Facebook How to: Block wall-posting apps from your friends

Scrolling through the news feeds this morning on Facebook, I noticed a friend asking how to block an app that was posting on their wall. You know the kind where one of your friends asks a question about you or picks your best picture. Those things seem to be coming up more and more lately. So, here's how to get rid of them:

1. Move your mouse pointer to the right-hand side of the post you want to remove and/or block. A small X will appear.

2. Click it and you will see a drop-down menu similar to the one shown below.

3. You may remove the post, which will take it off of your wall, but will not prevent the same application from posting to your wall again. Or you may Block the application, which is the second option in the list above. 

4. Once you click Block, you will get a confirmation window like the one below:

5. Click Block and this will prevent this particular application from posting to your wall ever again. 

Unfortunately, this will not prevent all applications from posting to your wall, but you can cut down on the most viral ones pretty quickly by doing this a few times as the posts appear.

Have more "How to" questions?  Post them in the comment section below and we'll get them answered for you.