Ads on Facebook drive me crazy. And they are clever now, they design them so that they look like all of the other posts from my friends. I am halfway through reading before I realize – wait a minute! this isn’t a post, it’s an ad!
But we are going to be clever-er (?). More clever? Facebook is never going to allow you to delete ads completely because they make money from them but I have found a way to delete them if I don’t want to see them.
Step 1: Identify the ad. It’s not as easy as it sounds but two key things you can look for are the words “suggested post” at the top left and the name of the “person” it’s coming from. See my example below, I don’t have a friend named “Beauty Care”. Um, and I don’t speak French!
Be careful though. There is also a “share” button at the bottom and one of your friends may have shared this ad with you thinking that you might find it interesting. The way to determine this is to check if this ad is “nested” within a post from one of your friends.
Step 2: Click the little downward arrow in the top right corner of the ad.
Step 3: Make a selection from the pop-up. I usually just say “I don’t want to see this” because this selection will not only stop ads from “Beauty Care”, it will also stop ads that are similar to this. 
Step 4: To finish, you need to “help them understand” so choose from the selections they give you and click “continue”.
Now, like I said, this won’t stop the ads altogether but I have noticed that I seem to get less of them. Or at least I think I do. It is quite likely that I am getting the same number of ads but they’re just not from the companies I’ve deleted. Either way, I feel that I am in a bit more in control because I can get rid of them if I want and I tell myself that I am winning!
I’ve created a bit of a routine. When I log onto Facebook, I do a quick scan of my news feed and delete all of the ads – it only takes a few minutes. Then I go back and start going through my friends’ posts – without the commercials.
I would love to know if this works for you and if you notice a reduction in ads on your Facebook page.
Happy Deleting!
