How to make Facebook Private

How to Make Facebook Private?

Are you tired of being visible on Facebook? Well, you can make your Facebook private to have greater control over your online presence.

Making Facebook private is a way to control who can access your personal information and posts. People may do it to avoid being found by friends or family members. And few may use it to create a more exclusive community for themselves and their friends. 

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Whatever the reason, you can make your Facebook private in a few steps and enjoy being invisible.

Steps to Make Facebook Private

Step 1:

Open a Facebook account on a PC and click the Profile” icon.

click Profile icon

Step 2:

Click “Settings & Privacy.”

click settings and privacy

Step 3:

Click “Settings.”

click Settings

Step 4:

Once you reach the setting tab, click “Privacy.”

click privacy

There will be three portions; you can change the privacy for activity, contact, and Messages.

Change Privacy for Your Activity

Step 1:

Click “Edit” on the right of who can see your future posts.

click edit on who can see your future post

Step 2:

Click “Only me” to make your activity thoroughly private.

click only me who can see your future post

Step 3:

You can review your previous tagged posts (optional).

review all your tagged post

Step 4:

You can limit or change the audience for the previous post(optional).

limit the audience

Step 5:

Click “Edit” on the right of who can see people, pages, and lists you follow.

click edit who can see pages you like

Step 6:

Click “Only me.”

click only me who can see pages you like

Change the Privacy of How People Can Find and Contact You

Step 1:

Click “Edit” to the right of who can send you a friend request.

click edit who can send you friend request

Step 2:

Click “Friends of friends.”

click friends of friends

Step 3:

Click “Edit” on the right of who can see your friend list.

click edit who can see your friend list

Step 4:

Click “Only me.”

click only me who can see friend list

Step 5:

Click “Edit” on the right of who can look up using the email addresses you have provided.

click edit who can see email list you provided

Step 6:

Click “Only me.”

click only me who can see provided email

Step 7:

Click “Edit” on the right of who can look up using the phone number you have provided.

click only me who provided can see provided phone number

Step 8:

Click “Only me.”

click only me who provided can see provided phone number

Step 9:

Click “Edit” on the right of do you want search engines Facebook to link to your profile.

Click edit who can find search engines

Step 10:

Uncheck to detach the link.

checkmark uncheck the detach link

Change Privacy for How You Get Message Requests

Step 1:

Click Edit on the right of the message requests from friends of friends. You can receive message requests or completely block any new inbox request.

click edit on message request

Step 2:

You can choose what suits best for you.

choose which suits you best

FAQs

How do I hide my online status on Facebook?

Go to messenger app> tap profile icon> switch off active status

How do I make a private comment on Facebook?

Tap 3 dotted icons in the right of the comment > tap hide the comment.