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While Facebook is fun, there’s always the concern about who might be viewing my posts or accessing my profile details. Fortunately, by implementing the following strategies, I’ve been able to significantly enhance my Facebook privacy while still enjoying the platform’s benefits.
1Restricting Post Visibility to Friends Only
One way I keep my Facebook profile private is by restricting the visibility of my posts to friends only. This means that only people on my friends list can see my posts, stories, and Reels. This simple change helps limit exposure to strangers and potential prying eyes.
Tolimit the visibility of Facebook photos, stories, and Reels:
2Limiting Who Can See Personal Details
By default, Facebook shows basic profile details, such as your birthday, education, and relationship status, to everyone on the platform. However, I prefer to make those details visible only to my Facebook friends so that my personal information stays private. Here’s how you may do the same.
3Keeping My Friends List Private
Facebook also makes my friends list visible to everyone by default, meaning anyone can view my friends list even if I’ve not connected with them. To avoid this, I prefer tohide my Facebook friends list, giving me more control over who can see my connections.
If you want to do the same, follow these steps:
4Hiding What I Follow on Facebook
To keep my Facebook activity more private, I’ve chosen to hide the people, pages, and lists I follow. This ensures that my interests and connections aren’t visible to just anyone. By limiting this information, I can keep my personal interests and social activity discreet. Here’s how you may do the same.
5Preventing Profile Discovery via Phone Number, Email, or Search Engine
I have taken steps to safeguard my privacy bypreventing others from discovering my Facebook profilethrough my phone number and email. I have also opted out of search engine linking, ensuring that my profile does not show up in Google search results. These simple changes make it harder for anyone to find me without my consent.
To make your Facebook profile unsearchable via phone number, email, or search engine:
6Setting My Activity Status to Off
Even though I use Facebook occasionally for chatting, I’ve turned off my activity status. This gives me more control over my online presence, allowing me to browse or message without feeling like I’m constantly being watched.
If you want to do the same, click theMessenger iconat the top. Then, click thethree-dot menuand select theActivity Statusfrom the list. On the following window, turn off the toggle next toActivity Statusand hitSave. Alternatively, you can also choose tokeep your Activity Status on or off for specific peoplefrom this menu.
7Regularly Using Facebook’s Privacy Checkup Tool
Modifying eachFacebook privacy settingindividually can be tedious. Fortunately, Facebook offers a Privacy Checkup tool that streamlines the process by allowing me to review and manage all my privacy settings from a single location.
The tool even allows me to set up reminders to use it on a weekly, monthly, biannual, or annual basis, ensuring I never miss a privacy checkup. Here’s how you may access it.
There you have it! With just a few tweaks, I can easily control who sees my information and how they interact with me on the platform. While I’ve covered the steps for Facebook’s desktop version, finding these options on the Android or iOS app is just as straightforward.
