Even if you don’t enter data into Facebook/Meta directly, they may be getting data from other games/music apps/etc.

How to check

  • Navigate to the Accounts Center menu.
    • Instagram: open your profile page > 3 bar menu > Settings > Accounts Center
    • Messenger: 3 bar menu > gear icon > scroll to bottom > Accounts Center
  • Your information and permissions
  • Your activity off Meta technologies

There should also be an option for Manage future activity


I use some apps to communicate with family, and clearly my privacy protections weren’t as good as I thought they were. I set things up a long time ago, so I imagine something changed since then.

I’m considering of either sending the apps to the work profile, or switching to only using them in the browser. If it’s because I connected my account to the other service at some point, I don’t know how to sever that connection now aside from dropping that other game/app/service

  • BlackEco
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    133 months ago

    Thank you for the tip, but is there any way to delete the activity data from Meta after de-linking?

    • OtterOP
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      83 months ago

      I cleared it before I had a chance to look through properly. There should be a menu option when you look at the list

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      if I recall correctly, there is a separate link in the same settings area for deleting any data stored from off-site partners.