Samsung Phone Users Can't Delete Facebook App From Their Phones

If you are using a Samsung phone, you may experience difficulty removing the Facebook app.

The Bloomberg News reported that Samsung phone users were having a hard time trying to uninstall the app from the social media giant. Users said that it was possible for them to disable but not completely delete the app. Similar experiences were posted in forums like Android Central by Samsung users.

There are several Samsung smartphones that come with pre-installed Facebook. The electronics giant from South Korea has put out some apps linking its devices to Facebook. One app in particular called Samsung Mobile, seek users’ permission to gain access to 36 pieces of information about them as well as their friends on Facebook including timeline posts to photos from friends, religious orientation as well as political views. The Galaxy S4 app demanded less info from your friends. However, it did want their photos and videos, events, status updates and birthdays.

When CNET ask Samsung and Facebook to comment on this problem, neither of them responded immediately. However, the Korean phone makers informed Bloomberg that the Facebook app that was pre-installed will not work if it has already been disabled. After being disabled, the app won’t collect data or send any info to Facebook.

The complaints from Samsung phones users come amid of Facebook’s data incidents. Back in December, the social network was reported to allow companies like Microsoft, Spotify, and Netflix to access personal data of users. Also in December, Facebook revealed a bug exposing photos of 6.8 million users to outside developers.

In September, Facebook suffered from a serious breach which affected 50 million of its users. Attackers were able to exploit the “View As” button on Facebook to steal 29 million people’s personal info including names, phone numbers and email addresses.  14 million users’ birth dates, workplaces, and hometowns were also stolen.