Maybe you woke up from a long night and realize you've made a horrible mistake, posting dozens of embarrassing pictures (or worse) to Facebook. Maybe you've just decided that your five years on Facebook were experimental and you'd rather move on.
In either case, deleting more than a couple of posts or pictures can be a major pain. CNET's Elinor Mills recently wrote up a neat Android tool called Exfoliate that can scour your Facebook history and permanently delete some or all content. (iPhone users should see it come to the App Store soon.) Here's how to use it:
Facebook Wall before Exfoliate.
- Install Exfoliate from the Android Market.
- Tell Exfoliate which data to delete. This is mostly straightforward, organized into time and content type. If things don't seem to work out the first time, try again with Background Override checked. If you're on a network you trust, you can uncheck Use Https Only to speed up the operation considerably.
Step 2: Choose data to delete.
- Sign in to Facebook. Exfoliate doesn't retain your log-in i... [Read more]
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Rob Lightner
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:02:34 GMT
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