When you Sign in to your Facebook account then it makes service sign in and creating accounts for the games, apps, and Services easy. But once you are using Facebook to sign in then your Facebook Account gives access to those third-party apps to your data. Depend on the App you are using. However, different Apps requesting different data permission. For instance, some App look views your name, profile photo while other App requests more personal details. Sometimes some App act on your behalf too.
There are a lot of methods to stop the amount of data you share with Facebook third party apps. You can stop the third-party-apps from collecting your data like the information in your profile and change settings of the profile. So all of that your information display only to you and you can disable these Facebook app platforms altogether.
The Fastest way to Delete Third-Party Apps on Facebook’s Android app
Facebook provides a Privacy Checkup tutorial that can easily help you to delete unlike apps from your account. So here’s how to delete or remove third-party apps
- Tap the Main Menu or Three bar lines on the Facebook home screen
- Select the Settings Privacy and then Settings option from the menu
- Then tap the Privacy Settings in the Privacy category under the Account Settings
- Tap the Check a few important settings under Privacy Settings
- Press the Next option to continue
- Choose the Choose Audience option from the Drop-Down Menu and then tap Next option
- Check your Profile security one by one you want and then tap Next option (Recommend setting everything on this screen Only Me)
- If you want to Change the App permissions then just tap Drop-down and change into Only me, Friends, Public or More list
- Check the Box beside security option and then tap to Remove option
- It will ask you whether you want to Remove the app and its permissions or if you want to Remove and Delete the app and any other activity you may add to your Facebook account
- After finished the reviewing your apps then tap Next or Done option
Warning: In case you have more than 100 apps, you must repeat the Privacy Checkup many times to view all of them.
How to Change App Permissions on Facebook for Android
You can revoke app permission on Facebook for Android and here are the steps that how to change app permissions
- Tap on the Main Menu or Three line bars on your Facebook app
- Select the Settings Privacy and then Settings option from the menu
- Then tap the Privacy Settings in the Privacy category under the Account Settings
- Tap on Apps
- Then tap to Remove Single App
- Then Check the Box beside the app
- Next tap on the Remove
- Tap the Remove or Delete and Remove
How to Change Apps permissions on Facebook using Web
If you want to change the apps permissions while using the Facebook web and so here are the steps that how to change the permission
- Open your Facebook with any web browser
- Click the Down Arrow on your main page upper right corner
- Choose the Settings Option from the menu
- Then Click the App and Website option from the left side
- Click the View and Edit option to change the permission
- Check the box beside the app then click the Remove option to delete the app
How to Change App Permissions on Facebook for iOS or iPhone
You can revoke app permission on Facebook for iOS or iPhone and here are the steps that how to change app permissions
- Tap on the Main Menu or Three line bars on your Facebook app
- Select Settings option from the menu
- Then tap Account Settings
- Tap on the Apps tab
- Then tap to Remove Single App
- Then Login with Facebook
- Next tap on the App to Remove
- Tap the Remove or Delete and Remove at the bottom
How to Turn off Facebook’s Third-Party Apps Platform altogether
If you installed more than one and want to review all of them at one time or want to turn off until you can better access. So Facebook has a switch-off option that essentially turns off all data connectivity b/w the third-party apps and your Facebook app. Here are the steps to how to enable it.
On Your Android Disable Third-Party Apps
To enable this feature while using your android device and then follow the steps below
- Open your Facebook with a web browser as you like
- Tap the Menu button and then tap Settings & Privacy at the bottom
- Under the Account setting tap on the Apps and Websites option in the Security Category
- Tap the Apps, Websites, and Games under the Preferences
- Next tap the Turn off button to disable Apps
Using your iPhone Disable Third-Party Apps
To enable this feature while using your iPhone device and then follow the steps below
- Open your Facebook Account with web browser
- Tap the Menu button and then Choose the Settings option
- Next tap the Apps tab and then tap on the Apps near to the bottom
- Choose the Platform
- Then tap the Edit option
- Next, tap the Turn off button
Using Web browser Disable Third-Party Apps via PC
To turn off the apps on your Facebook account while using your computer then follow the below steps
- First, you Open your Facebook Account on your Computer
- Then click the Down Arrow beside the help icon
- Choose the Settings option
- Then Click the Apps and web option from the left side
- Click the Edit option from the App, Websites and Game category under the preferences
- Finally, click the Turn Off to disable the platform
