How to change facebook privacy settings for one person

Choose who can see your previous posts on Facebook

When you share something on your profile, you can use the audience selector to choose who it's shared with. If you want to change who can see things you've already posted, you can:

Choose a new audience for one of your past posts.

Change who can see all of your past posts to Friends at one time with Limit Past Posts.

To choose a new audience for one of your past posts:

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Tap in the top right of Facebook, then tap your name.

Scroll down to the post you want to edit.

Tap on the post, then tap Edit Privacy.

Select who can see the post from the options that appear (example: Public, Friends, Only Me). Learn more about the different audiences you can choose.

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Tap in the top right of Facebook, then tap your name.

Scroll down to the post you want to edit.

Tap in the top right of the post, then tap Change Audience.

Select who can see the post from the options that appear (example: Public, Friends, Only Me). Learn more about the different audiences you can choose.

To change who can see all your past posts at one time:

If you'd like to limit who can see all of your past posts at one time, you can Limit Past Posts in your account settings. This will change all your past posts visible to more people than just your friends (example: posts shared with Public) to be visible to only your Friends.

Tap in the top right of Facebook.

Scroll down and tap Settings.

Scroll down to Audience and Visibility and tap Posts.

Tap Limit who can see past posts.

Tap Limit Old Posts, then tap Confirm to confirm your decision.

When you use Limit Past Posts to change the audience of all your past posts:

When you Limit Past Posts, you’ll change the audience of all your past posts to Friends. If you want to change the audience of your posts back to what they were, you'll need to change the audience of each individual post. Limiting the audience of your previous posts cannot be reversed in one click.

If you have shared a previous post with a custom audience, such as Friends except Acquaintances or Close Friends, Limit Past Posts won’t change the audience for those past posts.

If you tagged someone in the post, the audience of the post will still include the person you tagged and people they include in posts they're tagged in. Learn more about how to change the audience of a post to just your friends when you tag someone. You can also remove the tag.

Limit Past Posts only controls the audience for posts you've shared. If you've been tagged in someone else's post, they control the audience for their posts.

When you share something on someone else's profile, that person controls the audience for the post.

Learn more about how to control what people can see on your profile.

Facebook: Adjusting Your Privacy Settings

Lesson 4: Adjusting Your Privacy Settings

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Introduction

Even if you're an experienced Facebook user, modifying your privacy settings for the first time can be a little confusing. And because Facebook can change these options without much notice, it's important to review your privacy settings periodically. We'll talk about many of the privacy settings on Facebook, explaining how they work and why they're important.

Watch the video below to learn more about adjusting your Facebook privacy settings.

Before continuing with this lesson, you may want to check out our lesson on understanding Facebook privacy to learn the basics.

Using Facebook's privacy settings

However you use Facebook, it's important to choose the privacy settings that will work best for you. Facebook offers two main ways to control your privacy:

You can apply privacy settings that set general rules about who can contact you and view your information.
You can control who sees every individual thing you share.

Privacy shortcuts

The fastest way to change your privacy settings is to use privacy shortcuts. To access privacy shortcuts, first click the Help Center button on the toolbar, then click Privacy Shortcuts.

From here, you can modify who sees your posts, block certain individuals, and perform a privacy checkup.

The Privacy Settings and Tools page

Any changes you make from Privacy Shortcuts will be reflected on the Privacy Settings and Tools page. This is where you can control some of the most important privacy settings on Facebook.

To access the Privacy Settings and Tools page:

Click the drop-down arrow on the Toolbar, then select Settings.
The Settings page will appear. Next, select Privacy. The Privacy Settings and Tools page will appear.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn more about using the Privacy Settings and Tools page.

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The audience selector

In addition to your overall privacy settings, you can control who sees everything you share with the audience selector. This allows you to change your default privacy settings and make things more private or less private. If you change your mind later, you can go back and change the privacy level for that post at any time.

To use the audience selector:

You'll see the audience selector across different parts of Facebook, including in the Publisher and Timeline. In this example, we'll use the audience selector on the Publisher to share a status update.

Click the audience selector.
Choose the desired audience. In this example, we'll choose Public.
Click Post to share with the selected audience.

Keep in mind that modifying the audience selector will change the default audience setting for future posts. You should always double-check the audience selector before sharing anything on Facebook.

Timeline and tagging settings

A tag is a way to identify people on Facebook by posting their names and a link to their individual Timelines. Your friends can tag you in photos and in other posts, including status updates. Anyone who can see these posts will be able to click the tag and view your Timeline. The tagged post will also be visible on your Timeline, your News Feed, and your friends' feeds.

While tags make it easy to connect with your friends on Facebook, your friends may occasionally tag you in posts you don't want to share. One way to prevent yourself from being tagged in potentially embarrassing photos and posts is to manage your tagging settings.

To access these settings, navigate to theSettings page, then select Timeline and Tagging.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn about your Timeline and Tagging settings.

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The Activity Log

If you ever need to review or modify what you've posted in the past, you can use the Activity Log. Every action you make on Facebook—from posts to comments to likes—is recorded in the Activity Log. From here, it's easy to review your past activity. You'll also be able to manage posts your friends have shared on your Timeline, including the option to hide posts.

To access your Activity Log, navigate to your Timeline, then select Activity Log.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn more about using the Activity Log.

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You can also hide and delete posts directly from your Timeline. Simply click the drop-down arrow, then select the desired option.

Apps and games privacy

The Apps settings page contains general settings that apply to the apps, games, and websites you've connected with Facebook. These include controls that let you:

Prevent your friends from sharing information about you when they connect with an app
Turn off all platform apps and websites

You can also modify detailed settings for individual apps. While these settings do give you some control over your privacy, keep in mind that all apps require you to provide at least a few pieces of personal information. Many apps even require you to let them share updates about your app activity. Before continuing to use an app, we recommend reviewing the app settings carefully to decide if you're comfortable sharing the requested information.

To access these settings, navigate to the Settings page, then select Apps.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn more about customizing your app settings.

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Blocking unwanted communication

If you want to stop certain people from bothering you on Facebook, you can block them. When you block someone, that person can no longer communicate with you or send friend requests.

To access these settings, navigate to the Settings page, then select Blocking. From here, you can block users from contacting you on Facebook. Just enter the name of the person you want to block, then click Block. You can also block entire applications if you want to stop receiving invitations to certain apps and games.

Advertisements and your privacy

By default, Facebook is allowed to use your information and activity in advertisements on Facebook. For example, a game can use your profile picture and game activity in ads to encourage your friends to play. Whenever you like something on Facebook, businesses can use this information to advertise to your friends, as in the example below:

Keep in mind that Facebook's advertising policies are complicated and can change without much notice. If you're not comfortable sharing this information with advertisers, we recommended blocking ads from accessing and displaying your information. To access these settings, navigate to the Settings page, then select Ads.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn more about using the Facebook Ads page.

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Changing your Facebook story privacy settings

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Anything you add to your story will appear on Facebook and Messenger. The story will be seen by the same audience in these apps.

You decide who you share your story with and can change your settings at any time.

To change history privacy settings:

Add a photo or video you want to share in your story.

Click the icon below Your Story and select an audience:

Public - Your story will be visible to friends and followers on Facebook, as well as people you interact with on Messenger. In this case, only your friends will be able to answer it.

Friends - Only your Facebook friends will see your story in the Facebook and Messenger apps, but not your Messenger contacts.

Custom Audience - Your story will be seen by the people you choose.

Click Change.

To hide your story from certain people:

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Open the Facebook app for iOS or Android.

Set the audience to Friends for the story.

Click Hide history from.

Select the people you want to hide your story from.

Click Done or the icon at the top of the screen, and then click Save.

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Add the photo or video you want to share to your story.

Tap the icon under Your Story and select Friends.

Click Hide history from.

Select the people you want to hide your story from.

Select Save and click in the upper left corner of the screen.

The people you added to the Restricted Access list will not be able to see your history.

Is it possible to change the audience of an already published story?

Changes made to the story's privacy settings will be applied to all existing and future photos and videos in the story. You can change these settings at any time.

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When you post something on your profile, you can limit the visibility of the post using the Audience Selector. If you want to change the audience after posting, you can:

select a new audience for one of the previous posts;

Make all past posts visible only to friends using the Restrict access to old posts feature.

Selecting a new audience for one of the previous posts

Classic version for mobile browser

Click the icon in the top right corner of the Facebook window, and then select your name.

Scroll down to the post you want to edit.

Click on the posts and select Edit Privacy.

Select the visibility of the post from the available options (for example, Public, Friends, or Just me). Learn more about audience selection options.

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Click the icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook window, and then select your name.

Scroll down to the post you want to edit.

Click in the upper right corner of the post and select Edit Audience.

Select the visibility of the post from the available options (for example, Public, Friends, or Just me). Learn more about audience selection options.

Changing the visibility of all past posts

If you want to limit the visibility of all your past posts at the same time, use the Restrict access to old posts option in your account settings. This way, all of your past posts that are visible to a wide audience (for example, those set to Public to everyone) will only be visible to the Friends audience.

Click the icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook window.

Scroll down and click Settings.

Scroll down to the Audience & Visibility section and select Posts.

Click Restrict access to old posts.

Click Apply these restrictions to past posts, and then click Confirm.

If you restrict access to old posts:

When you use the Restrict access to old posts feature, all of your past posts are set to the Friends audience. If you want to restore the previous audience of your posts, you will have to change the audience of each post separately. The audience limit of past posts cannot be canceled with a single click.

If you set up a custom audience for a past post (for example, you selected Friends other than Acquaintances or Close Friends), the Restrict access to old posts feature will not affect that post.

If you tagged someone in a post, its audience will still include that person and their friends who have access to those posts. Learn more about making a post tagged with other people only visible to friends. You can also remove the label.

The Restrict access to old posts feature allows you to change the audience for only your own posts. If you're tagged in another person's post, the author of the post sets up an audience for that post.