In this digital era, there’s barely anyone I know who doesn’t use Facebook. This is how commonly used this app is. Not only that, it has stayed in the social media space for a long time.
Facebook is keen to protect your privacy and respect your personal space, thus it has features that help you to do so. For instance, if someone’s spamming you on the Messenger app, you can block that person straight away on both platforms.
Pretty much everything can be customized according to your interests on Facebook. However, some customized features are not just available yet. If you want to prevent people from sharing your posts, even if it’s your friends, you can’t do that because Facebook hasn’t introduced this feature yet.
Anyhow, if you don’t want someone to share your posts with others on their stories, you can go to ‘Settings’> click on ‘Profile and Tagging’> disable the ‘Allow others to share your posts on their stories’ option.
In this article, you’ll be learning a step-by-step guide to disable people from sharing your posts to their stories on different devices and much more. So let’s begin without any delay.
Why Do People Share Posts On Facebook?
Some of the reasons that people share posts on Facebook are discussed below:
To Connect
If there’s a post that seems relatable to you and you think your friend would find it interesting too, you can share that post on your timeline so that others, including your friend, can have a look at it.
Sharing on Facebook helps people connect, which Facebook has been doing since the past years of its launch.
To Aware Others
Facebook is a place of news and information too where people share important pieces of information or current affairs of the world to create awareness.
If there’s something informative you’ve learned from a post, you can share it on your timeline for others to see and react.
Sharing posts plays a huge role in it.
For Entertainment
Social media apps are a pivotal source of entertainment. People are addicted to apps like Facebook because they get their daily dose of entertainment from here.
Sharing entertaining posts or game-related stuff works regularly here.
Be it quality meme content, entertaining videos, or comedy sketches, Facebook is a wholly entertaining community!
Personal Objectives
I’m sure you’ve read those long, gut-wrenching posts that are inflictions on somebody’s past, life lessons, or experiences that they’re expressing on the app with many people.
People post and share their personal objectified experiences in life to express themselves and spread their message to other people, etc.
Facebook users can put into words ‘what’s in their minds’ and show their creativity by posting their advice, etc.
Updates and Announcements
Few people share their recent life updates or give announcements like getting married or engaged, celebrating birthdays, or graduating from a university.
Such people intend to share their life announcements with the people who are or were involved in their life and keep the long-distance connection alive with everyone.
Remembering Memories
Facebook loves to remind you about your past and take you back on memory lane.
If there are pictures of you with your teenage friends or your childhood pictures, you can share them with your friends and family to enjoy the nostalgia together.
Facebook also reminds you of your old posts taken on the same day as today.
| Purpose of Sharing | Description |
| To Connect | People share entertaining posts or game-related stuff works regularly here |
| For Entertainment | Be it quality meme content, entertaining videos, or comedy sketches, Facebook is a wholly entertaining community! |
| Updates and Announcements | Some people intend to share their life announcements with the people |
| Remembering memories | If there are pictures of you with your teenage friends or your childhood pictures, you can share them with your friends and family to enjoy the nostalgia together |
| Creating awareness | Facebook is a place of news and information too where people share important pieces of information |
| Personal objectives | People post and share their personal objectified experiences in life to express themselves and spread their message to other people, etc. |
How Do I Stop Someone From Sharing My Posts on Facebook?
After learning what the share button is used for, it’s time to answer your query in detail.
First things first, if you’re thinking that there’s some way out to disable your posts from being shared by others on Facebook, including friends, it’s impossible as there’s no such feature to perform this action.
However, the least you can do is prevent people from sharing your posts on their stories.
For this on Android or iOS, follow these steps:
- Login to your Facebook account.
- On the upper right, select the “hamburger” symbol.
- Go to ‘Settings and Privacy.’
- Tap on ‘Settings.’
- Scroll and click on ‘Profile and Tagging.’
- Check the third option under ‘Viewing and Sharing’ that says ‘Allow others to share your posts to their stories.’
- Proceed to disable the default setting.
For Desktop:
- Log in to Facebook by opening the website on a web browser.
- Go to ‘Settings and Privacy’ after clicking on your profile picture icon at the top right corner.
- Select ‘Settings.’
- Tap on ‘Privacy,’ followed by ‘Stories.’
- Turn off the ”Allow others to share your posts to their stories.’
How to Control Who Views My Post on Facebook?
By controlling the option to who views your post, you can indirectly have control over who shares your post. At least, not all people will be allowed to share your post.
Here’s how to do it if it’s for an already shared post:
- Tap on the ‘hamburger’ icon> tap on the post you want to work on> click on the three dots> go to ‘edit privacy’ and choose who you want to see your post.
For a new post:
- Login to your Facebook account> tap on ‘what’s on your mind’ to write a post> before sharing, click on the default ‘Public’ below your name and change who you want to see your post.
Conclusion
- If you’re thinking that there’s some way out to disable your posts from being shared by others on Facebook, including friends, it’s impossible as there’s no such feature to perform this action.
- However, the least you can do is prevent people from sharing your posts on their stories.
- For an already shared post tap on the ‘hamburger’ icon> tap on the post you want to work on> click on the three dots> go to ‘edit privacy‘ and choose who you want to see your post.
- For a new post login to your Facebook account> tap on ‘what’s on your mind’ to write a post> before sharing, click on the default ‘Public’ below your name and change who you want to see your post.
- By controlling the option to who views your post, you can indirectly have control over who shares your post. At least, not all people will be allowed to share your post.
- Facebook users share posts for several reasons like to create awareness, inform and educate, entertain, etc.