Over the years, your Facebook timeline may have become cluttered with posts that no longer represent who you are; old opinions, awkward photos, or oversharing moments you’d rather forget.
Manually deleting each post is slow and tedious, especially if you’ve been using Facebook for a long time. Luckily, Redact.dev makes it easy to delete Facebook posts in bulk, saving you time and giving you control over your digital footprint.
Whether you’re job hunting, cleaning up your online presence, or just want a fresh start, Redact.dev helps you remove Facebook content quickly, privately, and efficiently.
Privacy: Old posts can reveal personal details you may no longer want public.
Reputation: Potential employers, clients, or partners might browse your profile.
Rebranding: Start fresh by removing outdated content that no longer reflects your identity.
How to Delete Facebook Posts with Redact.dev
Download Redact
Visit redact.dev and download the app for Windows or macOS. Create a free account to get started.
Connect Your Facebook Account
In the Redact.dev app, choose Facebook and follow the prompts to log in securely. Your login data is never stored.
Choose Your Filters
Decide what type of posts you want to delete and apply filters like:
Specific keywords (e.g., political posts, names, events)
Date ranges (e.g., posts from high school years)
Post type (text, links, media)
Preview and Confirm Deletions
Use the Preview Mode to review posts before deletion. When ready, click “Start Deleting” to begin the process.
Keep Redact Running Until Complete
Make sure the app remains open while deletions are being processed!
Automate Future Deletions
Want to keep your Facebook clean automatically? Use Redact.dev’s Scheduled Deletion feature to regularly remove posts that match your filters on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
Delete All Facebook Posts FAQ
Facebook lets you select many posts in Activity Log and Manage Activity. There is no single remove all switch for your full history in one click. Large archives need organized batches or a helper tool.
Status updates, photos, videos, check ins, shared links, and posts to your timeline. Stories expire and have separate controls. Comments and likes are separate items.
Delete removes the post from your profile for everyone. Hide only removes it from your timeline view while it can remain visible in other places based on the post owner and privacy settings.
Open Redact and choose Facebook. Select Posts as the target, set filters for dates, keywords, media types, tagged people, or link domains, run a Preview, then execute deletion in batches or on a schedule.
Filter by date ranges, keywords, authors, tagged friends, locations, media types, link presence, and reactions. Add whitelists for people or terms to keep.
Yes. Save your filters and enable Disappearing Mode to run daily, weekly, or monthly. Redact repeats your rules and removes new matches automatically.
Deleting a post removes that post and Facebook hosted media attached to it on your profile. Copies shared by others and downloads outside Facebook can remain.
No. Removing posts does not change friends, followers, groups, or likes. Those are managed separately in your account.
No. Redact runs on your device and uses the minimum access required to execute your actions. You can disconnect Facebook from Redact at any time.
Redact batches actions and spaces requests to respect platform limits. For years of posts, run smaller date slices or schedule several passes for stability and full coverage.
Yes. Use year slices, custom date ranges, and keyword or domain filters. You can also target posts that tag certain people or that include media types.
Yes. Create a profile in Redact for pre screening, run strict filters across all time, approve a Select and Delete batch, then save a schedule so new items are handled automatically.
Yes. Download an archive so you keep a private record of your past posts and media. Store it offline or in encrypted storage.
Start with a small Preview, approve a short Select and Delete batch, verify results, then expand date ranges. Keep a whitelist for people and keywords you plan to keep.
You can download Redact for free and start with recent activity. Redact uses passwordless sign in with secure email codes. You can disconnect at any time and upgrade later for all time cleanups and schedules.
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