Computer and Software Support


Active Sessions 

Facebook

Thanks to Thomas Manning for informing me about this feature.

Active Sessions is located on the cell phone app of Facebook. This Facebook feature is on Internet Explorer version but has a different name. The one on the browser is called Where You're Logged in instead of Active Sessions but it is the same thing.

This instructions is for the Android version and may not apply to other phones such as Iphones.

WARNING!!!

When you log into Facebook on a browser or using the Facebook app on a cell phone, you are logged in till you tell it to log off. Sometimes when you close the app or the browser window, it will automatically log you off. However some of the time when you close the browser or app without actually clicking sign out, you stay logged in.. Therefore, if you are on a computer that others use like lets say the Library, and you don't tell it to sign out. You just close the browser, there is a chance you will still be signed in. If you just close the browser without clicking sign out, the next person that opens Facebook on that computer could have access to your Facebook account if closing the browser or app doesn't log you off. They can change the password, look at your personal stuff, and post.  For more information on this, click here.

 

To access Active Sessions, do the following

  1. Open Security

  2. Select Active Sessions

   

 

You will see the locations that your account is signed in at

   

In this example I am only signed in twice. I am signed into Facebook on my cell and on my computer. If I was signed in at other locations as well they  would be listed here as well. If you had signed in somewhere else and cannot remember if you logged off or not, you can check here. If you are signed in elsewhere, you can click the X to end the session.

   

 

   

The window will also let you know if someone is signed in under your account without your knowledge.

WARNING!!!

The location that is listed is not always accurate. As you can see in this example. The example says I am signed on in Livingston, N.J. for my Cell and I am signed in at Mount Laurel NJ for my computer. However they are incorrect. These are valid sessions. If I end the computer one, I will be logged off on my computer. I think the software is reporting my location there because that is where the server is (I am assuming that is the reason). To verify it, I clicked the X on the session and my Facebook account signed off on the computer.