How to Disable Twitter and Facebook in-App Browser

For ease of access to information, Android applications have their built-in browser. Thus, when using an application, when a user clicks on an external link, the content of this site opens in the integrated browser of the application.

However, these browsers are not always secure. Often, you should have noticed that when you open a link, it opens with another tab that will display a spam advertisement. Sometimes you see a spam ad telling you to install an anti-malware application.

However, the user can choose whether or not to use the browser built into the application. This also includes various social media apps. In this guide, we will explain how you can disable browsers integrated into Twitter and Facebook.

How to disable the browser built into Twitter and Facebook

Social media as we know is very vulnerable. While these are secure, we often hear about spam attacks, malware links affecting users.

You must have heard of hoaxes with the thumbnail of viral clickable bait on social networks. Naive internet users share the hoax link and click on the link. Then they end up welcoming malware onto their devices.

Social media is like an open playground. You can collect useful information. At the same time, you will also see hoaxes, clickable bait and worthless content. Not all internet users are smart enough to draw a fine line between good and bad content.

In addition, a large part of the population these days uses smartphones. They use social media like Facebook and Twitter more than any other application. As a result, it is possible that these users may encounter spam content redirecting to other harmful websites or programs. It is therefore preferable to use secure web interfaces like Chrome or similar portals.

In fact, when you disable the browsers built into Twitter and Facebook, your device gives you the option of opening an external link using the dedicated browser apps that you have installed on your device.

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Disable the built-in browser on Twitter

So let’s start with the microblogging site. Here are the steps you can follow and disable the browser available in the app.

• Make sure you are logged into your Twitter account
• You should see your profile picture in the upper left corner of the screen
• Tap profile to expand the menu
• Then press Settings and privacy
• Under the settings, tap Display and sound
• In the next screen, under Web browser tab, uncheck the box Use a browser built into the application. Here is a screenshot of my phone to help you understand the steps.
  

That’s it. The next time you open a link, it should open on the separate web browser you have installed on your Android device.

Guide to deactivate Facebook browser in the application

Now let’s go to the popular Facebook app. Here are the steps you can use to disable the Facebook built-in browser.

• You must be logged into your Facebook account to make this change
• On the home page, tap the Menu button with 3 horizontal bars
• Scroll down and press Settings and privacy option. It will grow.
• From the extension, press the menu settings. This will take you to the next screen
• Now press the Media and contacts tongue. You should now see a list of options with flip-flops next to them.
• Go to option External links. Press the toggle to deactivate it. Here is a screenshot that will help you run the process easily.
  

From now on, any external link that you want to open will not open by default with the Facebook browser built into the application. You must use a standalone browser application for this.

So the question was how to disable the integrated Twitter and Facebook browser. If this guide has been informative for you, be sure to also consult our other guides.

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