In social networks, the content piles up over the years: old posts, comments or pictures can be viewed by everyone. This is how they delete the old content.

A look at a smartphone with the various social media apps, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp.

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Facebook, Youtube, Instagram: Find and remove old content Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Nothing is as old as yesterday’s post. Over the years, countless posts, comments or images have accumulated in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Youtube. At some point the content will be forgotten by the creator, but can still be found by the public.

But what was meant funny a few years ago may have aged badly without context. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the party photo on Instagram, but can also be likes on Twitter or comments in a heated YouTube debate. It is therefore worthwhile if you clean the social networks regularly and thus control your external impact on the Internet. After all, the strange tweet or the insider picture on Facebook shouldn’t be the first thing a stranger notices of you.

The portals usually don’t make it easy for the user to delete old content . After all, they use the mountain of data that their users accumulate over the years to sell more or less relevant advertising space to companies. With some on-board resources, special tools or apps, you can still achieve your goal. Of course, it is even better if there is no data at all. Here the networks like to hide the relevant settings in different submenus.

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