Your posted pictures, videos, and other status updates are visible to others if your Facebook page is public. Some people want to keep things private, while others wouldn't mind outsiders looking through their profile. Thus, if you fit this description and don't want random individuals to browse your page, follow this tutorial to find out how to make your Facebook profile private.
Method 1: Set the Privacy of Your Facebook Account
Unlike Instagram, Facebook does not provide the option for private accounts. To limit who may see your posts and stories to simply those on your current friends list, the site does provide privacy choices. You may do this by turning on the profile locking feature. On the Facebook app and website, you may do this in this manner.
Mobile- Open Facebook app, and tap on the hamburger menu at the top or bottom right.
- Go to Settings & privacy > Settings.
- Scroll down to Audience and Visibility and tap on Profile locking.
- Here, tap on Lock your profile > OK.
- Open Facebook website using your desktop browser.
- On the home feed, click on your name from the left sidebar.
- Here, click on the 3-dots icon.
- Click on Lock profile > Lock your profile to confirm your selection.
Technique 2: Concealing Private Data on Facebook
You may keep your account as private as possible by using the Privacy Checkup page to conceal important information from even your friends, such as your phone number, date of birth, or other data. Let's examine how it works on the Facebook website and app.Dialing- Tap on the hamburger menu in the top right or left side of the Facebook app.
- Go to Settings & privacy > Settings.
- Select Privacy checkup under “Tools and resources”.
- Here, choose Who can see what you share.
- Tap on Continue to move on to the next page.
- Now, tap the drop-down menu next to each category and pick between the Public, Friends, and Only me. We recommend selecting “Only me” if you wish to keep your information private to you.
- Head over to the Facebook website and log into your account.
- Now click on the profile icon at the top right.
- Go to Settings & Privacy > Privacy Checkup.
- Here, select Who can see what you share.
- Click on Continue.
- Now you can choose the audience for each category by clicking on the drop-down menu.
Step 3: Disable searchability on your Facebook profile
You may alter a single option to make your profile vanish, in the event that you value your privacy excessively or would prefer that no one know about it at all. It will stop links to your account from being made by search engines like Google. You may make your profile invisible on the desktop and app by following these steps.Dialing- Tap on the hamburger menu and go to Settings & privacy.
- Now, navigate to Settings > Audience and visibility > How people find and contact you.
- Turn off the Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile? toggle.
- Visit Facebook and click on your profile icon at the top right.
- Go to Settings & privacy > Settings.
- From the left sidebar, select How can people find and contact you.
- Here, you can turn off the Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile? toggle.
Technique 4: Enable Private Friends Listing on Facebook
Occasionally, messages will come via Facebook friends to you. Those who are well-known and famous are prone to experience this. But, you can prevent that by making your friends list private, which will prevent anyone from seeing who you are friends with on the app. Let's examine several methods for hiding your pals.During Telephone- Tap on the hamburger menu then tap on Settings & privacy.
- Select Settings > Audience and visibility.
- Here, tap on How people find and contact you.
- Tap on Who can see your friends list?
- From the popup menu, choose your preferred audience.
- On Facebook, click on your profile icon at top right.
- Now click on Settings & privacy > Settings.
- From the sidebar, click on How can people find and contact you.
- The, select Who can see your friends list?
- Pick your preferred privacy option.
Method 5: Use Facebook to Hide Your Online Status
Disabling your active status on Facebook is something you should do if you have a needy friend or someone who texts or bothers you as soon as you log in. Here's how to go about it.Through Telephone- To start, tap the hamburger menu in the upper or lower right corner.
- Navigate to Settings & privacy > Settings.
- Here, tap on Active Status under “Audience and Visibility”.
- Turn off the Show when you’re active toggle.
- In the confirmation pop-up, tap on Turn Off.
- Open Facebook on your browser and click on the Messenger icon.
- Here, click on the 3-dots icon.
- Click on Active Status and turn off its toggle on the next page.
- Lastly, click on Save to apply changes.
Technique 6: Enable Private Comments on Facebook
People have different perspectives, therefore some people could find value in your efforts if you publish a post about your fitness journey. Meanwhile, other people will simply post hateful remarks without any justification. Facebook allows you to conceal these kinds of remarks, which is a plus. Let's examine how.- Open the Facebook post for which you want to hide comments.
- Open the comments section.
- Long-press on to the comment and select Hide comment.
Step 7: Conceal Your Post Likes
In order to prevent people from seeing and determining how much interaction your post has gotten, Facebook also allows you to conceal the likes and response counts on your posts. To make likes on the Facebook website and mobile app private, follow these instructions.Through Telephone- Inside Facebook, navigate to the hamburger menu > Settings & privacy > Settings.
- Here, tap on Reaction preferences.
- Turn on the toggle On your posts toggle.
- On the website, click on the profile icon.
- Then head over to Settings & privacy > Settings.
- Click on Reaction preferences and turn on the On your posts toggle.
