Facebook is a great place to be social without actual physical contact. The social media platform has become an integral part of our lives as we tend to get all the information about our loved ones, friends, family, and more through the platform. However, this also means that it becomes a medium for stalkers. We all have been through this situation when stalkers keep searching your profile or unwanted people download your profile photos to create fake accounts and more.
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So, in order to curb this, the company recently introduced a new safety feature known as Facebook Profile Lock. The feature allows users to have more control over their profiles. The feature is really helpful for those who want to completely lock their profile from strangers or stalkers. In this article, we are going to show you the easy way to lock your Facebook profile on your Android or iOS and through the mobile website. So, without further ado, let’s begin.
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Facebook has introduced a new safety feature known as profile lock. The feature allows users to restrict access to one’s profile to people who are not on their friends’ list. Once a user locks his/her profile, other people who are not on the friends’ list will not be able to see the profile. Furthermore, they will not be able to download profile photo and cover photo. The company says that users cannot also see photos and posts as well.
Moreover, they cannot access the Stories a user put on his profile. In addition to this, the Lock Profile feature also changes the posts that have been shared in the past from Public to friends. The timeline review and tag review also gets turned on. This means others have to take permission to tag you on their posts. Moreover, only a portion of their About info will be visible to everyone on their profile.
Now you know how the lock your profile feature works on Facebook, let’s take a closer look at how to lock your Facebook profile on different platforms.
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Facebook Android and iOS applications allow you to easy to lock your profile from stalkers. Here’s a step-by-step guide for locking Facebook profile:
With this, your Facebook Profile is now locked. You can also choose to unlock it by going through the similar steps mentioned above.
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You can also lock your profile by going to Facebook from your desktop browser.
All you need to do is follow these steps:
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Facebook also gives you an option to unlock your profile whenever you want. All you need to do this follow these steps:
Click on Unlock Profile.Whenever a user locks his/her Facebook profile, only those who are in the friends will be able to tap on the pictures to view them. People who are not on the friends’ list will see a smaller version of the profile picture and cover photo. However, the current profile pictures and cover photos will be visible to everyone, though they cannot open them. Moreover, only friends will be able to tag, comment or like the profile or cover photo.
When the Facebook profile is locked, all the profile posts, photos, albums, and stories will be only visible to their friends. One can no longer make Public posts from their profile. The same goes for photos, albums, and stories.
As per the company, the the Facebook profile lock feature is available in select countries.
The list include India, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Myanmar, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey, UAE, and Ukraine.
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Facebook’s profile lock feature adds a security layer and protects your photos, stories, and posts from everyone who is not on your friend list. In short, it gives you more control and privacy from strangers.
Initially, it was launched for women’s safety on the platform; but regardless of gender, you can now use this feature to lock your Facebook profile using its app or website. Let me tell you more and show you how to do it on iPhone, iPad, and desktop.
After you lock your profile, here is what happens;
Note: Currently, this feature is not available in all countries.
Note: If you do not see this option, please update the Facebook app.
I also noticed that if you have zero Facebook friends, you might not see this option. Finally, you may also follow the above steps on your iPhone via browsers like Safari or Chrome.
You can use this method on both your iPhone and desktop. I have used the desktop to demo it.
As mentioned above, the feature is not available in all countries.
Thus, if you can’t find this option, the feature isn’t available in your region. However, you still have multiple tools to protect your privacy.
See and tweak Facebook’s privacy settings on your iPhone by following the steps below.
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You can manage the classic or new version of Pages. The new version is not yet available for all Pages.
Classic Pages
We recommend blocking access to a Page for people who consistently spam it. You can allow them access again at any time. If you stop someone from accessing your Page, that person can still share content from your Page elsewhere on Facebook.
But they will no longer be able to message and like your Page, post to it, and comment and like posts on your Page.
Deny access to your Page
There are two ways to prevent someone from accessing your Page.
In a post this person posted on your Page:
Click the icon in the lower right corner of your Facebook screen.
Click Pages.
Go to your Page and click Posts, then Visitor Posts.
Click in the top right corner of the selected person's post.
Click Deny Page Access and then Confirm.
In the list of people who like your Page:
Click the icon in the lower right corner of the Facebook screen.
Click Pages.
Go to your Page and click the icon.
Click People and other Pages and select People who like this Page.
Click Deny access next to the selected person's name.
Select OK.
To use other options to deny access, go to your Page from the Facebook Pages Manager app or sign in to Facebook from a computer.
Allow access to the Page
Click the icon in the lower right corner of the Facebook screen.
Click Pages.
Go to your Page and click the icon.
Click People and other Pages and select Blocked people and Pages.
Click Unblock next to the name of the person you want to allow access.
New version of Pages
If you help manage a Page on the new version of Pages and want to block user access, you must have access to that Page on Facebook. If you have access to perform certain tasks related to content, messages, or community activities on your Page, you can block people from accessing other tools.
If you block a profile from accessing your Page in the new version of Pages, they will no longer be able to:
See posts on your Page.
Tag your Page.
Invite your Page to events or groups.
Start a conversation with your Page.
Find your Page using Facebook search.
If you block a follower of your Page, they will lose that status.
Note. By blocking a profile or a Page, you are only blocking access to your Page. Your Profile or Page will retain access to the apps, games, and groups that you share.
Profile blocking
You can block profile access to your Page in your Page settings or in the comments on your Page post.
In Page Settings
In Post Comments
Unblocking Your Profile
To unblock profile access to your Page:
Click your profile picture or icon at the bottom of the Facebook window.
Select your Page. You may need to click Change Profile or Select Profile first.
Tap your profile photo or icon again, and then select Settings and privacy.
Click Settings and then Page Settings.
Select Lock.
Click Unblock next to the desired profile.
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Page block words?You can manage the classic or new version of Pages. The new version is not yet available for all Pages.
If you manage a Facebook Page, you can block certain words in comments on your Page. Another person's comment won't show on your Page if it contains a word you blocked.
You can also block comments containing obscene language. Learn more about turning the profanity filter on and off on your Page.
Classic Pages
If you're a Page admin, you can block up to 1,000 keywords in comments, including phrases and emoji, in any language.
We automatically block variations of your chosen keywords so that they don't count towards the specified 1,000 occurrences.
These variations include common misspellings, plurals, abbreviations, and words with numbers and symbols.
Let's say you blocked the word "tea". We will automatically block variations such as TEA, tea, 4ay, tea and #tea. This means that you do not need to add these variations to your keyword list.
To block certain words on a Page:
Click the icon in the lower right corner of the Facebook screen.
Click Pages.
Go to the Page and click .
Click General, scroll down and select Content Moderation.
In the Page Moderation section, enter the words you want to block, separated by commas.
Click Save Changes.
To make the comment visible, press and hold the Comment hidden option, and then select Show.
Learn how to block certain words in comments on your Facebook profile.
New version of Pages
If you have access to a Page at the Facebook level, you can block up to 1,000 keywords, including phrases and emoticons, in any language.
We automatically block variations of your chosen keywords so that they don't count towards the specified 1,000 occurrences. These variations include common misspellings, plurals, abbreviations, and words with numbers and symbols. For example:
If you block the word "tea", we will automatically block variations such as TEA, tea, 4ay, chaay and #tea. This means that you do not need to add these variations to your keyword list.
If we find variations in your list, we will suggest that you remove them so that you can provide more unique occurrences.
Note. If you have task-level access to the Page, you can block keywords using Meta Business Suite. We'll automatically hide keyword variations, but you won't be able to view or delete them.
To block keywords on a Page:
Log in to Facebook from a computer.
Click the icon at the top of the screen and select Switch profile.
Click All Profiles and select the Page you want to switch to.
Tap the Page photo in the top right corner of the screen and select Settings & Privacy.
Click Settings and select Privacy from the menu on the left side of the screen.
In the menu on the left side of the screen, click Public Publications.
In the Moderation section, go to Hide comments on your Page with specific words and select Edit.
Add keywords.
To add words and phrases, enter them separated by commas.
To add an emoticon, click the smiley icon and select the one you want.
To add a keyword list:
You can copy the keyword list, paste it into the text field and press ENTER on your keyboard.
If you manage multiple Pages, you can transfer keyword lists between them. To copy a list on a Page, click the icon. Switch to the Page you want to transfer the list to and follow the instructions above.
To download a list of keywords, press , select Download from CSV file, and follow the on-screen instructions.
