# The Facebook dilemma

**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090
**Category:** General Topics
**Created:** [December 20, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090 "2011-12-20T03:00:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author: ![HealthyYoungblood](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/FF5252/32.png) [@HealthyYoungblood](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/HealthyYoungblood)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/1 "2011-12-20T03:00:32Z")

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Is it possible to register Waze friends without doing the Facebook connection thing?  
Is it possible to connect to my Facebook account for only friends but nothing else (I.e. no posts, etcetera of any kind to Facebook unless I do it myself)?  
ThankU & have fun.

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### Author: ![RickW-NC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/FFC400/32.png) [@RickW-NC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/RickW-NC)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/2 "2011-12-20T03:54:49Z")

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You can only have friends via facebook at this time. You can tell Waze to not post and it will remain silent. You will still see your friends on your scoreboard so you can fight for the top spot!!! Enjoy.

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### Author: ![HealthyYoungblood](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/FF5252/32.png) [@HealthyYoungblood](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/HealthyYoungblood)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/3 "2011-12-20T09:59:30Z")

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Thanks brother. So, I’m assuming that there will be an option available to check to disable posts.?.

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### Author: ![dmcconachie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/1BAB50/32.png) [@dmcconachie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/dmcconachie)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/4 "2011-12-20T10:21:45Z")

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> [@HealthyYoungblood](#):
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> Thanks brother. So, I’m assuming that there will be an option available to check to disable posts.?.

It’s off by default but yes you can set checkboxes once you’ve connected.

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### Author: ![safetydan](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/1BAB50/32.png) [@safetydan](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/safetydan)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/5 "2012-01-26T02:30:14Z")

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How do I turn off the facebook connection to Waze? Not wanting it anymore.

thanks

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### Author: ![Spil](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90959C/32.png) [@Spil](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Spil)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/6 "2012-01-26T02:48:30Z")

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> [@SafetyDan](#):
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> How do I turn off the facebook connection to Waze? Not wanting it anymore.
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> thanks

Go to your Dashboard, and below your birthday and gender, click the “Disconnect” link to the right of “Facebook Connect”. 😉

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### Author: ![RallyChris](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0099FF/32.png) [@RallyChris](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/RallyChris)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/7 "2012-01-26T18:16:57Z")

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In the iPhone client you can work with your social media settings by opening:

Menu -\> My Waze -\> Social Networks

For this particular request you then would go to Facebook, and can select disconnect.

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### Author: ![D2nny](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/FFC400/32.png) [@D2nny](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/D2nny)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/8 "2012-02-28T14:14:44Z")

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But what… if one (like me) refuses to start a facebook?  
I hate facebook and I don’t want to start it, but I do like Waze and want to add friends here!

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### Author: ![jasonh300](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/0099FF/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/jasonh300)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/9 "2012-02-28T16:20:27Z")

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> [@D2nny](#):
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> But what… if one (like me) refuses to start a facebook?  
> I hate facebook and I don’t want to start it, but I do like Waze and want to add friends here!

Open a Facebook account under the name “D2nny Wazer”, or something similar, and don’t put any personal info in there. Post the link on here or one one of the “Friend me on Facebook” threads, and then forget about it.

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### Author: ![D2nny](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/FFC400/32.png) [@D2nny](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/D2nny)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/10 "2012-02-29T07:58:22Z")

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> [@jasonh300](#):
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> > [@D2nny](#):
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> > But what… if one (like me) refuses to start a facebook?  
> > I hate facebook and I don’t want to start it, but I do like Waze and want to add friends here!
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> Open a Facebook account under the name “D2nny Wazer”, or something similar, and don’t put any personal info in there. Post the link on here or one one of the “Friend me on Facebook” threads, and then forget about it.

Thanks for the answer, but I don’t really think this is what I’m looking for.  
I want people to have friends on Waze, without the use of anything like facebook (like me), for instance let me email my friends to join me.

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### Author: ![dmcconachie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/1BAB50/32.png) [@dmcconachie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/dmcconachie)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/11 "2012-02-29T09:18:33Z")

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The friend feature will be improved in the future to add twitter and I believe G+ options too!

via Tapatalk

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### Author: ![PhishyPhamily](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/0099FF/32.png) [@PhishyPhamily](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/PhishyPhamily)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/12 "2012-02-29T17:49:49Z")

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I second that, I have convinced my family to use the Waze app, but we do not, nor do we wish to get involved in Facebook. I’d like to friend them on Waze though.

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### Author: ![Arisladaw](https://www.waze.com/discuss/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/1BAB50/32.png) [@Arisladaw](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Arisladaw)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/13 "2012-11-02T01:04:05Z")

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I was trying my wife’s new Itouch and logged in into my account. Unfortunately it linked my account to her FB account. Now I can’t unlink it. Is there a way to change my linked account to my own Facebook account instead?

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### Author: ![AlanOfTheBerg](https://www.waze.com/discuss/user_avatar/www.waze.com/alanoftheberg/32/16350_2.png) [@AlanOfTheBerg](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/AlanOfTheBerg)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/the-facebook-dilemma/108090/14 "2012-11-02T01:32:43Z")

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Disconnect/log out of Facebook and log in with a different id? If that doesn’t work, then something is amiss.
