How to view applications and websites linked to social networks

Social networks can put our privacy at risk without us realizing it. One of the reasons is when we link them to other services or platforms on the Internet and these are not secure. In this article I will explain how you can see which websites or online services you have logged in with your Facebook or Google account. This way you can have a better understanding of where you have linked your account and whether or not it could be in danger.

How to see the services linked to Facebook

How to view applications and websites linked to social networks

With Facebook we are facing the most used social network and that means that it also has functions such as logging in to other platforms or linking services. This is useful, since in many cases it saves us time, but it can also become a significant problem for privacy .

To see where you have linked your Facebook account , the first thing you have to do is log in to the social network. Once you are inside, go to the menu at the top right, click on Settings and privacy, Settings, enter Security and logins and there you access Applications and websites.

Aplicaciones y sitios web en Facebook

There you will see the entire list with the websites where you have linked your Facebook account. You can see some pages that you have linked even many years ago, as long as you have never unlinked them. In fact you can see the exact date of the link. This is useful to detect possible problems and avoid having insecure services.

In each of them you can click on the View and edit button. This will show you more information. For example, the information you are sharing, such as your name, profile picture, e-mail, the photos you have uploaded on Facebook… You will have all this information from each of the linked services.

Ver datos de servicios vinculados

If you want to delete something in particular, you can do it easily. For example, if you don’t want to share your email address, you can hit Delete. You can also click the blue Delete button, which appears above, and you will completely unlink that service or platform that you linked at some point.

Steps to see sites linked to Google

Another platform where it is convenient to control everything that you have linked is Google . You can also see all the services that can access your account and thus have full control so there are no privacy issues. To do this you simply have to follow a series of steps.

To see what services you have linked to your Google account and therefore can see certain data, you have to go to the Security section. Once you are there, you will arrive at a page where the list of linked devices will appear and, just to the right, the third-party applications with access to the account.

The latter is what interests us. If you click there you will reach another window where it will show you all those linked services. They are basically web pages or applications that you can access simply by signing in to Google, without having to do anything else. At the top you will see a button to allow or not this to happen.

Aplicaciones con acceso a la cuenta de Google

You can also click on each of these services individually. When doing so, a series of data will appear, such as if you have access to basic information about your account, when you granted permissions or the main page. To unlink it, you simply have to hit the Remove access button.

Quitar acceso a una cuenta de Google

Automatically, that service will no longer be linked to the Google account. You will no longer be able to access your account information, nor will you be able to access your website without logging in. In case you want to reverse the situation, you would have to give it permissions again.

See services linked to Twitter

Another widely used social network to which you can link other services is Twitter . There you can also easily see everything you have linked and that could be putting your privacy at risk. We are going to show the steps you must take to do so, to always have full control over your account and your data.

To do this you have to enter your Twitter account, go to More options, access Security and account access and, once there, click on Applications and sessions and enter Connected applications . This will open a new screen where all the third-party services that you have linked to your Twitter account will appear at some point.

You can click on each of them to configure it independently. Once you enter one, it will take you to a page with the permissions it has and also the option to revoke the permissions of that application. If you are not interested in keeping it linked, it is as easy as clicking delete.

Revocar servicios de Twitter

If in the future you want to access that service through OAuth, with Twitter, you will have to link it again. You should always make sure that you do not have applications or pages that could be dangerous or that you directly no longer need for anything. The less data you expose, the better for your privacy.

Conclusions

As you can see, there are many services and platforms that you can link to social networks such as Facebook or Twitter, as well as Google. This is useful to be able to log in faster, without having to enter other data. But of course, at the end of the day they are sharing information between those services, which sometimes may not be secure. It is important to have control and know at all times with what and when we are sharing data.

It is easy to unlink a service from social networks. You only have to follow the steps that we have given and you will be able to see all the ones that you have linked and eliminate the ones that do not interest you. In this way you can maintain privacy assured and avoid problems that put your data at risk.

Our advice is that you do not have linked services that could become a problem for your privacy. Control at all times to which ones you give permissions so that they can see your personal data and have access to information such as your e-mail, full name, list of contacts, etc. Otherwise, you could be giving access to services that at a given moment are going to be a problem.