42% of Facebook users have taken a break from the site in the past year
Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship with the social media platform.
Just over half of Facebook users ages 18 and older (54%) say they have adjusted their privacy settings in the past 12 months, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Around four-in-ten (42%) say they have taken a break from checking the platform for a period of several weeks or more, while around a quarter (26%) say they have deleted the Facebook app from their cellphone. All told, some 74% of Facebook users say they have taken at least one of these three actions in the past year.
42% of Facebook users have taken  | break from the site in the past year  | % of U.S. thefollowing adults who use Facebook who say they have  | done thefollowing in the last 12 months say  | Any of the activities  | Adjusted their settings privacy  | 54  | settings privacy  | Taken a break from  | checking for several  | 42  | weeks or more  | Deleted the app from  | 26  | their phone  | Note: Those who did notanswer or gave other responses arenot  | shown.  | Source Survey conducted May29-June 11, 2018.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 