Can you remove Facebook Reels on iPhone? What Facebook Help says and what actually works (2026)

You open Facebook to see what your cousin posted or to reply in the neighborhood group, and two minutes later you're scrolling through reels from people you don't know. Normally, you'd look in the settings for a switch that says "disable Reels". I looked in Facebook's help (in Latin American Spanish) on October 25, 2026, and I couldn't find it. This is what there is, how to activate it, and how far each one goes…

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Facebook has changed its video format to "reels" since September 2025, making it impossible to completely disable them. Users can adjust their feed by marking "No me interesa" or "Ocultar reel" on individual reels, but this has limited effects. The app also offers options to adjust the feed and prevent automatic video playback, but reels will still appear in the feed and video section. A third-party iPhone app, minulo, offers a workaround to hide reels, but it has limitations and is not available for Android or iPad.

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