Social Media · Facebook app on Android and iPhone

Can You Block Ads on Facebook Mobile?

Source-checked 16 August 2026About 4 minutes

Answer

No. Facebook has no setting that removes every ad from its Android or iPhone app. You can hide the ad in front of you, hide that advertiser, or choose to see less of selected topics in Accounts Center. Meta says these choices influence which ads appear, not the total number of ads.

Hide the ad in front of you

In the Facebook app, find the sponsored post you do not want. Select the three-dot menu at the top right of that ad, choose Hide ad, and follow the feedback prompt. The ad should disappear from the feed; this does not hide every ad from the same advertiser.

Hide an advertiser

Open the same three-dot ad menu and select Why am I seeing this ad? Beside Hide all ads from this advertiser, select Hide. Continue only if Facebook shows that exact advertiser-level control; hiding one sponsored post is not the same action.

Adjust advertisers or topics

Open the Facebook menu, then Settings & privacy > Settings > Accounts Center > Ad preferences. Under Customize ads, review Advertisers you saw ads from or Ad topics. Hide an advertiser or select a topic and choose See less. Return to Ad preferences and confirm that the advertiser or topic now shows your choice.

Judge the result correctly

Return to the feed and keep using Facebook normally. The selected ad should be gone, and Facebook should apply the advertiser or topic preference to future choices. Other ads will remain because Meta says these controls change relevance rather than ad quantity.

If it does not work

If Accounts Center or Ad preferences is missing, update the Facebook app once. Meta also directs people to accountscenter.facebook.com in a browser when the setting is not available in the app.
If Hide all ads from this advertiser does not appear, use Accounts Center > Ad preferences > Customize ads > Advertisers you saw ads from and look for that advertiser there. Do not report an ordinary ad merely because the advertiser-level control is absent.
If the same category still appears after See less, that is not proof the preference failed. Meta describes it as an influence on ad selection, not a complete category block or a reduction in ad count.
If an ad appears fraudulent, impersonates a person, or contains prohibited material, reopen its three-dot menu and use Report ad instead of only hiding it. Do not open the advertiser's link to investigate.
If the account is in the European region, use the regional ad choices Facebook presents. Meta states that those choices differ, so do not copy a setting shown for another account or region.

Sources and verification

Checked against official documentation on 16 August 2026. Scope: Facebook app on Android and iPhone.

Source-checked against Meta's current ad-control guidance. The page is deliberately image-free because the core result is a product limitation, while the exact ad and Accounts Center screens vary by account and region. The three frozen 2023 screenshots were rejected as stale interface evidence, and the old block-all-ads video is provenance only.