How to disable Facebook’s internal browser on your mobile phone

Get rid of the internal Facebook browser on your mobile phone by following all the steps that we will show you in our guide.

Annoying, slow and rarely incompatible with some websites.Facebook’s internal browser on Android and iOS is, without a doubt, one of the worst features the social network’s official mobile app has. Same thing though a few years ago you could deactivate it in secondsMeta made a terrible decision. “disguise” opportunity for users to be sure to use it.

Fortunately, all is not lost and you can still find it. “secret button” What allow deactivate the internal Facebook browser on your mobile phone. If you’re tired of doing the same thing of opening every link that appears in the posts you view on a daily basis, You won’t need to download third-party applicationsWell, by following the steps we show you here, you can deactivate it permanently.

Here’s how you can disable the internal Facebook browser on your mobile phone.

Before we explain the procedure you must follow, it is important to clarify that the internal browser of this social network can be deactivated like in Facebook Lite (lite version for mobile phones with low resources) just like the regular version of Facebook. Of course, we recommend updating the Facebook application to the latest version to find the button that allows you to remove the corresponding browser.

In Facebook Lite, you can also disable the browser.

• The first step you will have to take is open the Facebook app.
• On the Facebook home screen you should click on the three horizontal lines (located in the upper right corner of the screen).
• You will have access to the social network menu. There you will have to Click “Settings & Privacy”.
• Several options will be displayed, you need open the one where it says “Settings”.

Once deactivated, the links will open in the default browser you have activated on your mobile phone.

• So you’ll have to scroll to the Settings category. Once there you should click on Multimedia Content.
• As a final step you will have to activate the last optionwhat does he say Opening links in an external browser.

It’s worth mentioning that There are users for whom the button is not visible which allows you to disable the internal browser. Then, you need to uninstall the application and reinstall itsince this is usually the most effective solution to this problem (something similar to what happens when the Facebook couple icon does not appear).

There’s not much to add in this regard: if you get errors when you disable your browser, or Facebook doesn’t work properly, you’ll have to reactivate the browser, clear the app’s cache, and go through all the steps again.