How to Turn Off Facebook Face Recognition Feature

Facebook's Facial Recognition Feature uses facial recognition to send an alert when someone posts a photo of you. Facebook will automatically scan your photos to suggest people you can tag based on who's in your photo. It'll also send alerts if your face appears in a photo that someone else posted ("Hey, someone posted a photo you're in") or if someone uploads a photo of you as their profile picture. By default, it'll be off for all new users.

Turn off Facebook Face Recognition on your phone:

1. Open the Facebook app.
2. Tap on the menu button (the three-lined icon).
3. Scroll down, then select Settings & Privacy.
4. Tap Privacy Shortcuts.
5. Select Control Face Recognition.
6. Tap on the section asking Do you want facebook to be able to recognise you in photos and videos?
7.  Select Off.

N.B. Select On if you want to turn On Face Recognition feature.

Turn off Facebook Face Recognition on your Desktop:

1. Log into Facebook on your web browser.
2. Click on the down arrow in the upper-right corner of Facebook and click on Settings.
3. Click Face Recognition in the left column.
4. Click Edit on the Face Recognition Setting Page.
5. Select Yes or No to turn the feature on or off, then click Close.

With the feature turned off, Facebook will no longer scan your photos with its facial recognition tech. That doesn't mean you can't tag friends in photos, it just means that Facebook won't recommend people to tag.