How You can Turn Off Facebook Memories Facebook’s Memories (also known as On This Day) feature shows you posts from previous years on the same day. It can be a wonderful way to remember fun times, exciting news, or great accomplishments. But you may also have shared sad, difficult things from your life that you don’t necessarily want to be reminded of. For example, it may have been comforting to get friends’ responses a year ago when your cat died. But seeing her picture now just makes you feel sad all over again. Fortunately there is a way to turn off this feature entirely, partially, just for certain people or dates, or even just certain memories. How to Turn Memories Off (and Back On) If you dislike the Memories feature altogether because, say, you just want to see what your friends are up to and the Memory function interrupts that action, it’s very easy to turn off. 1. Open your Facebook account, and look in the left column. There you’ll see a number of features. Find and cl...