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When Does BeReal Go Off?

Is there a specific time BeReal alerts go off? Or, does everyone get the BeReal notification at the same time? If you’re looking for answers to these questions—just like millions of other users of this app—you’ve come to …

How to Delete Facebook Notifications

Too many notifications on Facebook? Delete your unwanted notifications, mass-mark them as read , or customize which notifications you prefer to see. Here’s how to do that on Facebook on the web, iPhone, and Android….

How to Hide Posts From Someone on Instagram

Is someone following you on Instagram but you don’t want them to see your posts? There are a few things you can do to hide your posts and stories from them. Here’s how to do that on your iPhone and Android phone….

How to Delete a Video on TikTok

TikTok allows you to hide or delete the videos that you’re editing, have saved as drafts, or have already published in your account. Here’s how to do that all in TikTok on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and …

How to Save a TikTok Draft to Camera Roll

Want to save a video you’ve captured or edited with TikTok to your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone’s gallery? If so, you can easily save all your draft videos to your phone’s camera roll without posting them to the public (eve…

How to Find Favorites on TikTok

Liked a TikTok video you watched in the past and see it again? In a few taps, you can find your TikTok Favorites list, and you can also make folders to arrange your liked videos neatly. We’ll show you how to do that in the …

Flipboard Is Now a Mastodon App

Flipboard has been a popular news reader for years, grabbing data from news sites and social media feeds into a single “social magazine.” The service is now going all in with Mastodon, the rapidly-growing open-source social m…

How to Delete Drafts on TikTok

Removing your TikTok drafts allows you to declutter your profile page and reclaim your phone’s storage space. You can delete a single, multiple, or all of your video drafts at once. We’ll show you how easy it is to get rid of…

How to Repost on TikTok

Found a great TikTok video your friend and followers should see? Repost that video! Later if you want, you can also undo a repost. Here’s how you can do that and more using the TikTok app on your iPhone, iPad, and Android pho…

How to Tag Everyone in a Facebook Group

Facebook now includes a powerful feature for group admins to tag all members at once with a single tag. Though useful, the feature should be used sparingly. You can also disable this tag on your personal account if you’re fin…

How to Turn On Profile Views on TikTok

By turning on profile views, you can see who has viewed your TikTok profile. Enabling the feature also means others can see that you’ve visited their profile. Let’s see how to turn this feature on (and off) in the TikTok app …

How to Update TikTok

Updating TikTok allows you to fix various bugs and possibly get new features in the app. While your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone by default updates all apps automatically, you can still force an update to make sure you get …

How Do You Unfollow Someone on TikTok?

Don’t want to see someone’s videos in your Following list anymore? Unfollowing that user in your TikTok account is easy. We’ll show you two different ways to do that, plus how to mass-unfollow many accounts at once….

Can You See Who Unfollowed You on Instagram?

While you don’t get a notification when someone unfollows you on Instagram, you have a few workarounds to see who is and isn’t following you on this platform. You can also keep a note of your follower list so you know when so…

How to Block or Unblock Someone on TikTok

To prevent someone from finding you and accessing your videos on TikTok, simply block them from your TikTok account. It’s easy! Here’s everything you need to know about blocking and unblocking people on TikTok on your iPhone…

How to Change Your Age on TikTok

Are you seeing “This post is age-restricted” messages on TikTok when you shouldn’t be? To fix that, you’ll need to change your date of birth in your TikTok account. TikTok doesn’t make that easy, but we’ll show you what you …

How to Half Swipe on Snapchat

Have you ever wanted to read a message on Snapchat without alerting the sender that you’ve read it? You can, with a half swipe (also called a half slide). Half swiping is possible in both the iPhone and Android version of Sna…

Mozilla Is Starting Its Own Mastodon Server

When looking for an alternative to Twitter, Mastodon is probably one of the options that pops up more frequently. Yet, you’re probably faced by a confusing choice on which server to join — Mozilla wants to be the answer….

How to Delete a BeReal Post

BeReal encourages you to capture and publish spontaneous posts. Sometimes, these posts don’t go well and you feel the need to bring them back. Luckily, it’s easy to delete a BeReal post on both your iPhone and Android phone. …

How to View Instagram Posts Without an Account

Want to see someone’s Instagram posts without creating or logging in to an Instagram account? While your options are limited, there are some ways of viewing Instagram posts without an account. We’ll show you what those are….
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