There’s got to be a way to do this without actually deleting and reinstalling the app! Dave, how the $#@$&(&* do I log my daughter out of her Facebook app on my iPhone so I can log in to my own Facebook account?
There is indeed a way to log out of the Facebook app on the iPhone, but I’m not surprised that you’re a bit frustrated as it’s not at all easy to figure out and I almost think the Facebook team has made it extra hard to figure out, since they want you to always be logged in and constantly be using Facebook.
Now you could use the Web-based interface on your smartphone or mobile device, that’d be one solution, but I have to say that the iPhone / iPad Facebook app has become pretty slick and I think it’s much superior as a user experience (even if it’s often slower than I’d like). The key to navigating the new Facebook iOS app is that the button on the top left with the series of horizontal lines is the main menu and navigational starting point.
Let’s have a look.
Here’s my iPhone 4 running Facebook, logging in and showing a pretty typical view:
As I said earlier, the key is to tap on the button on the top left with the three horizontal white lines… Tap on it, and you’ll bring up the main navigational menu. Scroll down to the very bottom:
Ahhh… “Account”. That’s a good place to go. Tap on it and a set of buttons will appear:
If you guessed that the big red “Log Out” button is what you seek, congratulations! You’ve just won a cigar!
Now you can log in to your own Facebook account and tell your daughter to get her own $#@$@ smartphone. 🙂
Dave I have a new phone my old phone had a face book. I tried to transfer my facebook to my new iPhone which is iphone7. but it didn’t work, so I made a new account. I won’t to know how to save my pictures form my other facebook on my old phone? Now I loged out of my old account and then tried to log into my new account I had to make because I couldn’t remember my password from my other account.and all it says when I try to login is i’m not connected to internet. Even though It show I’m connected to the net. Please help me slove this mess.
Hello, I just logged out of my account and tried to log back in but it’s asking me for a login code which has been sent to my mobile, but it has been sent to my old mobile number.
How do I get my Facebook back and retrieve the code?
You might be in trouble, Lauren, if you can’t get ahold of your old phone to check the code. Try a few times and see if the Facebook login system puts up a “lost access to my phone” help link.
I had this same problem…logging out and getting the “continue” button. I want to be able to log out for security reasons (if someone else is playing with my phone i don’t want them messing with my Facebook).
I finally fixed it by going to the Phone Settings, scroll down to the Facebook entry and click. Then there under “allow these apps to use your account” I switched Facebook to “off”.
This fixed it for me. This was driving me nuts and I’ve been trying to figure this out for hours. I’ve tried everything, searched the web. Nothing. What a joke.
Curt, you rock! finally someone explained how to really log out. thank you.
Celia, read Curt post “Okay, found the fix on my iPhone 4. In iPhone sttings, not FB app. ‘Setting’->’Facebook’->’Delete account’ This stopped the auto-login.”
You’re right that they’ve changed this Celia, but as I explain in this newer article, it appears that even though it shows your email address on the “log out” screen, you really are logged out of Facebook at that point:
https://www.askdavetaylor.com/log_out_of_the_facebook_app_on_my_iphone.html
Just got iphone4, don’t want to be logged on FB all the time, as I no longer have unlimited data. I cannot log out of Facebook. The above posts do not help. When I go to the bottom of the list on the left, I have a logout tab, when I click the tab it takes me to another screen that say you are logged in as Celia f, then below there is a continue tab, when I click continue it takes me back into my Facebook. ??? Thee is an option under account settings to delete my Facebook account, but I don’t want to permanently delete my account.
Okay, found the fix on my iPhone 4. In iPhone sttings, not FB app. ‘Setting’->’Facebook’->’Delete account’ This stopped the auto-login.
On my iPhone, this appears to have something to do with SSO (Single Sign On), as I said earlier I deactivated the FB account that the app seems to be locked into and when I hit the ‘Continue’ with the “Logged into iOS ..” it give me this SSO error message. Any idea how to fix? Thanks
Dave, like Lyle above I am very frustrated by the iPhone FB app. When I try to logout it keeps telling me that I am “Logged into iOS as …” above a ‘Continue’ button. I have killed the app and reloaded, with no luck. I also deactivated the account online with no luck. Do you know if the is a bug on FBs side? Thanks for the help, also my app does not have any ‘Logout’ button in the settings that I can find, just under the menu and it is not logging me out.
I am having no luck at all … I have an iPhone 4S and have uploaded iOS … on my FB front page it says I am Logged into iOS as …………….. above a Continue button
Thanks Dave.., really helpful .. !!! Mine doesn’t say ACCOUNT but SETTING 🙂 But without yr advice I would just gone round and round and round without getting anywhere..
I have a new IPhone4 and this was driving crazy, too! I followed your steps to log out of Facebook and guess what I found… THERE IS NO “ACCOUNT” tab listed…
Instead, there is one called “SETTINGS” and when I clicked on it, I found that menu you mentioned -with the LOGOUT option in it.
Thanks for the help and hope this will also help others who do not have the “ACCOUNT” tab on their IPhones. Everything else was just as you described.
Probably has to do with timing: my experience with these numeric confirmation codes is that they have a 30day lifespan. It’s entirely possible that in two weeks you’ll be trying to figure out why FB on your Mac asks for the code and your iPhone doesn’t. 🙂
When I log out, then try to log back in, it forces me to input a security code first that I get emailed to me to log in. But I don’t have to do that on my iMac. Why only my iPhone app? I checked my settings and both my iMac and iPhone are set as recognized devices. What gives??
even though am online and available for chat it is not showng green l8 r am online to my friends why like that
Dave, thank you so much for posting this solution to a thorny Facebook problem. I’m an old dog learning new tricks and don’t always have the insight to grasp the tricks and tips of managing a Smartphone app. And you are so correct when you imply that Fb is always for itself FIRST and then its users. It’s all about snagging the consumer and keeping them there as long as you can.
Best wishes for a great Christmas!