{"id":22063,"date":"2012-01-10T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=22063"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:53:44","slug":"how-to-log-out-of-facebook-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-log-out-of-facebook-remotely\/","title":{"rendered":"How to log out of Facebook remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think back to the last time you used Facebook at someone else&#8217;s house or an internet caf\u00e9. Now ask yourself, did you remember to sign out? Are you sure?<strong> Here&#8217;s how to log out of Facebook remotely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you forgot to log out of Facebook while on a different computer to the one you normally use, the consequences can be catastrophic. If your account is logged in at your friends&#8217; house then &#8216;you&#8217; suddenly might start posting some strange updates about yourself indicting you for various embarrassing things you haven\u2019t actually done. Worse still, if it was on a public computer, all of your personal details, photos and messages are accessible to complete strangers. Still sure you signed out?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for you, there&#8217;s an easy way to check wherever you are signed into Facebook \u2013 and <strong>close active sessions remotely<\/strong>. Even if you&#8217;re 99% certain you&#8217;ve signed out it\u2019s worth checking by following the process below \u2013 you might regret it if not!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. Account settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Click on the little down-facing arrow in the top-right of your Facebook page and choose <strong>Account Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22065\" title=\"Facebook Account Settings\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook3.png 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook3-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. Security<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Now click on the <strong>Security<\/strong> option in the left-hand menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22072\" title=\"Facebook Security Settings\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebookforjimmyjam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebookforjimmyjam.png 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebookforjimmyjam-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Active sessions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Click the <strong>Edit<\/strong> button that appears next to <strong>Active Sessions<\/strong>, which you&#8217;ll find at the bottom of the Security settings window. Here you can see the current session you&#8217;re logged in on (which should be the computer you\u2019re using).<br \/>\nCrucially, you can also see information about all other sessions where you&#8217;e currently still logged in. Click the <strong>End Activity<\/strong> button to close down a session and prevent access to your account from that machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22069\" title=\"Close active sessions in Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook1.png 687w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/01\/facebook1-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.softonic.com\/cierra-la-sesion-de-facebook-de-forma-remota\">OnSoftware Spain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think back to the last time you used Facebook at someone else&#8217;s house or an internet caf\u00e9. Now ask yourself, did you remember to sign out? Are you sure? Here&#8217;s how to log out of Facebook remotely. If you forgot to log out of Facebook while on a different computer to the one you normally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-log-out-of-facebook-remotely\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to log out of Facebook remotely&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2353],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-22063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333953,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22063\/revisions\/333953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22063"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=22063"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=22063"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=22063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}