Limit you ex’s intrusion with new Facebook tools

“When people change their relationship status to indicate they are no longer in a relationship, they will be prompted to try these tools”, Facebook explains.

Facebook said it will begin to experiment with new tools created to give users the option to digitally distance themselves from their former loved ones without having to take drastic measures.

CBS NEWS- Whether you’re heartbroken by a breakup or happy to be single again, the end of a relationship raises all kinds of complications on Facebook.

The benefit of this is that you don’t have to block or defriend your ex – permanently marking you as bitter, which of course you are not, because you’re totally cool with the breakup, right? Facebook will automatically push you to use this new optional feature in that case.

This means they won’t be able to see any photos, videos, status updates, or anything you post. “We hope these tools will help people end relationships on Facebook with greater ease, comfort and sense of control”.

The user can also ask Facebook to stop suggesting the ex’s name when their friends or associates are tagging their photos or people on their status updates or shout outs.

The last feature is deciding what memories of your life together on Facebook other people can see.

When you’ve broken up with someone, there are a number of things you can do to limit their presence in your life including avoiding the places you know they hang out and sending emails from them to your spam folder – but one place it is nearly impossible to escape them is on social media, writes Tech Times. The tool is already available for Facebook users in United States, according to Engadget. Winters says the company will tweak the tools based on user feedback.