How to Hide Reels on Facebook on Desktop or Mobile

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How to Remove Reels on Facebook

Note: For demonstration, we will go with a desktop.

Step 1: OpenFacebookon your PC or mobile device.Scroll down until you see the Reels and short videos section.

Step 2: Tap or click on thethree-dot iconat the top left of the section.

Step 3: SelectHide.

That’s it. Irrespective of whether you are accessing the settings from a desktop or mobile device, you have successfully removed or hidden reels on Facebook.

How to Hide Your Facebook Reels

Step 1: Open theFacebookapp on your Android or iOS device.

Step 2: From the top, tap the+ buttonand chooseReel.

Step 3: Now, select thevideoyou want to upload as a Reel, make the necessary edits, and tapNext.

Step 4: When you finish editing and reach the New Reel page, tap theoptionbelow Who can see this?

Step 5: In the Reels audience page, selectFriendsto prevent anyone who isn’t your friend from seeing it.

Step 6: You canset the selected audience as the default for all future Reels by checking the box forSet as default audience for reels.

Step 7: TapSave default audience.

Mind you, if you didn’t set a default audience, the Save default audience button would not be visible. You can tap on the back arrow for the settings to get saved.

Step 8: Finally, tap onShare now.

How to Hide a Reel That You Don’t Like

Step 1: Open theFacebookapp on your Android or iOS device.

Step 2: Go to theWatchtab from the top navigation bar.

Step 3: Under the Watch tab, tap onReels.

Step 4: Go to theReelyou didn’t like and tap on thethree-dot icon.

Step 5: From the bottom sheet, chooseHidereel.

Note: You can also select an alternative, such as Show more or Show less. As it sounds, this option will enable Facebook’s algorithm to push more or fewer reels of the same sort.

There you go. You have quickly and efficiently hidden the reels you didn’t like.

This was the case when you didn’t like the content of a particular page or a person. If you don’t want to follow or see content from a person or page on your Facebook Reels, move to the following method.

How to Block Reels From People or Pages on Facebook

Blocking reels from a person or a page on Facebook follows the same trajectory asblocking someone on Facebook. The steps are the same for both desktop and mobile.

Note: We are assuming that you are already in the Reels section.

Step 1: From the Reels page on your mobile or desktop, tap on thepageorperson’sname.

Step 2: Click thethree-dot icon.

Step 3: From the drop-down, chooseBlock.

Step 4: In the pop-up, click or tap toConfirmyour choice.

FAQs

By default, Facebook reels are visible to all, even those who aren’t your friends. However, you can restrict who can view your reels by changing their privacy settings.

No, Facebook does not notify users when someone views their Reel. Unless you like, comment, or share the Reel, the person who posted it cannot tell if you watched it.

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Last updated on 23 August, 2024

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