How to make a private page public on facebook
How to Make a Facebook Business Page Private in 2 Ways
- You can make a Facebook business page private by unpublishing it, which will make it invisible to the public.
- To make a Facebook business page private, head to your page's settings menu using the Facebook app or website.
- Making a Facebook business page private is especially helpful for when you need to make edits or update information, but don't want anyone to view the page half-finished.
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To make a Facebook page private, you'll have to unpublish it — this will give you time to make changes without the public seeing. To unpublish a Facebook business page, you'll have to head to its settings on either your mobile app or desktop browser.
Unpublishing it will render it temporarily private, and you can publish it again at any time. You may find this feature helpful when you need to make edits — whether they are quick fixes or major updates to the page.
Unfortunately, there's no option to make a Facebook business page permanently private to only certain people, as the point of a business page is to promote something to the public. If you're interested in making a more exclusive space, you may want to create a private event or group instead.
It's also important to note that people who have roles on the business page will still be able to view it, regardless of whether it's unpublished or not.
Here's how to unpublish your Facebook business page using the Facebook website on your Mac or PC, or the Facebook app on your iPhone or Android device.
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How to make a Facebook business page private on your desktop1.
Open Facebook in your preferred browser.
2. Click "Pages" on the left side panel of your homepage. If it's a page you view often, it may even pop up in the "Shortcuts" section. You may need to click the "See More" dropdown arrow if "Pages" doesn't appear in the first few options.
Click on "Pages" on the left. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider3. A list of pages you manage will appear on the next screen. Click the page you'd like to unpublish.
4. Once you're on your business page, a "Manage Page" panel will appear on the left side of your screen.
Scroll to the bottom and select "Settings."
5. The top option in the "General" tab will be "Page visibility." If the page is public, it will say "Page published." Click the blue "Edit" option to change this.
Click "Edit" next to "Page visibility." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider6.
Select "Page unpublished" and then click the blue "Save Changes" button.
7. This will open a pop-up asking you to share your reason for unpublishing the page. Select your reason from the list of options.
8. Click the blue "Next" button to continue.
Select a reason and click "Next." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider9.
Facebook will then ask you what you need to do in order to properly finish your page. Check any of the boxes that apply.
10. Click the blue "Unpublish" button.
Click "Unpublish." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider11. Facebook will confirm this decision. Click the blue "Close" button to return to your page settings.
Click "Close" to complete the process. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider How to make a Facebook business page private on your phone or tablet1.
Open the Facebook app on your mobile device.
2. Tap the three bars in the bottom-right hand corner of your screen.
3. Tap "Pages" below the orange flag icon.
Find and tap "Pages." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider4. Select the page you wish to unpublish from the list.
Find and select your page. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider5.
On your page, tap the gear icon in the upper right hand corner to open your settings.
6. Tap "General" at the top of the list.
Tap "General" at the top. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider7.
Scroll down until you find the "Page Visibility" section.
8. Tap "Unpublish" and you'll see the blue checkmark appear next to it instead.
Select "Unpublish" and a blue check mark will appear. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider9. When you return to your page, you may see an option to "Publish Page." You can tap this blue button to make your page public again, or you can access the settings menu again at any time.
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How To Make A Facebook Page Private? [in 2023]
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If you are making huge edits to a Facebook page, it might make sense to make the Facebook page private, so besides the admins and the editors of the Facebook page, no one can see the deactivated Facebook page and its posts temporarily.
In this short Facebook page tutorial, we are going to show you how to make a Facebook page private with a few simple steps.
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What does making a Facebook page private mean?
If you make a Facebook page private, it means that the general public won’t see the Facebook page even if they have liked or have been following your Facebook page.
The Facebook page and all of its content will be hidden and only the Facebook page admins, editors, and Facebook page moderators, so anyone with Facebook page role access will be able to see the Facebook page and its posts.
The name of this feature that you can use to make a Facebook page private is called ‘Unpublishing a Facebook page.’
You have to keep in mind that by making a Facebook page private, none of its content (posts, videos, images, and likes) will be lost, so you don’t have to worry about losing Facebook page followers.
If you want to completely delete a Facebook page, check out that tutorial.
However, if you only want to make the Facebook page private and keep its content, keep reading as in the next section, we are going to show you step by step how to activate this feature.
How to make a Facebook page private?
To make a Facebook page private:
- Select the Facebook page you want to make private
- Scroll down on the left sidebar, and click on ‘Settings’ with the gear icon
- In the ‘General’ tab under ‘Page Visibility’ click on ‘Edit’.
- Select ‘Page Unpublished’
- Click on ‘Save changes’
- You will see the following pop-up window where you have to select an option.
- Select anything and click on ‘Next’
So that’s it, now your Facebook page is private and only you and your Facebook page team member will be able to see it until you don’t make it public again.
If you prefer to watch a video on how to make a Facebook page private by unpublishing it, check out this one:
How to make a Facebook page public again?
If you made the changes you wanted to make to the Facebook page or for any reason you want to make the Facebook page public again, it is really easy to unhide a Facebook page, and make it public again.
There is no time limit on when you can make a Facebook page visible again. So if you change your mind at any time, just go through the following process (which is pretty much the same as the process we have just shown above):
- From your Facebook newsfeed click on ‘Pages’ on the left side of the screen
- Select the page you want to make public again
- Scroll down the left sidebar, and click on ‘Settings’ with the gear icon
- In the ‘General’ tab click on ‘Page Visibility’.
- Select ‘Page Published’
There you have it, your Facebook page is public again, so anyone can see the Facebook page and can access all of its content unless they have been banned from your Facebook page.
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The privacy settings of a Facebook group can only be changed by its administrator.
There are 2 privacy settings for Facebook groups:
Public - Everyone on and off Facebook can see group members and their posts.
Private - Only people in the group can see other group members and their posts.
Learn more about the differences between public and private groups.
Changing the privacy settings of public groups
You can make a public group private. If an administrator uses the scheduling feature to change privacy settings, they can cancel the scheduled change within 3 days. If a public group becomes private, you won't be able to undo this action.
Keep the following in mind.
All administrators will be notified of the scheduled change date.
When a group is closed, all members will receive a notification.
If the change is reverted, the group will remain public and all administrators will be notified.
To change the privacy settings of a public Facebook group you administer:
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Click the icon in the top right corner of the Facebook window, scroll down to Groups, click Groups at the top of the screen, and select your group.
Click More and select View group info.
Select Edit group settings.
In the Privacy section, select Private.
Click Save.
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Click the icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook window, select Groups and find the one you want.
Click on the name of the group and select About group.
Select Settings.
Click Privacy and select Private.
Changing the privacy settings of closed groups
To protect the privacy of members, a closed group cannot be made public. But admins can make their groups visible or hidden.
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