How to Stop Third-Party Apps From Accessing Your Facebook Data Using Your Friends Account- Facebook Privacy Settings

Apps and services on Facebook can access your data without your knowledge, If your friend logged in it. Here is the Steps to Block 3rd part applications from accessing all your facebook data.

Facebook does let third-party applications to abuse your personal, private data. Facebook let those applications and services to access your complete details, even if you signed it once. The worst part is Facebook shares your friends personal and private data too with those apps, without their knowledge.

If you are the one who don’t like friends app experience and looking for more privacy then you can opt-out, and here are the steps.

How to stop your friends’ Facebook Apps and Services from fetching your data (website version)

• Go to facebook.com
• Click on the drop-down Aero at the Top Right and click “settings” in it.
• Now click on Apps at the Left Sidebar. (It shows apps registered with your Facebook account, just scroll down now).
• Click on Edit option at the “Apps, Web sites and Plug-ins” box and click Disable platform. (It lets all the 3rd-party apps from accessing your data. Even if you want to use Facebook for sign in any application, Then you must enable this back)
• Click on Edit at the “Apps others use” box
• Untick all the tick boxes in the popup menu and Save it.

How to stop your friends’ Facebook Apps and Services from fetching your data (Android App version)

• Open Facebook App on your smartphone
• Tap on the menu icon at the Right Top
• Scroll down and Tap Account Settings Option
• Now Tap Apps near the bottom.
• Tap on Apps others use.
• Untick all the checkboxes by taping it.

That’s it, Now your privacy settings are changed. This will keep apps and services that your friends are using from gaining access to your Facebook data.