Facebook is indeed a great social networking platform out there. Facebook is a platform that allows you to exchange text messages, make voice and video calls, send file attachments, and more. Billions of users right now use it.
Over the years, the platform has improved a lot. If you have been using it for a while, you might know that the platform allows you to unfriend or block friends. If you block someone on Facebook, both users can’t connect.
Let’s admit; that there are times when we don’t want to block someone but want to see less of them. For those users, Facebook introduced a new feature known as ‘Take a Break.’
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What is the Take a Break Feature?
Take a Break is a Facebook feature that lets you virtually mute any user without unfriending or blocking them. This feature could be helpful in situations where a relationship has gone sour or you have found someone irritating on Facebook.
When you take a break from Facebook users, you will see less content from them. Their posts, photos, videos, etc., won’t appear in your News Feed. Also, you won’t be prompted to message them or tag them in pictures.
Apart from that, the feature also allows you to limit someone’s ability to see your posts and posts you’re tagged in.
What happens when you take a break from Someone?
When you take a break from someone on Facebook, you will be able to:
See less of someone’s profile: This limits the visibility of the account you’ve taken a break from. Their posts and posts they’re tagged in won’t appear in your News feed.
Limit a profile’s ability to see your posts: When you take a break from someone, they won’t be able to see all of your posts. Instead, they will be added to your Restricted lists, and can only see posts you tag them in.
The person won’t get notifications: If you take a break from someone, the person won’t receive any notifications and won’t be able to know about your action.
Steps to Enable and Use Take a Break Feature
Now that you know the take a break feature, you might want to use it. Here’s how to enable and use Facebook’s Take a Break Feature.
1. First, open the Facebook app on your Android smartphone.
2. Now, use the search box to open the individual’s profile and tap on the ‘Three dots’ as shown below.
3. On the Profile settings page, tap on the Friends option.
4. On the next pop-up, tap the Take a Break option.
5. Now, you will be redirected to a new page. Tap on the See Options button, as shown below.
6. On the next page, select the ‘Limit where you see (user)’ option and tap the ‘Save‘ button.
7. Go back to the previous page and set your preferred privacy options for ‘Limit what user will see’ and Edit who can see past posts.
That’s it! You are done. This is how you can use the Take a Break feature of Facebook.
How to reverse take a break on facebook?
If you want to reverse or undo the changes you have made and want to see more from the person, you need to roll back all changes you’ve made.
You need to go to the user profile, tap on the ‘Take a break’ again, and then roll back all changes you have made. Next, you must select ‘See (person name) anywhere on Facebook’ and reverse all changes you made while taking a break.
So, this guide is all about using Facebook’s ‘Take a Break’ feature. I hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends also. If you have any doubts, let us know in the comment box below.
