{"id":41275,"date":"2022-07-30T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=41275"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:55:15","slug":"how-to-private-my-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-private-my-facebook-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Private My Facebook Account"},"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-69f54c2f19209\" 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-69f54c2f19209\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f54c2f19209\" ><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-private-my-facebook-account\/#How_to_Private_My_Facebook_Account\" title=\"How to Private My Facebook Account\">How to Private My Facebook Account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-private-my-facebook-account\/#Privacy_settings_on_Facebook\" title=\"Privacy settings on Facebook\">Privacy settings 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-private-my-facebook-account\/#Limiting_access_to_your_profile\" title=\"Limiting access to your profile\">Limiting access to your profile<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-private-my-facebook-account\/#Limiting_who_can_message_you\" title=\"Limiting who can message you\">Limiting who can message you<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-private-my-facebook-account\/#Limiting_access_to_your_photos\" title=\"Limiting access to your photos\">Limiting access to your photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-private-my-facebook-account\/#Limiting_access_to_your_status_updates\" title=\"Limiting access to your status updates\">Limiting access to your status updates<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Private_My_Facebook_Account\"><\/span>How to Private My Facebook Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" style=\"height:auto; max-height:207px; width:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-width:31%\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZJYc3g1.jpg\" alt=\"how to private my facebook account\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how to privately view your Facebook profile, you&#8217;re in luck! In this article, I&#8217;ll show you how to use Facebook&#8217;s Privacy settings to limit who can view your photos, message you, and see your profile. You can also use the same techniques to block specific people from viewing your account altogether. So, get ready to protect your privacy of your friends! After all, it&#8217;s only fair to keep your photos and profile private from anyone who doesn&#8217;t have a Facebook account!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Privacy_settings_on_Facebook\"><\/span>Privacy settings on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to limit the number of people who can see your posts, you can do so by going to your privacy settings on Facebook. To do this, click the down arrow next to the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; header in the upper right corner of your profile page. Here, you can choose to be visible only to your friends or the public. You can also choose to limit your privacy to your friends and their friends. After doing so, you can change your privacy settings for each individual post.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook&#8217;s privacy settings are easy to change. You can set who can see your posts and contact you by selecting the appropriate settings. By default, Facebook will require your first and last name when you sign up for an account. However, you can customize your id handle, which is the equivalent of a username, to make sure people cannot connect you with your actual identity. Once you&#8217;ve changed your id handle, you can now choose who can view your posts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_access_to_your_profile\"><\/span>Limiting access to your profile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Limiting access to your profile on Facebook is an easy way to limit who sees your posts. By default, Facebook will allow anyone to view your posts. However, you can limit who can see your posts by choosing a limited list of friends. If you want to restrict the information that certain people can view, you can do so by clicking the lock button on your Facebook home page. If you want to limit who sees your posts, you can also select the option to restrict the information that other people can view.<\/p>\n<p>To limit the number of people who can view your posts and interactions, you can select a list of friends. By default, only friends who are added to this list will be able to see your posts. But, if you&#8217;d like to allow some people to view your posts and interact with them, you can also add them to your restricted list. This way, only people you trust will be able to see the information on your page.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_who_can_message_you\"><\/span>Limiting who can message you<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Limiting who can message you on Facebook is important for a variety of reasons. You may want to limit the number of messages you receive from unknown individuals, especially if you are worried about exes, co-workers, or spam. Fortunately, there are a few simple ways to restrict who can send you messages. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about Facebook&#8217;s messaging options. First, open your Facebook&#8217;s Privacy Settings. From here, select the default audience selector.<\/p>\n<p>Message requests on Facebook go to a separate folder called &#8216;Message Requests&#8217;. Once there, you can select which messages you want to receive and ignore. Limiting who can message you on Facebook is a simple and convenient way to control how much you&#8217;re exposed to messages from people you don&#8217;t know. By turning off the feature on the message request window, you&#8217;ll be able to control who can contact you through the platform.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_access_to_your_photos\"><\/span>Limiting access to your photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Whether you want to restrict the photos that your friends and family can see on your Facebook profile, or if you want to make certain albums or photos private, you can set the privacy settings for each of them. You can choose to limit access to individual photos or albums, or to limit access to certain people only. The About section on your Facebook profile can reveal information that you don&#8217;t want others to see.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to limit access to your photos after you&#8217;ve published them, or you can change the privacy settings on all of them. Simply go to your Facebook profile page and click the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; tab. You can choose to make certain photos private for only your friends, or you can expand the audience to those who you&#8217;ve invited. To do this, click on the privacy options next to each individual photo.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_access_to_your_status_updates\"><\/span>Limiting access to your status updates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can limit access to your Facebook status updates by choosing to make them visible only to those who you know. You can also limit who can see your old posts by selecting Limit Past Posts. You can also choose to allow only certain people to see your latest posts. This option is best for privacy reasons. However, you should be careful when limiting access to your posts because these settings are permanent. Facebook warns users that one-click changes are permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are options to limit who can view your posts, including whom you allow to add and message you. 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