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How to delete a Facebook Story before its day-long timeframe in 4 simple steps

Written by Steven John
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You can delete Facebook Stories before their 24-hour time frames. Facebook
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You can post Facebook Stories with wacky backgrounds, emojis, and different types of text that will disappear after 24 hours. 

You can also delete your Facebook stories before the 24-hour time frame if you decide you no longer want to have the content up on your profile. 

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How to delete a Facebook Story

1. Log into your Facebook page on your Mac or PC, or through the mobile app on your iPhone or Android phone.

2. Go to the Stories section at the top of your News Feed, then tap the image or video you want to remove. 

3. Click on the three horizontal dots at the top right corner. 

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On the mobile Facebook app, the procedure is analogous.  Steven John/Business Insider

4. Select "Delete photo" or "Delete video" and then confirm  "Delete" in the popup window.

To delete a Facebook Story from the archive, click on "Your Story" and then click the word "Archive."

Now go to the photo or video you wish to delete, click on it, and then click the three dots at top right and select "Delete."

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The Stories stored in your Archive cannot be viewed by other unless you share them again.  Steven John/Business Insider

 

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.