All said and heard, the fear still lingers that somehow you might accidentally upload those unflattering pictures on your photo album by yourself. Similarly, you also have some privacy concerns and do not want to give unnecessary access to any social media to your photos. So, if you do not want to live under the shadows of this fear, you can disallow Facebook’s access to your photos. So, stick around to learn more on how to stop Facebook from accessing your photos from your phone.
Why Can Facebook Access Photos in My Phone’s Gallery?
Do you know who allowed Facebook to sneak into your photo album in the first place? Well, you did it. When you installed the app, Facebook prompted you to allow it access to your photos, and in the spur of the moment, you did it. It is a human thing (I guess); everybody (me, you, and everyone) grant access to apps without even bothering to read the terms. We even approve to agreements of many websites, apps, or software, without reading only to proceed. To be honest, nobody can read those agreements, considering how long they are. The point is we allow Apps (even malicious ones) to get their hands on our sensitive data, even photos.
Why Should I Disable Apps Access to Gallery and Camera?
Apps accessing my photos and camera freak me out, and I do not like it! Even many times, Facebook users’ data have been breached. Besides, Facebook has been accused of violations of users’ privacy. So, I do not like Facebook or any other app accessing my photos, especially the camera (what if they secretly record everything?). I have seen many conspiracy theories, so I am a little more skeptical; you don’t have to be. Make sure to give access to your private information to commonly considered safe apps. Besides the above reasons, I also feel that someday I will make a fool of myself by accidentally posting any silly and ugly photo from my camera roll on Facebook, as Facebook has access to it. So, I like to keep Facebook access to my photos limited, only when I want to upload something.
How To Stop Facebook From Accessing Your Photos on Android?
You can stop Facebook from accessing your photos on your Android phone by following the steps: With this feature, Facebook users could save their pictures from their mobile phones to a private folder on Facebook. Users could share those pictures with their friends whenever they desired. This feature was disabled in 2016 due to privacy concerns. Now, Facebook can directly access your photos from your gallery, depending on your permissions. Now, launch your Facebook app and try to upload your photo. You will not see your gallery photos. Facebook will prompt you to allow it to access your storage on your device.
How To Stop Facebook From Accessing Your Photos on an iPhone?
Launch the Facebook app and try to upload your picture to check the success of your endeavors.
Conclusion
If you fear that your privacy will be compromised or do not like Facebook to access your photos all the time, disallow it. In the article, we discussed how you could disallow Facebook to access your photos on both Android and iOS devices. You have to go to your mobile settings on your Android and iOS devices to deny permission, as explained in detail in the article. Once you do that, you can no longer see any of your phone’s photos on your Facebook until you allow it.
