How to Unlike Something on Facebook (Comments, Post or Page)

On Facebook you can “Like” a post or a photo. You can also “Like” a comment or a page. This guide demos how to “Unlike” something on Facebook.

Below are steps to “Unlike” a post, comment or page.

Option 1: “Unlike” a Post, Comment, or Page from a PC

If you want to “Unlike” a Post on Facebook, here are the steps:

• Locate the post you want to “Unlike”.

• Then scroll below the post. To confirm that you already “Liked” the post, the color of the “Like” icon will be blue.
• To “Unlike” the post, click on the “Like” icon (thumbs-up icon).

• The “Like” icon will immediately go from blue to gray! It is that easy to “Unlike” something on Facebook!

As I mentioned earlier you also can also “Unlike” a comment on Facebook.

Here are the steps to “Unlike” a comment on Facebook from a PC…

• Locate the post with the comment you want to “Unlike”.

• Then scroll to the bottom of the post and click the x comments. See the highlighted portion of the image below.

• When the comments are displayed, the comment you previously “Liked” will be blue. To “Unlike” a comment, click on the thumbs-up “Like” icon. The comment “Like” icon will turn gray, confirming that you have now “Unliked” the comment.

Finally, for this section here are the steps to “Unlike” a Facebook page…

• On the left pane of your Facebook News Feed, click Pages.

• All the Facebook Pages you “Like” will be displayed. To “Unlike” a page, click “Liked” thumbs-up icon beside the page. The “Liked” icon will change from a tick to a normal thumbs-up. In this example, I “Unliked” Eaglesmind. See the difference between the “Like” buttons in the first and second image below.

Option 2: “Unlike” a Post, Comment, or Page via the Facebook App

If you access Facebook from the App on your smartphone, you can still “Unlike” something on Facebook – Post, Comment or Page. Here are the steps:

To “Unlike” a post:

• Locate the post you want to “Unlike” and scroll to the bottom. If you previously “Liked” the post, the thumbs-up “Like” icon will be blue.

• To “Unlike” the post, click on the “Like” icon. Once you “Unlike” the post the “Like” icon will turn gray.

If you are looking to “Unlike” a comment, here is how…

• Open the post with the comment you previously “Liked” and want to “Unlike”. Beneath the post click x comments.

• Any comment you previously “Liked” will be displayed in blue. To “Unlike” a comment, click on the blue “Like” icon. It will turn gray. Compare the two images below.

Finally, here are the steps to “Unlike” a Facebook page from the App..

• From the Facebook App on your phone, click the 3 lines on top right of the page. Then click Pages Manager.

• Then, on the top right of Pages, click Liked Pages.

• A list of all the pages you “Like” will be will be displayed – each with a ticked “Liked” icon. To “Unlike” a page, click the “Liked” icon beside it. In this example, I will “Unlike” Argus.

• To confirm that you have “Unliked” the page, the blue tick icon will change to gray thumbs-up icon.

Whatever your reason for wanting to “Unlike” something on Facebook, I hope you found this guide helpful!

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