{"id":10806,"date":"2022-07-14T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:50:17","slug":"how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Facebook Account Private"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9b51aa0c2e\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9b51aa0c2e\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9b51aa0c2e\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private\/#How_to_Make_Your_Facebook_Account_Private\" title=\"How to Make Your Facebook Account Private\">How to Make Your Facebook Account Private<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private\/#Restricted_Lists_on_Facebook\" title=\"Restricted Lists on Facebook\">Restricted Lists on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private\/#Making_your_friends_list_private\" title=\"Making your friends list private\">Making your friends list private<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private\/#Limiting_who_can_see_your_posts\" title=\"Limiting who can see your posts\">Limiting who can see your posts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-facebook-account-private\/#Blocking_search_engines_from_listing_your_profile\" title=\"Blocking search engines from listing your profile\">Blocking search engines from listing your profile<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Make_Your_Facebook_Account_Private\"><\/span>How to Make Your Facebook Account Private<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to make facebook account private\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/L0OPlEG.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>To make your Facebook account private, go to the Privacy section and choose &#8220;Edit&#8221; in the left-hand menu. In this section, you can limit the number of people who can see your posts and activity, send you friend requests, or look you up. You can also block your profile from being listed in search engines. In addition, you can make your account &#8220;private&#8221; to only allow selected people to view your profile. Changing your privacy settings is easy and takes just a few minutes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Restricted_Lists_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Restricted Lists on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Facebook users can add certain friends to their restricted list without losing their friendship. This feature is similar to blocking, but instead of removing a friend from the list, you can keep them from seeing certain things. It&#8217;s also really easy to use. To add a friend, open the Facebook website or app and click on &#8216;Friends&#8217;. From there, click on &#8216;Add Friends&#8217; and select Restricted.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve added a friend to a restricted list, they will no longer be able to see your private information. However, they can still see posts and links that you tag them in. To add a friend to a restricted list, go to the person&#8217;s profile, click on &#8220;Friends,&#8221; and then tap on &#8220;Edit Friend List.&#8221; Then, choose Restricted from the list and select a category.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Making_your_friends_list_private\"><\/span>Making your friends list private<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Are you wondering how to make your friends list private on Facebook? You can make this feature available to anyone, but you should remember that the privacy settings on this social networking service are not completely risk free. Fortunately, there are two easy ways to make your friends list private on Facebook. Using the desktop version of Facebook, you can choose the option that allows only certain people to see your list. And for mobile users, you can do the same from the mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve made the decision to make your friends list private, you&#8217;ll be able to manage who can see it. Facebook has a number of configurations for this, so you can choose whether you want your friends to be able to see it or not. Here&#8217;s how to do it on both Windows and Mac computers. Once you&#8217;ve made your choice, click on the &#8220;Privacy Settings&#8221; link in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_who_can_see_your_posts\"><\/span>Limiting who can see your posts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered whether you can limit who can see your posts on Facebook, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. You can choose to limit who sees your posts on the whole site, future posts, or all your recent posts. If you&#8217;re concerned about a certain post going viral, you can choose &#8220;Friends Only&#8221; or &#8220;Friends&#8221; and choose which friends can view your post. You can also choose to hide a specific post from specific people. Moreover, you can also choose to hide future posts.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have decided to limit the amount of public content on your profile, you can set your privacy settings to make sure no one can contact you. You can do this by visiting your settings page and choosing &#8220;Privacy&#8221; on the drop-down menu. Once there, you can change your privacy settings for future posts. This setting is not retroactive, so if you change your mind, it won&#8217;t take effect for future posts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking_search_engines_from_listing_your_profile\"><\/span>Blocking search engines from listing your profile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Facebook lets search engines index your profile, and if you want more privacy, you can delist yourself from these search engines. Facebook also offers privacy settings to limit the number of friends who can search for you through email or phone. Blocking search engines from listing your profile is simple, and it&#8217;s easy to do! To delist your profile, log into your account and go to Privacy Settings. Click the blue &#8220;Edit&#8221; button in the privacy section. Then, select the &#8220;Close&#8221; button to save your preference.<\/p>\n<p>Although you can block search engines from listing your profile, it will take a few weeks for your changes to take effect. In the meantime, your profile link will remain on search engines&#8217; caches. This is because Facebook relays your privacy settings to search engines. It will take a few weeks before your privacy settings are completely removed from search engines&#8217; caches. You can also try using a variant name or limiting the amount of information you share on your profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make Your Facebook Account Private To make your Facebook account private, go to the Privacy section and choose &#8220;Edit&#8221; in the left-hand menu. In this section, you can limit the number of people who can see your posts and activity, send you friend requests, or look you up. 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