How to turn off the microphone in the Facebook app

In order for any third-party app to have access to your iPhone or iPad microphone, you have to give permission when it first asks for it. When you first installed the Facebook app, you may have given permission for Facebook to access your microphone. If you'd like to revoke that permission, you can do so in the Settings app.

•    • Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
•    • Tap Privacy.
•    • Tap Microphone.
•    • Tap the Facebook switch to turn it off.

If Facebook is not listed in the Microphone section of your Privacy settings, it's because you've never given Facebook permission to access your microphone on that device. You can double-check this by checking the apps' permissions in Settings.

• Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
• Scroll all the way down to the apps section and tap Facebook.
• Tap the Microphone switch to turn it off.

If you don't see the Microphone switch, it means you've never given Facebook permission to access your microphone.

How to turn off the microphone in Facebook Messenger

The official Facebook app isn't the only app Facebook can access your microphone from. You may have also given permission to Facebook Messenger to access your microphone at some point in the past. You can revoke permission in the Privacy section of your Settings app on iPhone and iPad.

•    • Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
•    • Tap Privacy.
•    • Tap Microphone.
•    • Tap the Messenger switch to turn it off.

If Messenger is not listed in the Microphone section of your Privacy settings, it's because you've never given Messenger permission to access your microphone. You can double-check this by checking the apps' permissions in Settings.

•    • Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
•    • Scroll all the way down to the apps section and tap Messenger.
•    • Tap the Microphone switch to turn it off.

If you don't see the Microphone switch, it means you've never given Messenger permission to access your microphone.

You should also review other apps you've given permission to access your microphone and disable any that you don't actually use its microphone feature with.

How to turn off the microphone for Safari if you use Facebook's mobile website

If you use Facebook through Safari on your iPhone, instead of the official Facebook app (or maybe in addition to it), you might consider turning off the microphone and camera for Safari. I mean, who uses the microphone and camera while browsing the web on their iPhone anyway, amIright?

•    • Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
•    • Tap Safari.
•    • Scroll down and turn off the Camera & Microphone switch under Privacy & Security.