How to Make Facebook Account Private?
Facebook, well-known as FB, is said as a public diary to let people know everything you do in your life. But what if a person wants to make his/her Facebook profile private. Various topics can be included in the explanation to make Facebook profile private, such as having extra control over other Facebook users, Facebook users who are your friends, and Facebook users who are not your friends can see your Facebook profile or not, is it possible to change the account settings completely, etc.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to make your FB profile completely private, but if you use the correct settings, you can make your profile 100% private, effectively.
The details for how to make an FB profile private are mentioned below:
Steps to Make Facebook Profile Private.
Brief descriptions in regards to making Facebook profile private using a mobile phone are mentioned below:
- Open the "Facebook" application in the phone, if not installed, install the application from Play store or Appstore
- Tap on three-line menu, present on the top right or on the bottom of the screen
- Scroll to the "Settings and Privacy" option
- Tap on settings, tap on privacy under settings and click on privacy settings.
- Tap on the option available "check a few important settings", to check privacy settings.
- Tap on the option "Privacy Checkup" and choose the option/section "who can see what you share".
- Tap on "Continue".
- Scroll down to "Friends and Following", Change the settings according to requirements, like select "Friends" which means on your friends on Facebook can see your other friends
- Change other settings as well according to the requirements with using the edit option
- Tap the option "Next"
- Click on the option next to "Future Posts" and "Stories" and change the selected option to "Friends"
- Tap "Next" to save the changed settings.
Brief description in regards on FB, how to make profile private using a browser is mentioned below:
- Open the browser on the computer and go to the browser page
- Log in to FB account
- Click on the arrow icon on the top right corner and then click on the Settings option
- Click on the privacy tab on the right menu
- Change the privacy settings according to requirements, choose who can see and who cannot see the profile, etc.
Note: Tap on edit to adjust the settings according to requirements.
Brief description in regards to FB, How to Make your Future Facebook Content Private?:
- Log in to the "Facebook" account on the browser or open the "Facebook" application
- Click on the arrow icon, present on the upper right part of the screen
- Click on the option "Settings and Privacy"
- Choose the option "Settings"
- Click on the option "Privacy" from the menu on the right
- Choose the "Under Activity" option.
- Under the option "Under Activity," you can see "Who Can See Your Future Posts?"
- Tap on the option "Edit" button to change the settings
- Click on the option "Public" and then select the option "Friends".
Note: The same settings can also be followed on each and every post, posted earlier or in the future.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
With using Facebook's Privacy menu to limit who can see the posts, profile, and more, click on the "Setting" every option to "Only Me" to make the Facebook profile as private as possible.
Select the option "Edit Profile", on the top left corner of the FB account. Click on the drop-down menu "Audience" and select "Only Me" to hide the profile from the public.
With installing the Facebook app on the iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. At the bottom right of the screen click on the three-line menu. Scroll down to the menu option for “Settings & Privacy” and tap on that to a list of options to be appeared.
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