--- description: Now Facebook is letting users block people from the 'On This Day' feature. title: You Can Now Block Your Ex From Facebook's 'On This Day' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3faacb75befd6dd/6988677ba988ca00a76b4bac/facebook-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Can Now Block Your Ex From Facebook's 'On This Day' Feature by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 4:57 AM CUT  Facebook Inc. logo on display. Facebook Inc. logo on display.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 4:57 AM CUT Facebook’s “On This Day” feature brings up old posts from the past. It can be a lot of fun, except when it reminds you of all the good times you had with an ex, estranged family member or deceased friend. Now Facebook is letting users block out those unpleasant memories. All users need to do is visit the [“On This Day” page](http://go.refinery29.com/?id=30283X879131&site=refinery29.com&xcust=desktop0scrollable&xs=1&isjs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fonthisday&xguid=&xuuid=7c391597b30f1062075f2954bc1f5ab0&xsessid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinery29.com%2F2015%2F10%2F95707%2Fhow-to-stop-bad-reminders-facebook&pref=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F&xtz=240 "undefined"), where, by the way, people can go anytime to look at what they posted on that date in the past. Then hit “Preferences” in the upper right corner and add any people or dates you never want… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/you-can-now-block-your-ex-facebooks-day-feature-n444336?cid=par-time-tech%5F20151015 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4074416/facebook-technology-social-media-ex-block/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4074416/facebook-technology-social-media-ex-block/"},"headline":"You Can Now Block Your Ex From Facebook's 'On This Day' Feature","datePublished":"2015-10-15T04:57:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:47.707Z","description":"Block out those unpleasant memories","url":"https://time.com/4074416/facebook-technology-social-media-ex-block/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","Technology","facebook"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3faacb75befd6dd/6988677ba988ca00a76b4bac/facebook-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3faacb75befd6dd/6988677ba988ca00a76b4bac/facebook-logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Facebook Inc. logo on display.","caption":"Facebook Inc. logo on display.","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4074416/facebook-technology-social-media-ex-block/","name":"You Can Now Block Your Ex From Facebook's 'On This Day' Feature"}}]}] ```