{"id":35455,"date":"2022-07-24T12:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=35455"},"modified":"2022-07-24T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:39:11","slug":"how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings","title":{"rendered":"How to Unfriend Someone on Facebook Without Hurting Their Feelings"},"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-69eb1aa10e208\" 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-69eb1aa10e208\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69eb1aa10e208\" ><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-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#How_to_Unfriend_Someone_on_Facebook_Without_Hurting_Their_Feelings\" title=\"How to Unfriend Someone on Facebook Without Hurting Their Feelings\">How to Unfriend Someone on Facebook Without Hurting Their Feelings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#Unfriending_a_friend_on_Facebook\" title=\"Unfriending a friend on Facebook\">Unfriending a friend 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-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#Searching_your_friend_list_for_unfriended_friends\" title=\"Searching your friend list for unfriended friends\">Searching your friend list for unfriended friends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#Unfriending_a_friend_without_letting_them_know\" title=\"Unfriending a friend without letting them know\">Unfriending a friend without letting them know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#Blocking_a_friend_without_unfriending_them\" title=\"Blocking a friend without unfriending them\">Blocking a friend without unfriending them<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-unfriend-someone-on-facebook-without-hurting-their-feelings\/#Adding_a_new_friend_after_unfriending_a_friend\" title=\"Adding a new friend after unfriending a friend\">Adding a new friend after unfriending a friend<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Unfriend_Someone_on_Facebook_Without_Hurting_Their_Feelings\"><\/span>How to Unfriend Someone on Facebook Without Hurting Their Feelings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; width:auto; height:auto; max-height:330px; max-width:35%\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/G1YjAkp.png\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Do friends know when you unfriend them on Facebook\">  <\/p>\n<p>You might have some questions about how to unfriend someone on Facebook without hurting their feelings. Whether you&#8217;d like to keep their posts off your feed or are simply trying to save your time, unfriending someone might not be an easy decision to make. Fortunately, there are ways to make sure that no one will know you&#8217;ve unfriended them. Read on to learn how. If you&#8217;re unsure, you can always block them instead.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unfriending_a_friend_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Unfriending a friend on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Is your Facebook friend aware that you&#8217;ve unfriended them? The answer to this question depends on the friend&#8217;s frequency of Facebook activity and your relationship with them outside of the social networking site. If you frequent Facebook several times a day, your friend will notice sooner than if you unfriended her a few times a month. However, if you are more social, you&#8217;ll notice the unfriend sooner than if your friend is not active on Facebook at all.<\/p>\n<p>When you unfriend someone on Facebook, you&#8217;re essentially breaking your friendship. The posts you&#8217;ve made on Facebook&#8217;s site have a &#8220;globe&#8221; icon under their name. This indicates that they&#8217;re public. If your friend has selected two people as their friends, however, they&#8217;re still public. Unfriending someone means breaking the connection between you and the person. If you unfriend your friend on Facebook for any reason, you may be wondering if you&#8217;re still in touch with them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Searching_your_friend_list_for_unfriended_friends\"><\/span>Searching your friend list for unfriended friends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To find unfriended Facebook friends, you can look through your friend list. To find these people, just open your profile and click on the Friends option. Alternatively, you can visit this link. In the Friends list, you can type in the name of the person in the search box. If the person hasn&#8217;t been on your list in a while, you can try searching again using this link.<\/p>\n<p>If the person you&#8217;re searching for is not a Facebook member, you can invite them to join. To do so, you can click the &#8220;Add as Friend&#8221; button. If the person does not have a Facebook account, check their privacy settings. Otherwise, you can add them manually. But if you don&#8217;t want to wait until your friend approves your friend request, you can also search through your email contacts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unfriending_a_friend_without_letting_them_know\"><\/span>Unfriending a friend without letting them know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve become annoyed with a friend&#8217;s frequent updates, you can unfollow them from your Facebook feed. Unlike blocking, unfollowing someone doesn&#8217;t permanently remove their posts from your feed. To unfollow someone, first visit their profile. If you&#8217;ve become friends with them, just click on their name and tap the &#8220;Following&#8221; option. To block someone permanently, type their name in the block section and click &#8220;Block.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been unfriended from Facebook, you&#8217;re likely feeling angry, hurt, or offended. But if you want to avoid triggering these feelings, you should be aware of your actions. You should try to remember that unfriending someone on Facebook does not mean you&#8217;ve withdrawn from them &#8211; it simply means that you&#8217;re no longer friends with them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking_a_friend_without_unfriending_them\"><\/span>Blocking a friend without unfriending them<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you block someone, you&#8217;re basically closing a virtual door. They can no longer post to your news feed or Timeline. They can&#8217;t unfollow you, and you can&#8217;t unblock them. You can, however, unfollow them temporarily. The first step to unblocking someone is to hover your cursor over their &#8220;Friends&#8221; button. Once you click &#8220;Unblock&#8221; you&#8217;ll see a drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<p>The process is the same on desktop computers and mobile devices. To unfriend a friend, go to the person&#8217;s profile. Click the three horizontal lines next to the person&#8217;s name. Scroll down and click &#8220;See more privacy settings&#8221;. Select the option that says &#8220;Block this person.&#8221; Type the name of the person and click &#8220;Block&#8221;. Now the person is no longer visible on Facebook.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_a_new_friend_after_unfriending_a_friend\"><\/span>Adding a new friend after unfriending a friend<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have unfriended a Facebook user, you may be wondering how to add a new friend. Unlike unfollowing, which is an action you can take without notifying the person, unfriending means that they will no longer see your updates. However, this does not mean you should immediately add a new friend. You will need to follow them again. 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