Does Facebook notify when you take a screenshot?

Or you yourself also want to be notified by Facebook when someone takes a screenshot of your content.

This is a privacy-related issue that many people wonder about. Find out below.

Does Facebook notify when you screenshot a status, photo, video, story or reel?

The answer is NO. Facebook does not notify users when you screenshot their posts, photos, videos, stories or reels. Just like on Instagram, you can take a screenshot of any of the above items without worrying about the system sending a notification to the creator. The same is true for screen video recording operations.

If you're a content creator, you won't receive any notifications when someone screenshots your content. If you're concerned about users unauthorized copying of your content, consider adding a watermark to your images and videos.

Likewise, if you're a content creator, you won't receive any notifications when someone screenshots your content. In case you're worried about someone illegally copying your content, consider adding a watermark to an image or video before posting.

Does Facebook send a notification to take screenshots of self-deleting messages?

There's one exception to this: Messenger (Facebook) will send a notification if you take a screenshot of a disappearing message.

Self-deleting messages, as the name suggests, are messages that are automatically deleted after a specified period of time. This is a built-in feature in the Facebook Messenger app that you can apply to any of your chats. In these chats, if either party takes a screenshot of the message, both will receive a notification.

The reason Facebook does this is because self-deleting messages disappear after the specified time period for security purposes. When someone in the chat takes a screenshot, this is against the purpose of the self-deleting message feature.

David Pac

Update 31 July 2023