The Facebook app for Android is awful 50% of the time. It doesn’t upload photos properly and they are forever stuck in the notification area since there is no way to cancel them. Clear them with these steps.
Note: These steps may clear custom settings in the Facebook app such as notification sound.
- Open “Settings“.
- Choose “Apps“.
- Select “Facebook“.
- Select “Storage“.
- Tap the “Clear Data” button.
- Tap “OK” to confirm your selection.
Restart the device, then fire up the Facebook app again, and the stuck upload should now be cleared.
If this happens regularly, you may want to consider just using the Mobile Facebook site. It provides a more reliable option for uploading photos than the app.
Richard says
July 17, 2019 at 8:07 amClear all my accounts what does this mean
AnnMarie says
July 15, 2019 at 6:04 amDid not work, but clearing data and turning my phone off and back on did something to allow it to upload.
Dawn says
May 27, 2019 at 4:19 pmI found it in Settings, but will this clear all my albums in Facebook? And my other Facebook page that’s tied to the main page? It says it will permanantly delete all files. What does this mean?
Dawn says
May 27, 2019 at 4:12 pmDoes not help. Do you mean Settings on my phone, or Settings in Facebook? Neither seems to work.
Michelle Davey says
March 14, 2019 at 5:24 pmFixed the issue, thanks
Butch Hall says
July 28, 2018 at 11:24 amThat worked, thank you!
Mary says
March 9, 2018 at 1:07 amthank you this worked was driving me crazy
Bilal says
January 11, 2018 at 11:35 amThanks bro it helped a lot 😀
RITA BOYD MILLER says
December 20, 2017 at 4:55 amNo. I cannot use fb. I uploaded materials for a collage, now my fb is showing what I created; it will not post or cancel the post.
i have pressed in the upper right corner, then i tried doing the press on the upper left corner.
please tell me how to get out of this situation.
Cindy says
December 10, 2017 at 4:41 am10./12/2017 Yes thank you it did as you said.
Andy_P says
October 19, 2017 at 9:41 pmMany thanks! I tried four times to share a (Google) YouTube video to a public Google group, and it failed each time with a hopeless error message that gave no clues as to why. Ever since, those four attempts (greyed out) have been at the top whenever I visit that group. Reporting it to FB and scouring their Help articles provided.no answers. Your suggestion worked like a dream.
Arrie says
September 29, 2017 at 5:15 pmMy status bar stays stuck to the centre of my screen when scrolling on my S6 edge. Hiw can I fix it. I have cleared cash and uninstalled and restarted phone already.
Thank Arrie