Text captions sometimes appear when you watch a video on Facebook. Unlike YouTube’s closed captions, Facebook doesn’t automatically caption videos. If your video has captions added by the author, you can turn them on or off. Depending on the device you’re using, you’ll need to follow different steps to do this.

If the captions are bothering your video and are blocking the picture, you can turn them off. At the same time, you can completely change their appearance to adjust them to your preferences.

What to do to turn off video captions on Facebook using iPhone?

Captions are an essential feature found on many platforms and streaming services. They allow you to watch videos even in places where it would otherwise be impossible, such as on public transportation. Of course, this is also important for the hearing impaired. However, Facebook users often have to turn off captioning because it prevents them from watching video content. On an iPhone or iPad, the steps are simple to disable Facebook captions. To do so, you need to follow these steps:

• The first step is to open Settings on your iPhone.
• After that, select the ‘Accessibility’ section in the settings list.

• Then you need to select ‘Subtitles and Captioning’ in the ‘Hearing’ section.

• Next, in the new window, drag the green ‘Closed Captioning + SDH’ slider so that it appears grayed out.

This way you can switch the visibility of text accompaniment both on Facebook Watch and in pages, groups, and feeds. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to enable captions on Facebook, you can follow these de steps to do so.

What to do to turn off video captions on Facebook using a web browser?

Unlike smartphones or tablets, computers or PCs don’t have automatic captions built into their system. Thus, to disable them, you need to go into your Facebook settings. So to turn off video captions on Facebook using a web browser, follow these steps:

• The first step is to open Facebook in your browser and log in to your profile.
• Next, click your profile icon in the upper right corner and select ‘Settings and privacy’.

• Then you must select the first item ‘Settings’ from the list.

• Next, you need to select the ‘Videos’ section in the left settings panel.

• In the ‘Always show captions’ section, select ‘Off’.

After these steps, you will be able to view content on Facebook without captions. However, you can follow the same way if you don’t want to disable captions and instead want to change their settings, click the ‘Edit’ button directly in the ‘Show subtitles’ field. There you can change the caption settings to your liking or just turn them off or on as often as you like.