Old Facebook posts can be embarrassing and searchable if your privacy settings aren't updated. To delete old posts, you can scroll through your timeline or use the Activity Log for efficiency.

On Tuesday, the company announced in a blog post that all Facebook live broadcasts will only stay on Facebook Pages or profiles for 30 days, after which they'll be deleted and removed from Facebook.

Facebook notes that if users need more time to download their old live videos, they can choose to defer deletion for six months. If they don’t make a choice after that period, their old live ...