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Reminder: Messenger lets you ‘Unsend’ a message if you change your mind

Posted on January 30, 2026

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I receive lots of tech questions here at Rick’s Daily Tips, and there’s one question in particular that I receive time and again:

“If I delete a message I’ve sent to someone on Messenger will it be deleted from the recipient’s inbox as well?”

The answer to that question used to be no, but Meta changed that a while back.

Now when you send someone a message you have 10 minutes to change your mind and “Unsend” it if you want to. And it’s very easy to do. Just follow the steps below for the device you’re using. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I make someone’s Facebook posts show up in my Newsfeed again?

Posted on January 29, 2026

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Question from Connie: Hi, Rick. I have a friend on Facebook that I’ve been friends with for a really long time (probably 10 years or more).

Her posts used to show up in my Newsfeed every time she posted something new but for the last several months they haven’t. The only way I can see her posts is to search for her name and visit her page.

Is there something I can do to make her posts start showing up in my Newsfeed again? She doesn’t post very often but when she does I really want to see them. [Read more…]

How to see a list of everyone who Follows you on Facebook

Posted on January 25, 2026

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A while back I wrote a post discussing the extremely irritating “Why are all these strangers following me?” hoax on Facebook.

In a nutshell, that hoax tells you to type the words “following me” into the Facebook search box to see a list of all the people who are following you.

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How (and why) to remotely log out every device that’s currently logged into your Facebook account

Posted on January 21, 2026

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It’s easy to forget to sign out of Facebook every time you move on to doing something else.

For example, perhaps you’re driving home after using either a friend’s PC or your work PC and you suddenly realize that you forgot to log out of your Facebook account before leaving.

Or maybe you used one of the machines in your school’s computer lab and forgot to log out of Facebook at the end of your session.

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Q&A: How do I ‘unblock’ someone on Facebook?

Posted on January 13, 2026

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Question from Barbara: How do unblock someone on Facebook?

Rick’s answer: I love questions like this, Barbara.

They’re short and to the point, and that usually makes them very easy to answer.

Luckily, it’s actually pretty easy to unblock someone that you’ve blocked in the past, but how you do it will depend on the type of device you’re using to access your Facebook account.

Follow the steps below to unblock a blocked Facebook user on a laptop or desktop computer: [Read more…]