Facebook could kickstart your day by dragging up a painful memory
Facebook knows a lot about you.
And the more times goes by, the more dirt the US-based social network collects on you.
Facebook introduced its On This Day timehop feature back in March 2015.
The nifty tool pulls in past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things you’ve shared or been tagged in – from one year ago, two years ago, and so on.
It can be a convenient way to stroll down memory lane and fondly remember some of the times you've spent with friends and family.
You cannot disable the app, but you can turn off any notifications
Unfortunately it can also resurface some painful memories from your miserable past.
Facebook does offer some customisation tools, as well as the ability to turn off the feature altogether.
To switch-off On This Day completely, you'll need to login to the Facebook website.
When your News Feed loads, click on On This Day, which is listed in the rundown of apps on the left-hand side of the screen.
Alternatively, you can filter the On This Day notifications for certain people or dates
When facebook.com/onthisday loads, you will be presented with a list of your social media memories. In the top right hand-corner, there is a button marked Notifications.
Click this and chose the option marked Off.
Unfortunately Facebook does not let you remove the app altogether, so you'll always be able to navigate to facebook.com/onthisday and scroll through your past posts.
But at least Mark Zuckerberg's social media behemoth won't pester you with cringe-inducing past statuses every time you login.
And if its just a few select memories you're looking to avoid, you can customise the On This Day alerts from the same menu.
Tap the Preferences button, next to Notifications on the On This Day page. This presents you with two filters, which allow you to purge a particular date or person from your memories.
You don't need to be friends with people to ditch them from the On This Day app, so you can easily get rid of a terrible ex you're no longer friends with.
The news comes as police warned social media users to avoid certain new features on Facebook.
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