Monday, February 21, 2011

How to disable Facebook Photo Theater mode

Facebook has rolled out Theater mode for Photos for most of its users, which includes an ad at the right. The new album layout, when rolled out completely, will be ON by default and according to Facebook, it cannot be turned off or toggled on/off as desired.


If you really want to get rid of FB theater mode for photos, you can do so by following the simple trick given below. But note that, it is not a permanent solution, and just a work-around.

How to disable Facebook Photo Theater mode?



Solution 1: When you click on a photo/album, it will open the photo in the theater mode, now in the address bar, look for "&theater" and delete it. Then, it will open the photo in the old format and you can start browsing the album as you used to do before.


Solution 2: A faster alternative for Option 1, is to refresh the browser. When reloaded, the photo will open in the old format and you can continue browsing as before.


You can also Install for Firefox here and Chrome here to permanently disable Facebook photo theater view!

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