How to Close Facebook on Flipboard

Most iPad users agree that Flipboard is not your average RSS reader. The Wired website describes this free magazine-style app as "pretty awesome," and PCMag.com gave it a four-and-a-half star rating, making it an Editor's Choice. Adding your Facebook account to Flipboard lets you view your news feed as a personal publication, using a swipe to turn the page. For all of its qualities, Flipboard is not without fault, and certain elements of the app remain confusing, such as closing or logging out of Facebook. Although it is not marked with a well-known "X" icon, you can still easily close Facebook in Flipboard.

Instructions

1. Tap "Favorites" while viewing your Facebook news feed to close it and return to your Flipboard Favorites panels.

2. Tap the gear icon in the bottom-right corner to access your settings, tap your Facebook account and then tap "Sign Out" to log out of Facebook on Flipboard.

3. Tap the "More" link in the top-right corner and then tap "Favorites." Tap "Edit" and then tap the red icon to remove your Facebook panel from Flipboard.

References

• Wired; Hands on --- Flipboard Turns Your iPad into a Personalized Magazine; Charlie Sorrel; July 2010
• PCMag.com; Flipboard (for iPad); Jeffrey L. Wilson, et al.; March 2011

Resources

• Flipboard