Facebook is so huge that millions of users think it is the Internet itself. At this point, almost everyone has a presence on the social network. If you access it from a computer and not your mobile, then the desktop Facebook experience can be made better.
Browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox offer a bunch of “extensions” or “add-ons” that can change how you interact with Facebook, whether in the form of additional features or by removing unwanted elements.
From finding out who unfriended you to keeping to removing those annoying boxes in the sidebar, here are the 15 best extensions for a better Facebook.
Social Fixer
Available on: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple Safari
Of all the Facebook extensions, Social Fixer is the most popular and the most comprehensive solution. This one add-on enables a wide list of features that let you customize your News Feed to your heart’s content. Here’s a quick list of what you can do with it:
- Filter your feed by keywords and authors.
- Sort posts into different tabs (Games, Applications, etc.).
- Hide posts you have read.
- Hover over a photo to see it in full size.
- Apply new themes, like a dark view.
- Increase the font size.
- Sort News Feed by Most Recent and keep it that way.
- Change the appearance of hashtags, or hide them completely.
There’s plenty more that Social Fixer can do once you dig around through its Settings. Apart from the aforementioned browsers, it is available as aGreasemonkey user script on any browser that supports it.
Download: Social Fixer for Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari
F.B. Purity
Available on: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple Safari, Maxthon
Like Social Fixer, F.B. Purity is another all-in-one tool to fix or change several aspects of Facebook. Many of the features of these two add-ons overlap, but they have plenty of exclusive abilities to make both worth downloading. Here are some of F.B. Purity’s salient features:
- Disable autoplaying videos.
- Hide all photos and videos from the feed.
- Hide posts by keywords and phrases.
- Expand the width of the News Feed column.
- Hide trending topics and hashtags.
- Freeze the left sidebar so all your navigation elements are available even when you scroll down.
- Change the font, font size, background colors.
- Block certain apps from your News Feed.
- Import and export settings.
There are lots of other features too. F.B. Purity has been around since 2009, and has a community of users who are happy to help you adjust and tweak your Facebook to your liking.
Download: F.B. Purity for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, or Maxthon
Facebook Adblock Plus
Available on: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple Safari, Internet Explorer
Look, we don’t condone ad-blocking and urge you to whitelist MakeUseOf, but the makers of one of the biggest such blockers has a fantastic tool for Facebook users. Facebook Adblock Plus lets you get rid of Facebook’s biggest annoyances in the easiest of ways.
You can either choose to block annoying elements in Facebook’s sidebars, in the News Feed, or both. There are individual lists for all three options. You can check out the blocked elements before you decide, but here’s a brief list of items:
- Trending
- People You May Know
- Entertainment Pages You May Like
- Music You May Like
- Upcoming Events
- Most Shared on Page
- Like Your Favorite Pages
- Nearby Feeds
Keep in mind, Facebook Adblock Plus specifically states that it blocks only non-advert annoyances and Facebook’s ads, which are part of its revenue model, are left untouched.
All you need to do is click the “add” button on the Facebook Adblock Plus page for one of the three options and it will prompt you to install the relevant extension that powers it. You don’t need to use all of the features of that extension.
Download: Facebook Adblock Plus
Facebook One
Available on: Google Chrome
Having a Facebook tab open all the time isn’t in your best interest. It can be a bit too tempting to switch to that tab and one of the best ways to deal with Facebook procrastination is to close it.
But the fear of missing out on an important notification might make you start Facebook again. The Facebook One extension for Chrome is a simple way to know if you have updates waiting for you, without actually opening the site itself. The quick six-tile view will show any major notifications, and take you directly to that page of Facebook if something is waiting for you
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