your company, your job title and your education for ads. Go in and make sure you turn everything off that you don't want to share. Next, go to "advertisers and businesses." This section allows you to limit the data that individual companies upload to Facebook in order to target you. The key section is "who have uploaded and shared a list with your info." This section contains a list of companies that uploaded ad targeting lists to Facebook that include your data, such as your phone number or email.
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