How to Turn Off Auto-Generated Captions on Facebook on iPhone

Author: Ritikaa | Guide: Facebook |

To avoid confusion and chaos on, you should consider turning off auto-generated captions on Facebook on iPhone.

These auto-generated captions come on every video that plays in your Facebook account on your Facebook feed. Along with that, you can also turn off the active status on Facebook on iPhone. Meanwhile, let's learn How to Turn Off Auto-Generated Captions on Facebook on iPhone with the help of this article in 4 easy steps.

How To Turn Off Active Status on Facebook

Turn Off Auto-Generated Captions on Facebook on iPhone in 4 Steps

Step-1 Open the 'Facebook' App: The first step requires you to open the 'Facebook' app by clicking on the Facebook app icon in your iPhone.

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Step-2 Go to the Post and tap maximize: Then, you have to go to any video post on your feed. In the bottom right corner of that video, you will see the 'Maximize screen' option. Click on that option.

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Step-3 Tap on '•••' option: Then, you have to tap on the option with the three dots '•••'. You can see the picture below for reference.

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Step-4 Tap 'Turn off captions': A list will appear on the screen. From that list, you have to click on the option that says 'Turn off captions'.

Now, you have successfully turned the captions off.

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FAQ

What Are The Auto-generated Captions on The Facebook App?

The Facebook app provides auto-generated captions for the videos from its side.

These captions help the users of the Facebook app understand the audio and the language of the video without any problem.

Does Facebook Live Option Also Has Captions?

By default, Facebook live option does not has the auto-generated captions enabled in it.

You can enable these captions in the following steps as shown:

  • Click on the 'Create live' Option.
  • Go to 'Settings' and click on 'viewing'.
  • Turn on the 'auto-generated captions'.

What Are Live Captions On Facebook?

It is a great feature of the app that applies to live videos.

The Live Caption feature of the Facebook app can automatically add captions to any video, podcast, or audio message on your facebook account on iPhone. It also works with videos and posts that you post yourself.

Do Messenger Also Has Auto-generated Captions?

Since there is no need of this feature on Facebook Messenger because the sole purpose of Facebook messenger is to connect people via text. And, therefore messenger does not have auto-generated captions.

But it surely has many other great features. Like you can create and delete polls on Facebook Messenger. It is just one of the many other good features.

Can I Edit Auto-generated Captions On Facebook?

Yes, you can easily edit the auto generated captions. Facebook provides it users with this edit option.

It helps to enhance the user exper on the Facebook app. You can edit any of the captions. Just remember that all you have to do is just click on the right side of the popup window. Then, scroll down to find the caption you want to edit and click the text to edit it.

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