{"id":12164,"date":"2022-07-14T06:51:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=12164"},"modified":"2022-07-14T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:51:19","slug":"how-to-make-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Facebook Account &#8211; Create a Personal Profile and Customise Your Privacy Settings"},"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-69eeea855359a\" 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-69eeea855359a\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69eeea855359a\" ><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-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings\/#How_to_Make_Facebook_Account_-_Create_a_Personal_Profile_and_Customise_Your_Privacy_Settings\" title=\"How to Make Facebook Account &#8211; Create a Personal Profile and Customise Your Privacy Settings\">How to Make Facebook Account &#8211; Create a Personal Profile and Customise Your Privacy Settings<\/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-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings\/#Create_a_personal_profile_on_Facebook\" title=\"Create a personal profile on Facebook\">Create a personal profile 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-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings\/#Add_a_cover_photo\" title=\"Add a cover photo\">Add a cover photo<\/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-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings\/#Customise_your_privacy_settings\" title=\"Customise your privacy settings\">Customise your privacy settings<\/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-facebook-account-create-a-personal-profile-and-customise-your-privacy-settings\/#Limit_who_can_look_up_your_information\" title=\"Limit who can look up your information\">Limit who can look up your information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Make_Facebook_Account_-_Create_a_Personal_Profile_and_Customise_Your_Privacy_Settings\"><\/span>How to Make Facebook Account &#8211; Create a Personal Profile and Customise Your Privacy Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to make facebook account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/smKUkRV.png\">  <\/p>\n<p>You might have been wondering how to make Facebook account. In this article, you will learn how to make a Facebook account and create a personal profile. You will learn how to add a cover photo to your profile, customise your privacy settings and limit who can look up your information. So, let&#8217;s get started. You must have an email address and a personal phone number. You should also enter your birthday and gender.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create_a_personal_profile_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Create a personal profile on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The question is, should you create a personal profile on Facebook or not? There are several reasons to create a personal profile on Facebook. While a business page has a distinct advantage over a personal profile, it may not be as useful for marketers. For one, you can limit the number of people who can see your content. You can limit who sees your photos, posts and comments, and you can create as many pages as you like. However, this may become a hassle if you have many business pages.<\/p>\n<p>The first important consideration in creating a personal profile on Facebook is to be aware of who can view your posts. While it may seem like a trivial step, employers and colleges often search Facebook profiles. Posting perverted content is especially dangerous. Also, limit who can contact you by email, phone or location. And make sure that you set your profile to be visible only to your friends. Otherwise, you&#8217;re opening yourself up to attention-seekers, desperate people and other potentially dangerous people.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_a_cover_photo\"><\/span>Add a cover photo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to choose the right cover photo for your Facebook business page. While some cover photos are made from a photograph or graphic, you want to pick a design that conveys a professional image. Use tools like Landscape by Sprout to resize your photo to fit the page and introduce your team. These tools can also help you add a few words to your image to make it stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve selected the image you want, click on &#8220;edit&#8221; and click on &#8220;cover photo.&#8221; A menu will appear with several options that will allow you to customize your cover photo. You can select an existing profile picture or upload a new one. You can also choose to choose artwork or create a collage from multiple images. Choose the one that suits you best and click &#8220;Save.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Customise_your_privacy_settings\"><\/span>Customise your privacy settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first thing you should do if you want to protect your private information on Facebook is to customise your privacy settings. Your privacy settings are the settings that decide who can see the things that you post on Facebook. Facebook&#8217;s default settings will affect everyone, but you can change the default setting for specific posts to limit access to only those who have a Facebook account. Listed below are the different categories you can use to customize your privacy settings on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re customising your privacy settings, it&#8217;s also a good idea to check for new privacy updates. Facebook updates its privacy settings periodically and may add new options. It&#8217;s worth checking the Facebook privacy settings on a regular basis to make sure you&#8217;re not leaving anything open to the public. In addition, it&#8217;s always a good idea to change your password, so you&#8217;re not giving your personal information to just anyone.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limit_who_can_look_up_your_information\"><\/span>Limit who can look up your information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are many ways to limit who can look up your information on Facebook. For instance, you can limit how often your mobile phone number is used to request friend requests or how many people can search your name and email address. Limiting your phone number will prevent people from looking up your profile unless you explicitly grant them access. Another way to limit who can look up your information on Facebook is to hide your friends list.<\/p>\n<p>To limit who can look up your information on Facebook, go to the privacy settings of your account. Here you can change the privacy settings of your previous posts and block other users. To change the settings, you can go to the three-line menu in the Facebook app. Choose &#8220;Audience and visibility&#8221; in the left-hand column. From there, you can modify privacy settings for your past posts, future posts, and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make Facebook Account &#8211; Create a Personal Profile and Customise Your Privacy Settings You might have been wondering how to make Facebook account. In this article, you will learn how to make a Facebook account and create a personal profile. 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