How can I stop Facebook reminding me of a person or a difficult period?
The short answer
Use the Memories settings in the Facebook mobile app. You can filter a person or date range, hide memory suggestions and change notifications separately. This is for reminders shown to you, not a way to remove an original post, erase someone else’s photo or stop contact. Facebook says you cannot turn off all Memories. Choose the smallest change that matches what you want.
What this answer is based onWhat to do
Before changing anything, note the exact person’s profile or the start and end dates you want excluded. Decide whether you want fewer alerts, fewer suggestions or a particular period hidden. Keep that note private; no documents or personal history need to be sent to ClearRules.
- Open Facebook’s Menu, then Memories; use See more if the shortcut is missing. Open Settings, then Memories settings. Do not look for these controls in a stranger’s message or install a tool that asks for your login.
- For a person, open People under Hide Facebook memories, search their name and select the correct profile. For a period, open Dates, set Start and End, then Save. Check the selected person or boundaries carefully; a person filter is not a promise to catch every photo they appear in.
- If you want fewer suggestions outside the Memories page, use Hide memory suggestions. If the problem is alerts, use the separate Notifications choice: None turns off Memories notifications; Highlights keeps only selected types, such as celebration videos. Turning off notifications alone may still leave memories in Feed.
- Reopen the relevant settings and check your choices. If the menu is absent or a change does not save, use the official Help page’s device instructions and keep the error, app version and date for technical support. Do not assume a failed save worked. If you want an original post hidden or removed, use the separate archive or tagging guide instead.
The situation
Illustrative example: you want to keep old photos but not receive reminders about a particular month. A date filter addresses the reminder without requiring you to delete the photos.
The situation and an improvement
Turn off alerts and assume every old post has disappeared.
Choose a reminder filter and verify notifications separately, leaving original content decisions separate.
More examples
Illustrative example: a person still appears in a photo
A photo is not tagged with the person you filtered.
What to do
The person filter is not proof that every appearance will be detected. Consider the relevant date range or handle that original post separately.
Illustrative example: quiet phone, memories in Feed
You selected None under Notifications but still see an old post suggested in Feed.
What to do
Review Hide memory suggestions as a separate control. Do not delete the original merely to change reminders.
What this answer is based on
Facebook Help · Hide memory suggestions, people or dateswww.facebook.comFacebook Help · Manage Memories notificationsGuide based on Meta’s materialReview details
Source reviewed:
We read the official source listed for this topic. Other Meta rules are reviewed separately.
Facebook’s public Help pages on hiding memories and managing their notifications were read in the cloud browser on 3 November 2026. The Android instructions were read in full; the pages also offer iPhone/iPad help and say the feature is unavailable on computers. No publication date or country list is supplied. These are documented controls, not a test in a signed-in account. Reopening settings and recording an error are ClearRules precautions. The English date instructions say Dates; the Russian version incorrectly says People at that step.
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