{"id":27740,"date":"2022-07-21T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=27740"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:57:58","slug":"how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing","title":{"rendered":"How to View a Facebook Story Without Someone Else Knowing"},"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-69ed8c4521ed4\" 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-69ed8c4521ed4\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ed8c4521ed4\" ><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-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#How_to_View_a_Facebook_Story_Without_Someone_Else_Knowing\" title=\"How to View a Facebook Story Without Someone Else Knowing\">How to View a Facebook Story Without Someone Else Knowing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#How_to_view_a_Facebook_story_without_letting_the_user_know\" title=\"How to view a Facebook story without letting the user know\">How to view a Facebook story without letting the user know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#Setting_privacy_settings_to_Friends\" title=\"Setting privacy settings to &#8220;Friends&#8221;\">Setting privacy settings to &#8220;Friends&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#Using_an_anonymous_account\" title=\"Using an anonymous account\">Using an anonymous account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#Blocking_a_user_from_seeing_a_story\" title=\"Blocking a user from seeing a story\">Blocking a user from seeing a story<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-a-facebook-story-without-someone-else-knowing\/#Blocking_a_friend_from_seeing_a_story\" title=\"Blocking a friend from seeing a story\">Blocking a friend from seeing a story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_View_a_Facebook_Story_Without_Someone_Else_Knowing\"><\/span>How to View a Facebook Story Without Someone Else Knowing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Mstj4D7.jpg\" alt=\"Can you view a Facebook story without them knowing\" style=\"width:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-height:382px; max-width:44% height:auto;\" align=\"right\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you want to know how to view a Facebook story without someone else knowing, here are a few methods: Setting the privacy settings to &#8220;Friends&#8221; or &#8220;Public&#8221;, using an anonymous account, and blocking the user. The first method is probably the easiest to follow. Once you&#8217;ve done this, all you have to do is visit the user&#8217;s story and click the &#8220;like&#8221; button. The second method works the same way, but it might not work as well, depending on the privacy settings on the other side of the story.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_view_a_Facebook_story_without_letting_the_user_know\"><\/span>How to view a Facebook story without letting the user know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to see a Facebook story without letting the user in, there&#8217;s a simple way to do it. If you&#8217;re using a smartphone, you can disable your privacy settings and use the Facebook app to view the story. However, make sure you&#8217;re not using the network connection when you do this. Otherwise, your phone will continue to send data to Facebook&#8217;s servers.<\/p>\n<p>To view a story without letting the user know, simply use the half-swipe technique. This way, you&#8217;re still on the previous story, but Facebook doesn&#8217;t register your view. Similarly, if you&#8217;re not logged in to Facebook, you can request a screenshot of the story instead of asking the user to share it. It&#8217;s not the best method, but it works!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Setting_privacy_settings_to_Friends\"><\/span>Setting privacy settings to &#8220;Friends&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By default, the privacy setting for your Facebook story is set to &#8220;Friends.&#8221; However, you can change this setting to &#8220;Public&#8221; or &#8220;Others&#8221; if you want people to see your stories. The &#8220;Others&#8221; category refers to people who view your story but are not friends with you. Facebook will keep the identities of these people private. Here&#8217;s how to change your privacy settings on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the privacy settings of your profile. First, go to the Privacy menu. Under &#8220;General,&#8221; select &#8220;Friends&#8221; or &#8220;Custom Friends List.&#8221; By default, these settings will be set to &#8220;Friends.&#8221; But you can also choose to limit the audience by limiting the stories to friends or to the people you have added. Make sure that you turn off facial recognition. Otherwise, you&#8217;ll have to delete your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_an_anonymous_account\"><\/span>Using an anonymous account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are wondering how to view a Facebook story without being identified, you may have a few options. Facebook&#8217;s &#8220;stories&#8221; are a great way to share entertaining and educational content with others. The majority of Facebook users have at least viewed a story at some point. To view a story without being identified, simply scroll through the story without clicking on it. Facebook will not add your name to the list of users who viewed it.<\/p>\n<p>To view a Facebook story without being identified, you can use flight mode, offline mode, or cache data. Make sure that you close your browser or application for at least 24 hours after watching a story. This way, Facebook will not be able to update your name to reflect who viewed your story. Also, the story will only stay on Facebook for 24 hours, so if you open it again, it will disappear.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking_a_user_from_seeing_a_story\"><\/span>Blocking a user from seeing a story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have blocked someone from seeing your Facebook story, you&#8217;re not the only one affected. If you&#8217;ve been blocked from seeing their stories, they&#8217;ve likely stopped posting to their main account. The good news is that you can still see their previous stories. Read on to find out why. And if you&#8217;re wondering how to unblock a user from seeing your story, you&#8217;ll find some tips below.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, you need to know why someone has blocked you in the first place. Sometimes, there are glitches, which are unexpected errors. Make sure to check again after publishing your story, and if it still isn&#8217;t showing, swipe down to check if it&#8217;s not there yet. Check to see if there&#8217;s a red ring around the person&#8217;s profile picture.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking_a_friend_from_seeing_a_story\"><\/span>Blocking a friend from seeing a story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are times when you may want to block a friend from seeing your Facebook story. When this happens, you will be unable to see the story as it appears on their main account. This may be frustrating if you don&#8217;t know why they&#8217;ve blocked you. If this is the case, it is possible they blocked you for some reason. To fix this, you can send them a friend request. After they accept your friend request, you can then check their story.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re blocking a friend from viewing your Facebook story, you can still view the stories of your friends. You can also choose to block certain categories and posts. Blocking other categories and friends can also prevent others from viewing your stories. If you don&#8217;t want your friends to see your stories, you can choose to delete the stories from your account. 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