How To Disable Facebook Face Recognition

Stop recognizing you and notifying you as soon as your face is detected in a newly uploaded pictureFacebook will stop using face recognition and, as a result, stop suggesting people to tag you in their photos. However, you can still be manually taggedAnd finally, Facebook will delete your face recognition template

So, here are step by step instructions to disable Facebook Face Recognition on Android, iPhone, and Computer.

What is Facebook Face Recognition?How to Disable Facebook Face Recognition on iPhone, iPad, and AndroidHow to Turn Off Face Recognition on Facebook on Computer

What is Facebook Face Recognition?

Facebook uses face recognition technology to analyze photos and videos it thinks you are in. It uses your profile picture plus the photos you have been tagged in and creates your template. Now, using this template, Facebook recognizes you in other photos, videos, etc. Now you may ask, what Facebook does after it learns the ability to recognize your face? Well…

It will let you know if it thinks you appear in photos or videos but haven’t been tagged by the person who has uploaded themSecondly, when you add a photo, it may suggest that you tag the relevant people who are in it and vice versaIt can help protect you from impersonation and identity misuse. Suppose if somebody uses your photo as their profile picture, it will send you a notification. You can review the profile, and if you think that the person is impersonating you, you can report that profile, and Facebook may take proper actionAccessibility option is also improved, and it helps Facebook tell people with visual impairments who is in a photo or video

As you are clear with the things, let’s check out, how to turn it off.

How to Disable Facebook Face Recognition on iPhone, iPad, and Android

How to Turn Off Face Recognition of Facebook via Web Browser on Computer

That’s pretty much it! If you ever want to go back, follow the same steps mentioned above and turn on the feature in the end. Some Important Points Related to Facebook Face Recognition

Facebook says that it does not share your face templet with anyone else but you (I hope this ‘anyone’ includes not only other Facebook users but also other companies and advertisers)Face Recognition is only available for people above 18 years of ageIf you untag yourself from a photo/video or if you are untagged by the uploader, Facebook won’t use that media as part of the face recognition template to recognize youFace Recognition is not device-specific but tied to your account. That is, if you turn this off on your iPhone, it is turned off for your account and stays off, irrespective of where and on which device you log in