Sometimes you download an Android app to your Chromebook and learn that it simply doesn’t work. Other times your storage is full and you need to clear it up. Or maybe one of your favorite apps just got a PWA equivalent and you want that Android version out of your life.

Regardless of the situation, deleting apps from a Chromebook is an essential skill for any ChromeOS user. And it’s easy. Frankly, it’s much less of a pain than it is on Windows.

Here’s how to uninstall apps from a Chromebook.

How to uninstall apps from a Chromebook

• Click the little circle on the bottom-left corner of your screen to pull up the Launcher.
• Right-click the app and select Uninstall.
• A window will pop up prompting you to confirm your choice. Select Uninstall again.

If you decide you miss the app after you uninstall it, don’t worry — you can go on back to the Google Play Store and reinstall it.

Controlling smart lighting with your voice is one of the most useful features of a smart home. Saying, “Hey Siri, turn off the lights” from the comfort of your bed or the couch without having to get up or pull out your phone is really a great experience. And, if you have some Philips Hue smart light bulbs and an iPhone, it’s really easy to connect them to Apple’s HomeKit smart home platform to put Apple’s Siri voice assistant to work for you.

With this set up you can also sync your smart lighting to other connected devices in your home. This lets you create automations that do things like have your lights turn on and your music start playing in the morning when a motion sensor is triggered or set a Movie Time scene that adjusts your lights, turns up the smart thermostat, and locks your door.

Another benefit of connecting Apple HomeKit and Philips Hue is Apple’s adaptive lighting. This feature automatically adjusts the color temperature of your lights based on the time of day. It sets them to cooler white light during the daytime to help you focus and a warmer light as the day winds down to help your body clock adjust more naturally to nighttime.

Here’s how to connect your Philips Hue lighting to Apple HomeKit.

Image: Philips Hue

Set up Philips Hue smart lights in the Apple Home app

To connect any Philips Hue smart lighting device to Apple HomeKit for voice control with Siri, you will need a Hue Bridge and an Apple HomeKit device, such as an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or HomePod. If you want to set up automations, you will need an Apple Home Hub, which is a HomePod, Apple TV, or iPad.

• Open the Philips Hue app on your iPhone or iPad.
• Go to Settings > Voice Assistant > Siri & HomeKit.
• Tap Pair Bridge.
• Name your home and tap Create home.
• Scan the HomeKit code on the bottom of your Hue Bridge with your phone’s camera.
• Follow the prompts to connect your Hue lights.
• The Hue app and the Apple Home app should sync your rooms, so any lights you have in rooms in the Hue app will appear in corresponding rooms in the Home app.
• If this doesn’t happen, tap the Settings button at the bottom of the Siri & HomeKit page in the Hue app and select Sync setup to HomeKit.

Once set up, you can use voice commands with Siri to turn your lights on or off and adjust the color and brightness. You can also add the lights to any HomeKit Scenes and Automations.

Set up Hue Accessories in the Apple Home app

If you have a physical control device for your Hue bulbs, such as a Philips Hue Smart Dimmer Switch, Hue Smart Button, or Hue Tap Dial Switch, you can also pair these to Apple HomeKit. However, you can only configure these devices in one app, so once you set them up in the Apple Home app, you won’t be able to control them in the Hue app.

The main reason to add these to the Apple Home app is if you have other smart lights in your home that are also HomeKit-compatible, such as smart bulbs from Meross and smart switches from Lutron Caseta. Then you can program the Hue accessory switches to control those lights alongside your Hue lights using the Apple Home app.

Here’s how to add your Philips Hue accessory switches to the Apple Home app:

• Open the Philips Hue app.
• Tap Settings > Accessories and select the device you want to add to Apple Home.
• Tap Setup in Apple Home.
• A dialogue box will pop up confirming that setting up the device in Apple Home will remove your current configuration.
• Tap Set up in Apple Home.
• The Hue app will automatically open the Apple Home app.
• Tap the device’s icon in the Home App.
• Configure it to control whichever HomeKit accessories you like.
• If you decide you want to go back to using just the Hue app, you can reset the device and set it up again in the Hue app.

One of the new features introduced in Android 12 was the ability — if you had a Pixel phone — to automatically match your phone’s color palette to that of your wallpaper, including what Google calls Themed icons — icons that, instead of using their own colors, take on the color palette you’ve chosen as a theme.

Back then, you could only theme icons that were offered by Google apps. So, for example, when I tried it out on a Pixel 3 using Android 12 beta, it changed some, but not all, of the icons on my home page into black designs against a hued background. (Quite honestly, I thought the normal multicolored icons looked much better.) Third-party icons, like the one for Slack, remained as they were.

In Android 13, the ability to have your icons follow a color palette has been expanded to more icons — as long as the developers have tweaked their coding to allow it. When I turned on the themed icons on my current Pixel 6, the only app out of the many apps on my phone that I could immediately find that followed the new theme (and wasn’t a Google app) was Bitwarden. (9to5Google has a running list of third-party apps that can adopt Google’s themed look.)

Still, it’s nice to be able to play around with the look of your home page. Want to try it out yourself? Easy.

Choose your wallpaper

Let’s start by choosing a wallpaper.

• Long-press on an empty part of your homescreen until you see the pop-up menu.
• Select Wallpaper & style.
• Tap on the Change wallpaper link just below the two representations (the home and lock screens) of your current wallpaper.

• Tap on one of the categories presented on the wallpaper screen, and then select a specific image. Or tap on the top button called My photos to select one of your own photos.
• Once you select your image, you’ll be shown a preview of what it will look like on your homescreen and lock screen. (Two buttons below the preview image let you toggle between the two.) If you’re satisfied, tap the check mark in the bottom-right corner.
• A pop-up menu will give you the choice of using the wallpaper on the homescreen, your lock screen, or both. And you’re done! You’ll find yourself back on your home page — with your new wallpaper.

Tweak your theme

If you want to try the themed icons, go back to the Wallpaper & style page and toggle on Themed icons. The screenshots here show what my current wallpaper looks like with normal app icons and with the themed icons turned on. Currently, out of all of my many apps, it looks like only the folks at Bitwarden have instituted the ability to use Android’s themes with its icon; it will be interesting to see how many others follow along in the coming weeks.

The Wallpaper & style page also lets you toggle a dark theme on and off and change the app grid so that you get fewer larger icons on each home page (which may be useful for those who find current icons too small).

Switch color combinations

You can also choose a different color combination for your theme depending on your wallpaper photo.

• On the Wallpaper & style page, select Wallpaper colors and choose one of the color combinations shown. You can also tap on Basic colors if you want something, well, basic.

While these style combinations won’t affect your phone’s efficiency or performance, the idea that you can tweak the look of your screen to suit your taste — or your mood — is rather nice.

Every fan of every band has, at some point, been there. You spotted them performing at the Grammys, working out with James Corden, taking over Grand Central, or hanging out with Joe Biden. You heard Butter on the radio, and you were like, “Hey, that’s catchy.” You’re intrigued — you like their music, and they seem like cool guys. You’re ready to be a fan. So what’s the next step? How do you get into the band?

I have good news for you: Army (the name of BTS’s fans) is a welcoming group. The prospect of joining an established fandom can be intimidating at times — but in general, we here in Army-land are very, very accustomed to being inundated by new, curious fans after every big award show, hit single, or other event that puts BTS all over the headlines. Come, settle in. We are happy to have you.

To put another worry out of the way: No, you are not too late. You may have heard that BTS has broken up — the term “hiatus” has been thrown around by some and contradicted by others (including Hybe, the parent company of BTS’s label) as a mistranslation. The current circumstance is that the band is still performing together, but the members are also focused more on their solo work than they have been in the past. (In other words, we are not currently in a One Direction situation.) The members are still active as artists, songs and videos are still being made, and there remains a vast library of content and lore, dating back to the band’s 2013 debut, for you to explore.

One housekeeping note: I’m assuming in this article that you’ve already heard BTS’s music. If not, there are all kinds of resources online breaking down the band’s discography that I encourage you to check out — this article is for folks who have already gotten a taste of the music but are interested in connecting with the band in other ways as well.

BTS members

As you listen to BTS’s songs and engage with their vast canon of shows, videos, and other content, you will naturally develop a sense of who each member is. But I believe it does help to know, at a minimum, everyone’s name and nicknames before you dive in.

Okay, here’s a photo of BTS.

Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

From the left, we have:

• V/Kim Taehyung/김태형 – Singer with an angelic baritone voice and a record-breaking Instagram following. Currently in a reality show on Disney Plus with a tight-knit group of friends that includes Parasite star Choi Woo-shik.
• Jungkook/Jeon Jungkook/전정국 – Singer and youngest member. You’ll hear him called “JK” and “Kookie” — he also makes short films under the name “Golden Closet.” Has a habit of doing multi-hour livestreams where he keeps insisting he’s about to go to bed and then not doing so, and we love him for it. Was recently described as “Wait, I swear I’ve seen that guy at a club before” by a non-Army friend who was re-watching the Grammys with me.
• Jimin/Park Jimin/박지민 – Singer, nicknamed “Mochi.” Performed Lie, an absolute banger that lives rent-free in my head. The only BTS member that my parents have heard of.
• RM/Kim Namjoon/김남준 – Rapper and leader of the group, also notable as an art collector. Famously became fluent in English by watching Friends over and over. Recently described as “the one I’d totally get a beer with” by my 35-year-old male friend.
• Jin/Kim Seokjin/김석진 – Singer, oldest member, and frequent purveyor of dad jokes. Often called “Worldwide Handsome,” and has a tendency to go viral when he makes public appearances. A friend of mine insists she took a class with him at university, but I’m still waiting for proof.
• J-Hope/Jung Hoseok/정호석 – Rapper and main dancer, known for glaring at other members when they make mistakes onstage and for his bright, infectious laugh. Recently headlined Lollapalooza. You’ll hear people call him “Hobi.”
• Suga/Min Yoongi/민윤기 – Rapper and accomplished producer. You’ll mostly hear him called Suga, but he’s done (excellent) solo work under the name “Agust D.” Recently collaborated with Psy on the unbelievably catchy song That That.

(To any Army reading this: I am oversimplifying tremendously. These are very complex humans with many facets and massive careers — this is not meant to be anything more than a very, very brief introduction to the members we know and love.)

Okay, now that you’ve got the names, here’s where you can find everyone on social media.

BTS social media

You’ll find a number of verified BTS accounts if you search for the band on Twitter. There are two that I recommend new fans follow. BTS_bighit is the band’s official account, run by their label (I assume). Here, you’ll see all the various announcements for the band’s projects. BTS_twt is where the members tweet — you’ll see selfies, jokes, birthday messages, and similar fare. All seven tweet from this one account, but they usually put their names on their tweets. If they don’t, it’s still usually not too hard to figure out who the tweet is from.

If you can’t read Korean, there are a number of Twitter accounts that translate everything BTS posts into English. I recommend that new fans follow and keep up with a few of those — here are some good ones.

On Instagram, the members have their own accounts with distinct vibes. RM posts a lot of art stuff, J-Hope has a mix of personal content and promotions of his work, V is more on the avant-garde side with the occasional thirst trap, Jin has been into tennis content lately, Suga posts a lot of selfies, Jimin seems to be living his best life in various locations, and Jungkook mostly lurks but occasionally pops up for extensive Q&As. (Again, I am oversimplifying.) There’s also an official group Instagram, which I mainly find useful for keeping track of when new Run! BTS episodes release (more on that below).

But the best place to start if you want to really get to know the members is Weverse. Weverse is a social network developed by Hybe that is specifically for musicians and fans. It’s constructed a bit like Facebook — artists can post text, photos, videos, and other media in combination, and there’s also an ephemeral stories-like feature.

In my experience, the members are a bit more personal and less curated on WeVerse than they are on Instagram (and they have more space to express themselves than Twitter gives them). It’s also the only place you’re at all likely to be able to interact with them — they regularly respond to fan comments on this platform.

Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

BTS TV shows

BTS has a whole bunch of video content, which is another good way to get to know the members. The sheer amount of it can be intimidating for a new fan, so I’m going to attempt to recommend some good places to start (but these are just my opinions — other fans may very reasonably disagree, we are all doing our best here, etc.).

I personally recommend that new fans start with Run BTS. This show is available on VLive, but you can also find most of the episodes on YouTube. It is one of the sillier shows BTS has done, but that’s why I find it such a good introduction to how genuinely entertaining and personable these seven people are.

The premise of the show is that the members compete in a variety of games, some of which you’ve heard of before (games of Mafia, escape rooms, tennis tournaments) and some of which are just silliness (there was an episode in which the producers hid playing cards all over a Duty Free, BTS ran around the Duty Free finding the cards, and the member who ended up with the most cards won a gift certificate to the Duty Free. I am not making that up — it’s one of my favorite episodes).

Not only is the show a lot of fun (BTS takes even the most ridiculous challenges very seriously), but as you watch each member compete, strategize, deceive, gloat, rage, endure, and throw down in their own way, you will get a great introduction to who they all are, their strengths, their relationships with each other, and the way they think.

Another good first option, if this doesn’t sound like your thing, is BTS In The Soop. This is a more relaxed reality show that follows the group on two remote vacations. You watch them hike, read, swim, work out, paint, fish, cook, jog, fly kites, race remote-controlled boats, set off fireworks, practice guitar, carve wood, play Avalon, and whatever else people do on vacation. This is a good way to see BTS just kind of living as people with the glitz and glamor removed — while the members are obviously aware that they’re making a show, it really does feel like you’re just watching them hang out (and members have stated that they felt that way while shooting it, too).

There are any number of other shows and movies you can check out, especially if you’re interested in BTS’s history and career. These include (but are not limited to):

• Bon Voyage – a reality show that follows BTS on various international trips during their time off
• Burn the Stage – a docuseries about BTS’s 2017 Wings Tour
• Bring the Soul – a docuseries about BTS’s 2018-2019 Love Yourself World Tour
• Break the Silence – a sequel to Bring the Soul, continuing to follow the Love Yourself World Tour
• Rookie King – a variety show that premiered in 2013, BTS’s debut year, where the members parody different television formats
• BTS Gayo – a variety show similar to Run! BTS in which the group does various activities related to K-pop

And then, there are all kinds of content on BTS’s official YouTube channel, BangtanTV, including Vlogs, choreography practices, recordings of live performances, interviews, covers, and behind-the-scenes footage from big shoots and events. If you just want to see the members chilling and chatting, you can watch hours and hours of old livestreams in the VLive app. I think you’ll get a bit more out of these when you’re more familiar with the members and their work — but feel free to watch them whenever you’d like. You’re the boss!

There are endless ways to connect with this group, and the programs outlined in this article are only the tip of the iceberg — but I hope they’re a helpful starting point for anyone who wants to learn more. Good luck. I hope these artists bring you the same joy they’ve brought so many other people around the world over the past nine years.

Even iOS apps occasionally misbehave — they can crash, or freeze, or otherwise stop working. If you’re new to iOS or just haven’t had this happen before, you may not know how to actually quit an app (as opposed to just swiping it off your screen). Here’s how to quit an app and, if you need to, shut down your phone. (We used a phone loaded with a beta of iOS 16, but this will work with earlier versions of the OS just as well.)

Quit an app

• Open the App Switcher by either swiping up from the bottom of the screen and then pausing in the middle or (if you have a Home button) double pressing the Home button.
• You’ll see an overlapping view of all your open apps. Swipe to the right or left until you find the app you want to quit.
• Swipe up on the app to close it.

While there isn’t any way to close all of your apps at once, you can swipe off up to three apps at a time by using the appropriate number of fingers. Otherwise, if you’ve got a lot of apps running, you’ll have to simply swipe them off one at a time.

Shut down your phone

If, for any reason, swiping the app off doesn’t solve the problem, then shut down your phone by pressing and holding the side button and either volume button until you see sliders appear. Drag the one that says slide to power off to the right. (If you have an iPhone with a Home button, instead, press and hold the side or the Sleep / Wake button.)

You should then be able to restart it by using the power button.

If worse comes to worst and you can’t shut down your phone this way, you can force restart it. If you have an iPhone 8 or later:

• Quickly press and release the volume up button.
• Quickly press and release the volume down button.
• Press and hold the side power button. After a while, the screen should go black; keep holding the button until you see the Apple logo, which will indicate that the phone has restarted. You can then release the button.

Update September 1st, 2022, 10:11AM ET: This article was originally published on June 4th, 2021, and has been updated to add information on force restarting an iPhone.

Whether you’re trying to quickly record ideas, an interview, or even a song idea, a voice recording app on your iPhone can come in useful. While Apple’s App Store is filled with third-party apps that can do that for you, Apple’s built-in Voice Memos app is particularly easy to use, given there’s no need to download anything — and it’s totally free. Plus, once you’re finished recording your voice note, you can also easily share it — and even edit the recording if need be. Below, we’ll guide you through just how to do so.

How to record your voice on an iPhone

• First, open the Voice Memos app, which is represented by an audio graph icon on your phone. You’ll likely find it either in your iPhone’s Extras or Utilities folder, or you can search for it in your App Library.
• Once you’re ready to start recording, click on the large red button toward the bottom. Your iPhone will now start recording your voice using its built-in microphone.
• When you’re finished, tap that red button (that should now look like a square) again to stop the recording. The app will automatically save it.
• To listen to the recording, select the play icon represented by a white triangle (or a black triangle if you’re not using dark mode).

The Voice Memo app also comes with a couple of extra useful features you may want to explore. For instance, you can rename the recording, add to it, or share the file.

How to rename the recorded file

• To rename the recording, click on the name of the recording you are currently playing. This will make it editable so you can type in a new name.
• After typing in the name, click Return (or Enter) on your on-screen phone keyboard to save it.

How to add to your audio recording

• To add to the recording you’re currently listening to, tap the three blue dots to the right of the recording’s name.
• Select Edit Recording.
• Make sure to scroll all the way to the end of the recording and then tap on Resume. If you don’t want to add something to the end, you can also scroll elsewhere — like the beginning or middle if you wish.
• When you’re finished, hit the pause icon represented by two bars, and then tap on Done.

How to share the recording

• To share the recording, once again, click on the three blue dots to the right of it and tap on Share.
• You’ll be presented with a number of app options. If you want to email it via a Gmail address, for example, just click on the Gmail icon, type in the email address, and send.

And voila! You’re all done. Now you can easily and quickly record your voice, edit it if necessary, and then share it with the rest of the world.

[NOTE: As of Friday, September 2nd, 2022, the program offering free home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests has been suspended due, according to the website, to a lack of funding from Congress. In other words, we’re on our own.]

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With the rise of the Omicron variant, we’ve been urged to use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to make sure that we don’t spread the virus to friends and family. However, it’s been very difficult to follow that suggestion, what with long lines at COVID testing stations and high prices for home kits — when you can find them.

To try to alleviate this situation, the US federal government has created a website where you can order four free rapid test kits per month per household. While the site was scheduled to officially open Wednesday, January 19th, it started taking names and addresses a day early.

It’s extremely simple to put in your order. You will not need to submit a credit card or any other financial information.

• Go to COVIDTests.gov.
• Tap on the button reading “Order Free At-Home Tests.”
• If you don’t see the button for any reason, you can go directly to the USPS site (which is where the button would send you anyway) at special.usps.com/testkits.
• Fill in your name, email address (if you want to receive notifications), and shipping address.
• Click on the green “Check Out Now” button — and you’re done!

So far, we haven’t had any reports of problems with the site itself, although (as can be imagined), it’s highly popular. (According to the site analytics.usa.gov, as of 2PM on Tuesday, January 18th, over 700,000 people had already visited the website.)

There is now also a phone number if you have difficulty accessing the internet or have any problems placing an order: 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).

The kits are supposed to ship within 7–12 days, starting in late January. Until then, as far as rapid tests are concerned, we’re still on our own.

Note: Some apartment dwellers are reporting problems with putting in an order if somebody else in their building already did:

There have been a number of solutions suggested if this happens to you, including putting your apartment number on the same line as your street address, putting your apartment number on the second address line, or using a word (such as “suite” or “apartment”) rather than a hash sign. None of these have been verified; we’ll let you know if we hear anything further. Meanwhile, if you’re having problems, you can try the 800 number mentioned above.

Update August 31st, 2022, 9:23AM ET: This article was originally published on January 18th, 2022, and has been updated to announce that the program is ending.

None of us are perfect, and all of us have published Facebook posts with misspellings, grammatical errors, mistaken “facts,” or opinions that we immediately realized might not need to be aired in public. When that happens, you’re going to want to hop into your post and fix the problem — either by changing it or deleting it altogether. Luckily, it’s really easy — if you know how.

What follows are directions on how to edit a Facebook post, delete it, and restore it on the web and using the mobile app. (I used the Facebook app on a Pixel 6, but the steps will be similar on other phones and on iOS.)

On the web

• In the post you want to edit, click on the three dots in the upper right of your post.
• Click on Edit post if you want to change it; make your edits, and then click on Save.
• Click on Move to trash if you want to delete it, and then click on Move.

Note: when you “delete” a post, you will actually be moving it to a trash section, where it will be finally deleted after 30 days. If you want to restore it or delete it immediately, follow the following steps.

• Click on your personal icon in the upper right corner
• Click on Settings & privacy > Activity log
• In the left-hand column, scroll down to and select Trash
• Find the post and click its checkbox. Click on Restore to restore it to your timeline, or Delete to permanently delete it.
• In the resulting pop-up, click on Restore or Delete.

On a mobile device

• Tap on the three dots in the upper-right corner of the post
• Select Edit post if you want to change it; make your edits, and then click on Save.
• Select Move to trash if you want to delete it, and then click on Move.

The process of restoring or permanently deleting a post is similar to that on the web.

• In your timeline, tap on your personal icon in the upper left corner.
• Tap on the three dots to the right of Edit profile.
• In your Profile settings, select Activity log > Trash.
• Select the checkbox of the post you want to restore or delete.

• To restore the post, tap on Restore at the bottom of the screen. To permanently delete it, tap the three dots at the bottom right, and select Delete.
• Tap Restore or Delete in the pop-up menu.

If you’ve bought an Meta (formerly known as Oculus) Quest or Quest 2 virtual reality headset in the past few years, you’ve likely had to set it up using a Facebook account. While that makes sense given that the device is made by Meta, Facebook’s parent company, there are a few potential downsides to having your Facebook account and Quest linked. For example, if your account gets banned because of something that happens on Facebook, you may lose access to the games you’ve purchased for Oculus.

Thankfully, Meta recently started rolling out a new type of account that you can log in to your Oculus with, so you can decouple your Quest from your Facebook profile. They’re called Meta accounts, and it’s relatively easy to make the switch on a Quest that’s already set up with a Facebook account using the following steps.

How to create a Meta account

Obviously, you’ll need a Meta account if you want to use it with your Quest. To set one up, go to meta.com/websetup on either your phone or a computer. If you’re not logged in to Facebook already, you’ll have to do so before continuing. Since all your apps and game data are currently associated with your Facebook account, they’ll have to be transferred over to your new Meta account.

Next, the setup process will ask you if you want to set up your Meta account using Facebook or with an email address. If you choose to set up with Facebook, you’ll be linking your Meta and Facebook accounts, which will give you access to some social features and let you log in to your Meta account using Facebook. If you continue without Facebook, you’ll have to use an email and password to log in to your Meta account.

Neither decision is permanent. If you set up your Meta account without Facebook, you can always link your accounts later, and you can unlink them if you do choose to set up with Facebook.

Continuing without Facebook, you may be asked to enter your email address if there isn’t one associated with your account already. If there is, Meta will likely send you an email with a code to verify it. After you set up your email and password, you’ll have to choose a privacy setting for your Horizon account, which will dictate who can see your activity and Active Status and who can follow you.

How to link your Quest and Meta account

Once you’ve done that, put on your headset. If you try to do anything on it, a prompt should pop up with a code to connect your headset to an account. On the device you set up your Meta account with, go to Meta.com/device, and enter the code from your Oculus. That’ll connect your Meta account to your headset, and you should be good to continue using it like you did before — just with your Meta account instead of a Facebook one.

How to log back in to the Oculus app

If you had your Quest paired with the Oculus app for iOS or Android, switching to a Meta account may have logged you out of the app. Getting back in is pretty easy, though. Make sure you’ve updated to the latest version of the app, and then select the Log in with email option on the login screen. Then enter the email address and password you set up for your Meta account. You should be back to using the app like before.

Sure, Facebook can be a great way to connect and stay in touch with family and friends. Yet, more often than not, it’s a headache that can turn toxic thanks to the News Feed. Whether it’s fake news, envy-inducing vacation photos from a classmate you barely know, or a relative’s upsetting political post, there are just some things better left unseen. True, you could unfollow a page if you want to stop seeing those kinds of posts, but you can’t exactly unfollow your uncle or a close friend without potentially putting those relationships at risk.

Thankfully, there’s a way around it. It turns out, you can customize your Facebook feed so you don’t have to see their posts without needing to unfriend anybody. There are a number of ways to do so, whether you just want to hide a single post or hide all of someone’s posts indefinitely. We’ll guide you through your options here.

How to remove unwanted Facebook posts by customizing your feed

• First, sign into your Facebook profile. On your feed, click on the three dots near the upper right-hand corner of the post you’d like to get rid of.

• A small menu will pop up, offering you several options:

• If you wish to just hide that one post, click Hide post.
• However, if you wish to temporarily hide all posts from that person, you can also select Snooze [Name] for 30 days.
• Alternatively, for a more long-term solution, you can simply click Unfollow [Name]. You will not see any posts from that page, person, or group. However, you’ll continue to stay friends with and follow that person, page, or group.

And that’s it! As a side note, though, if you don’t wish to remove the profile’s posts entirely but simply see less of them, it might be a good idea to tap on Favorites. This will prioritize the posts of people and pages you want to see more of in your feed. You may still see the posts you don’t want to view, but it likely won’t be as often.

How to reconnect with a profile whose posts you’ve hidden

Don’t worry: if you ever wish to turn off a Snooze or follow somebody back, Facebook also offers a number of ways for you to do so. One of these is through customizing your feed.

• Click on your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner and select Settings & privacy.

You should now see a menu presenting you with a number of options.

• If you wish to turn off Snooze, simply click Snooze and then tap on the blue clock next to the profile, page, or group. It should turn black once you do so.

• If you want to follow somebody again, click Reconnect.
• Select the black filing box icon next to the name of the person, page, or group. It should turn blue after you do so.

And voila! You’re done. Now next time you come across a relative’s cringeworthy, most definitely politically incorrect Facebook post, you can just hit “Snooze.” When you’re ready, you can undo it whenever you please — and nobody will suspect a thing.