Facebook: How to Stop Your Stories Posts From Being Archived

Users can ensure that content disappears

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Facebook’s Archive feature will automatically save the posts that a user shares to their Stories after they disappear (Stories posts disappear after 24 hours). Users can visit their Archive to share their old Stories posts and more.

If users don’t want Facebook to archive their Stories posts, they can turn this setting off.

Our guide will show you how to stop your Stories posts from being archived from within the Facebook mobile application.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Facebook app on iOS.

Step 1: Tap the “Menu” icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Screenshot of Facebook's "Home" screen with a red arrow pointing at the "Menu" icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen

Step 2: Scroll down and tap “Settings & privacy.”

Screenshot of Facebook's "Menu" screen with a red arrow pointing at "Settings & privacy"

Step 3: Tap “Settings.”

Screenshot of Facebook's "Menu" screen with a red arrow pointing at "Settings"

Step 4: Scroll down to the “Audience and visibility” section and tap “Stories.”

Screenshot of Facebook's "Settings & privacy" menu with a red arrow pointing at "Stories"

Step 5: Tap “Story archive.”

Screenshot of Facebook's Stories menu with a red arrow pointing at "Story archive"

Step 6: Tap the blue toggle to the right of “Save to Archive” stop Facebook from saving your Stories posts to your archive after they disappear.

Screenshot of Facebook's "Story archive" menu with a red arrow pointing at the blue toggle to the right of "Save to archive"

This guide was first published in July...

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