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.
Dante says
Thanks. Problem solved.
Mark Zacharko says
Did not work for me… Tried several times… Still says.. Facebook upload failed. Tap for options. Only on my cell phone. Works fine on laptop.
Richard says
Clear all my accounts what does this mean
AnnMarie says
Did not work, but clearing data and turning my phone off and back on did something to allow it to upload.
Dawn says
I 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
Does not help. Do you mean Settings on my phone, or Settings in Facebook? Neither seems to work.
Michelle Davey says
Fixed the issue, thanks
Butch Hall says
That worked, thank you!
Mary says
thank you this worked was driving me crazy
Bilal says
Thanks bro it helped a lot ?
RITA BOYD MILLER says
No. 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
10./12/2017 Yes thank you it did as you said.
Andy_P says
Many 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
My 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