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Table of Contents
- Basic Facebook Privacy Settings
- How to Make a Strong Password
- How to Add Two-Factor Authentication
- How to Run a Security Checkup
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Facebook and privacy are two mutually exclusive concepts, but there are some Facebook privacy settings you can tweak to make your social media experience a little less invasive. Keep reading to learn more.
By Aleksander Hougen (Managing Editor)
— Last Updated: 2022-09-29T01:17:59+00:00 Facts checked by Elisabeth Ivey
If you’re concerned with online privacy, your best bet is to delete your social media accounts and never look back. That said, if you’re not willing to go quite that far, there are some privacy and security settings you can play with to make your Facebook account more private. In this guide to Facebook privacy settings, we’ll cover everything you need to know.
There are a bunch of different privacy options inside Facebook’s settings panel, and navigating them all can be somewhat confusing. What makes this even worse is that Facebook changes these settings relatively frequently, so here we’ll take a look at the steps needed to navigate the new Facebook privacy settings.o
Key Takeaways:
- As long as you have a Facebook account (or any other social media), your online privacy is compromised by default.
- You can use the privacy settings to make your Facebook account a lot more secure and private.
- Consider deleting or deactivating your Facebook account rather than simply changing the privacy settings if you really want your personal information to remain private. This will also limit how many targeted ads you’re exposed to.
- Facebook announced in November 2021 that it would end the use of its facial recognition software, a process that should be completed by December.
Although these steps will make your Facebook profile a bit more locked down, the only way to truly protect your privacy from social media giants is to get rid of your accounts altogether. If that’s something you want to do, you can check out our guides on how to delete Facebook and how to delete Instagram.
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11/03/2021 Facts checked
Updated guide to reflect changes in the Facebook privacy settings, added information about Facebook removing facial recognition software, and replaced the images.
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There are a lot of different privacy settings you can change on your Facebook account. It’ll never be completely private, but if you follow this guide you’ll lock down your profile as much as you possibly can.
Although it’s possible to change some privacy settings on the Facebook mobile app, we recommend using the browser, as you won’t have access to the full range of privacy options otherwise.
That depends on your level of comfort with online privacy violations and social media in general. If you want to keep your Facebook account but also limit how much data about you is out there, we recommend following all the steps in this guide and changing all the settings to “only me.”
Basic Facebook Privacy Settings
Before we dive into the advanced privacy settings that Facebook lets you adjust, let’s first do a quick security roundup to make sure that your account is safe from any unauthorized access.
We’ll be using a web browser for these instructions, as it’s the easiest way to adjust all of your settings, but you can also use the Facebook app for some of them.
How to Make a Strong Password
The first step to keeping any account secure is to make sure you have a strong password. You can do this in a couple of different ways, either by using a password manager, or by simply following some basic password best practices such as using numbers, symbols and both uppercase and lowercase letters. A long password is also preferable to a short one.
If you’re not sure whether your password is strong, you can check its strength or generate a highly secure password using our password generator. Once you have a secure password ready, here’s how you can change your existing Facebook password.
- Log in to Your Account
Go to facebook.com and log in to your account using your credentials.
- Enter the Security Settings
Once you’re logged in, click on the arrow in the top-right corner of the screen, select “settings & privacy,” then “settings.
” - Change Your Password
Click on “security and login” in the menu on the left side of the screen. Scroll down to the entry called “change password” in the “login” section. Click on it, then enter your current password as well as your new (hopefully stronger) password.
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication
Sometimes not even a strong password is enough to keep your account safe. No matter how strong it is, if someone else gets a hold of your password, there’s nothing stopping them from logging into your account. The solution to this is two-factor authentication, which adds an extra layer of security. Here’s how you enable 2FA for Facebook.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
Navigate to facebook.com in the web browser of your choice and log in using your email and password.
- Go to the Security Settings
Click the arrow in the top-right corner of the screen, then select “settings & privacy” followed by “settings.
” - Enable Two-Factor Authentication
You can now choose between receiving an SMS whenever you try to log in or using a third-party 2FA app or device to authenticate yourself. Click the option you’d like and follow the setup instructions.
How to Run a Security Checkup
If you’re not quite sure what measures you need to take to improve your account’s security, Facebook provides a security checkup feature that checks it all and lets you know if there are any improvements to be made. Here’s how you access it.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
As usual, the first step is to go to facebook.com and log in using your account credentials.
- Enter the Security Settings
Click on the arrow in the top-right corner and select “settings & privacy” and then “settings.”
- Enter the Security Check
Select “security and login” in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click on the button at the top of the page that says “check your important security settings.” - Review Suggested Actions and Follow Instructions
Once in the security check, the first thing you’ll see is an overview of your security settings, as well as recommendations for improving them. You can now click “continue” and follow the instructions to make any of the recommended changes.
Adjusting the Privacy Settings on Facebook
Now that we’ve covered the security side of things, let’s dive into how you can maximize the privacy of your Facebook account.
How to Change Who Can See Your Future Facebook Posts
The first thing you should do to make your Facebook information more private is to change who can see your future posts.
- Log in to Facebook
Navigate to facebook.com and enter your Facebook login details.
- Enter the Privacy Settings
Click on the arrow in the top right of Facebook, select “settings & privacy” and then “settings.
” - Limit the Visibility of Future Posts
Once in the settings, select “privacy” in the menu and look for the section called “who can see your future posts?” under the section labeled “your activity.” Here you can choose who can see your posts: just your friends, a specific subset of your friends or only you.
How to Limit Past Posts’ Visibility Manually
Once you’ve made your future posts more private, it’s time to undo any privacy mistakes of the past and hide posts you’ve already made as well. There are two ways to do this: in bulk or manually for each individual post. First we’ll cover how to do it for individual posts.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
Use a web browser to open facebook.com and enter your Facebook login information.
- Enter the Privacy Settings
Click the arrow in the top right of the Facebook window, select “settings & privacy,” followed by “settings” and then “privacy” in the menu you’re redirected to.
- Navigate to the Post Overview
Under the “your activity” section you’ll see a menu entry called “review all your posts and things you’re tagged in.” Click that and you’ll be redirected to a new page.
- Review Posts One by One
By default, you’ll end up at an overview of everything you’re tagged in. Since you’re looking for your own posts, select “your posts” in the menu on the left, which will bring you to a full list of all your posts. From here, you can click on the three dots next to each post and choose to hide them.
How to Limit All Your Past Posts’ Visibility
If you’d rather just limit the audience for all your past posts and photos all at once, you can do that too.
- Log in to Facebook
Start by going to facebook.com in your web browser and enter your credentials to access your account.
- Navigate to the Privacy Settings
Click the arrow in the top-right corner of the Facebook window, click “settings & privacy,” then “settings.” This will take you to a new page with a menu on the left side of the screen. Select “privacy” from that menu.
- Limit Your Previous Posts
Find the section labeled “your activity” and the entry inside called “limit the audience for old posts on your timeline.” Click on this and then the button that says “limit past posts.” This will bring up a confirmation window warning you that this can’t be undone in bulk. If you’re sure, click on “limit past posts” again.
How to Make Your Facebook Profile Private
Making your Facebook profile as private as possible is a somewhat cumbersome process, as you’ll need to individually specify who can see all the different types of information tied to your profile page.
- Log in to Facebook
Visit facebook.com using a web browser and enter your email address and password to log in.
- Go to Your Facebook Profile’s “About” Page
Once logged in, click on your profile picture and first name near the top-right side of the browser window. This will take you to your profile page. From here, click on the “about” section that sits in between “posts” and “friends.”
- Select Who Can See Various Information
From here you need to go through each different category, such as employment information, education, places you’ve lived and so on and click the little icon that either looks like a globe or a group of people on each entry. There you can pick whether the selected information is visible to everyone, only friends, a specific list of people or only you.
How to Turn off Facial Recognition
Few things are as blatantly harmful to online privacy as facial recognition.
Facebook uses this to automatically identify you in pictures, including those that others post.
However, on Nov. 2, 2021, Facebook announced it would end the use of facial recognition, with that change being complete by December. Until then, you can turn off facial recognition with the following steps.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
Open your web browser and navigate to facebook.com where you can enter your login credentials.
- Navigate Through the Settings
Click the arrow in the top-right corner and select “settings & privacy,” then “settings,” which will open up the full Facebook settings menu. Select the “face recognition” option in the menu on the left side.
- Turn off Face Recognition
Here, simply click on the “edit” button and select “no” from the dropdown menu that appears.
How to Make Check-Ins Private on Facebook
You can’t really make check-ins completely private. This is because check-ins post to the page of the location or business you’re checking in to, as well as your own profile page. What you can do is hide the section on your profile that shows your past check-ins — here’s how.
- Log in to Facebook
Open up the web browser of your choice and go to facebook.com where you can log in to your account.
- Navigate to Your Profile
Click your profile picture and name near the top right of the browser window which will open up your Facebook profile. From there, click on the section called “about.”
- Hide Your Check-Ins
Scroll down to the section called “check-ins” and click the button with three dots. This will give you the option to hide the check-in section on your profile.
How To Make Yourself Unsearchable on Facebook
Unfortunately, it’s no longer possible to make yourself completely unsearchable on Facebook — not even if you change all the settings to “only me.” If someone uses your name to find you, you’ll always appear somewhere in the search results. What you can do is decide whether or not people can find you using your email address or phone number, and here’s how you do that.
- Go to the Facebook Login Page and Enter Your Credentials
Use a web browser to open facebook.com and enter your email address and password to log in.
- Enter the Privacy Settings
Click on the arrow in the top right, select “settings & privacy,” followed by “settings” and then finally “privacy” in the menu that appears on the left side of the screen.
- Disable Lookup via Email Address
Scroll down to the section labeled “how people find and contact you” and look for the entry that says “who can look you up using the email address you provided?” Click that and you’ll see a dropdown menu where you can choose between everyone, friends, friends of friends or only you.
- Disable Lookup via Phone Number
In the same section as the previous step, find the entry called “who can look you up using the phone number you provided?” Click that and you’ll get an identical dropdown menu where you can restrict this setting to everyone, your Facebook friends, friends of friends or just you.
Change Who Can See Your Friends List
Another part of your online life that you might want to keep private is who your Facebook friends are. To do this you’ll need to limit who can see the friends list on your profile page.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
Go to facebook.com and log in using your email address and password.
- Enter the Facebook Privacy Settings
Click the arrow in the top-right corner, select “settings & privacy,” then “settings” and finally “privacy” once you’ve been redirected to the “settings” menu.
- Limit the Visibility of Your Friends List
Scroll down to the section called “how people find and contact you” and find “who can see your friends list?” Click it and select the option you want in the dropdown menu.
Stop Other Search Engines From Displaying Your Facebook Account
If you’ve ever googled your name, you might have noticed that one of the first results that pop up is your Facebook profile. Depending on how common your name is, this can make your online presence very easy to find for just about anyone. Luckily you can disable this in just a few steps.
- Log in to Facebook
Open up facebook.com in a web browser and log in using your credentials.
- Enter the Privacy Settings on Facebook
Once logged in, you can click the arrow in the top right of the window, select “settings & privacy” followed by “settings.
” This will bring you to the main settings menu, where you need to select “privacy” on the left-hand side. - Disable Search Engine Results
Scroll down to the section called “how people find and contact you” and find the line that’s labeled “do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?” Click it and deselect the checkbox inside. A confirmation window will open; click “turn off” to confirm.
Limit Who Can See What You Follow
Another thing you can stop people from seeing on your Facebook profile are the pages, people and groups that you follow.
- Use a Web Browser to Access Your Account
Go to facebook.com and enter your credentials to log in.
- Navigate to the Privacy Settings
Click the arrow icon that sits in the top-right corner of all Facebook pages.
Select “settings & privacy” and then “settings.” This will bring you to the main settings panel for your Facebook account. Choose “privacy” in the menu on the left. - Limit Who Can See What You Follow
Scroll down to the section called “your activity” and click on “who can see the people, pages and lists you follow?” This will bring up a dropdown menu where you can choose between everyone, your Facebook friends, a subset of your friends or just you.
Limit Who Can Send You Friend Requests
It’s not uncommon to get flooded with random friend requests — usually from bots — if you don’t limit who can send you requests. Here’s how you make sure not just anyone can ask to be your friend on Facebook.
- Log in to Your Facebook Account
Go to facebook.com and enter your login credentials to access your account
- Enter the Privacy Settings
Click the arrow in the top-right corner, select “settings & privacy,” then “settings” and finally “privacy” in the new menu that opens on the left.
- Disable Friend Requests
Scroll down to the section called “how people find and contact you” and look for the entry labeled “who can send you friend requests?” Select the option you want from the dropdown menu, whether that’s everyone or just friends of friends.
Revoke Permissions From Apps and Websites
Apps and websites that you use Facebook to sign in to will keep collecting your data long after you stop using the service in question. Therefore, it’s a good idea to routinely revoke app and website permissions.
- Log in to Facebook
Use a web browser to visit facebook.com and log in using your details.
- Review and Revoke Your App Permissions
Once in the settings menu, select “apps and websites” in the menu on the left side. This will bring up a list of all your app permissions, as well as a button next to each one to remove them.
Ads are the primary reason Facebook wants your personal information to begin with. For that reason, it makes sense to restrict your ad settings as much as you possibly can.
- Log in to Facebook in a Web Browser
Navigate to facebook.com using any web browser and enter your credentials to log in.
- Hide Specific Ads
The first ads page you’ll see is a list of ads you’ve been shown recently. You can go through these and hide specific advertisers if you’d like, or keep going to the next step to change your ad settings.
Final Thoughts
With that we’ve reached the end of our Facebook privacy guide. As we’ve mentioned already, those actually concerned with their online privacy should stay as far away from Facebook as possible. However, for many the service has become a necessary utility and if that’s the case for you, you should at least do everything you can to make your account as private as it can be.
Be sure to check out our piece on Facebook’s rebrand to Meta, too.
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How to Make Your Facebook Account Private (2023)
You have full control over your Facebook account privacy. Just like making an account private on Instagram, Facebook doesn’t have a simple button to let you do that. While it’s a big social media giant platform, there are hundreds of settings and each one needs your attention, especially when it comes to our privacy on social media. Some settings are confusing and some are easy to control. However, from now on, you won’t have much but you will manage your account privacy in seconds.
If you do know facebook a little bit, then I will not waste your time.
Let me show you one quick setting, which is Facebook Privacy Shortcuts. You can simply get there and follow the onscreen instructions one by one. The Privacy Shortcuts option is available under Settings and Privacy in the Menu. However, if you wanna follow along, then follow me. At the end of this article, you will make your Facebook account or profile as private as possible. So, let’s get started…
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How to Make Your Facebook Profile Private
Facebook Privacy Shortcuts is the tool you need to control your privacy and make your account private. To access the tool, Go to Menu then click Settings and Privacy, and then Privacy Shortcuts. Go through each setting one by one to quickly manage things over there and make your account private.
If it is just about a message, then go ahead and manage your Who can Message Me settings. However, you can make any changes and revert back if you want to. By the way, here is the Facebook Stories Privacy Settings Guide.
Thus In this part of the article, I will show you how to make your Facebook account or profile private as much as possible. So, please follow me along:
Updated: Lock Your Profile to Make it Completely Private
In the latest Facebook app update, there is a lock profile option. You can simply lock your Facebook profile to make it completely private in 2023. Here is how to private Facebook account:
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In the Facebook app, tap Menu (three lines at the top right). Go to Settings & Privacy then Settings. Now tap Profile Settings and select Profile Locking. Tap the Lock Profile button, and that is it. You are good to go. Now your Facebook profile is completely private.
If you wanna take manual steps for each and every section to extra privacy on the platform then follow simple steps…
Make Your Profile “About” Section Private
When someone first visits your profile on Facebook they see what you share publically, for example, Your About Information.
The Your About section includes Bio, Your Intro, Hobbies, Account Overview, work, and Education, Place You Lived, Contact and Basic Info, Family and Relationship, Details About You, and Life Events. The about section further includes your phone number, email address, Gender, Birthday, etc. However, you can make the About Info your Facebook profile private by following these steps:
Go to your profile on Facebook. Then click the Edit Profile button. Now click Edit Your About Info and select each category under the About one by one and then click the Globe (Public icon) next to each sub-category. Now click the “Only Me” option for every setting there you wanna make private.
For example, If I want to make my phone number private, then I will click the Overview section under The About section and then Globe (public icon) next to my Phone Number. I will then select the “Only Me” option and that is it.
How to Make Your Facebook Profile About Section PrivateHide Your Friends List On Facebook
Facebook lets easily hide or private your friends list on the platform.
But each of your friends is responsible and the only manager to manage their own friend lists on their timelines. Thus you can hide your friend list by following this method:
Click the dropdown menu icon at the top right, then click Settings & Privacy, and then Settings. Click the Privacy tab at the left sidebar then the Edit option next to “Who can see your friends list”. Select Only Me and you are good to go.
Hide Your Friends List On FacebookMake Your Future Posts Private
You are the only owner and responsible person for your posts on Facebook. So you can decide who can your future posts are on Facebook, you can also set the option to Only Me to stop anyone from seeing your future posts. However, the suggested option you may wanna set is “Friends”. Here is how to make your Future Posts Private on Facebook:
Go to facebook.com/settings. Now click the Privacy tab on the left sidebar. Click the Edit option next to Who can see your future posts under the Your Activity section.
Set the option to Friends only or Only Me and done. This action will make your future posts private on Facebook.
Hide or Limit Your Published Posts
You can easily limit the audience for your published or shared posts on your Facebook timeline. Unfortunately, you cannot make your shared Facebook posts completely private. Thus you can limit the audience for them. This will set the audience for those shared posts to Friends only. Here is how to do it:
Go to Settings on Facebook, then click the Privacy tab on the left sidebar. Now click the Limit Past Posts option under your Activity section. Then click the Limit Past Posts button. Moreover, you can go through each of your shared posts one by one and set a different audience for them.
Hide or Limit Your Published PostsMake Your Facebook Profile Unsearchable
Facebook lets anyone find you via your email address or phone number. I have told you how to hide your phone number in the About section but what if someone is searching for you by other methods on Facebook? Well, there is a setting you need to manage to stop others from finding you on Facebook.
In short, you can make your Facebook profile unsearchable. You can stop people look you up using your email address and phone number, using this method:
Go to Settings then click the Privacy tab on the left. Now in the “How People find and contact you” section click Edit next to “Who can look you up using your email address” and set the option to Only Me. Then click Edit next to “Who can look you up using your phone number” and set the option to Only Me.
Make Your Facebook Profile UnsearchableMoreover, to stop non-friends from sending you friend requests, click the Edit option next to “Who can send you friend requests” and set this to Friend of Friends. However, people who know your username on Facebook can still find you.
Profile and Tagging Privacy Settings
Facebook lets you manage your profile and tagging privacy on the platform. Furthermore, there are three sections you can manage to make things on your profile private and manage some tagging settings. Viewing and Sharing settings for your posts, Tagging, and Reviewing Things before they appear on your profile.
Go to Settings then Privacy follows the below methods.
Viewing and Sharing
You can easily stop others on Facebook to share posts on your profile. Also, stop them from seeing what other people posts on your Facebook profile, and don’t let them share posts as your stories. However, Set the options for each setting as below:
- Who can post your profile: set it to Only Me.
- Who can see what others posts on your profile: set it also to Only Me.
- Turn Off allowing others to share your posts to their stories on Facebook.
Tagging
Some friends on Facebook can tag you in their posts. Then those posts appear on your profile. You can stop people to see those posts on your profile you’re tagged in. You can make such posts private using this method: Go to Settings then the Privacy tab navigate to Tagging section. Set the options as below.
- Who can see posts you’re tagged in your profile: Set it to Only Me.
- Whenever you are tagged in a post, who do you want to add to the audience if they cannot already see it: Set this option also to Only Me.
Reviewing
The most interesting part, when someone tagged you in their posts, you can review such posts before they do appear on your Facebook Profile. You can also review tags people add to your posts before that specific tag appears on Facebook. However, set the options as below:
- Review posts you are tagged in before such posts do appear on your timeline or profile: Set the option to Only Me.
- Reviews Tag: set the option to ON.
Now you are in full control, you can easily review everything before appearing on your Facebook timeline or profile. Moreover, the above are the best options you can set to make your Facebook profile private as much as possible.
Profile and Tagging Privacy SettingsMake People, Pages, Lists You Follow Private
Facebook is the best place to make friends around.
Thus you may follow your friends and family members, pages, and favorite celebrities online on Facebook. Then you don’t wanna let others know about anyone, any page, etc you follow. Here is how to make pages, people, and lists private:
Visit the Settings page in your Facebook account. Click Privacy at the left. Under the “Your Activity” section click Edit next to “Who can see people, pages, and lists you follow”, set the option to Only Me, and done.
Make People, Pages, Lists You Follow PrivateBlock Annoying Facebook Friends
If you wanna make your Facebook account private because of some annoying friends. Then don’t, you can simply block them and Facebook will make your full account private to them. They won’t be able to find you, see things you are sharing, etc. However, later on, you can unblock them if you want. Here is how to block them:
Block Annoying Facebook FriendsGo to any of the friend profiles you wanna block. Then click click the three-dot button under their profile name.
Click the Block option to block that friend, that is it, this is how you can block some annoying friends on Facebook.
How to tell if a Facebook profile is private?
It’s easy to find if a profile on Facebook is private. First, visit the person’s profile, if you don’t see information like his bio, description, friends list, interests, and related stuff. Even you may see his profile picture. Then consider that is a private profile on Facebook. It is that simple, you can make your profile private too, just follow the best privacy settings mentioned above.
How do I close my Facebook profile?
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If you see the icon on a person's profile, it means they have closed their profile and restricted access to their content to people who are not on their Facebook friends list.
When a person closes their profile, only their friends see the following content:
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Any public posts that this person has previously shared will only be visible to their friends.
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If you are unable to close your profile, manage your privacy using your privacy settings:
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Social networks know much more about the habits and lives of their users than their parents or even spouses. This is not a very pleasant fact, because all this information is available not only to advertisers, but also to your competitors and enemies. In the lives of many people, there are situations when it is necessary for some time to disappear from the public space and go into the shadows.
Facebook does not have a built-in ability to delete all your posts and photos, but you can hide them from prying eyes for a while. Business Insider journalists described a sequence of actions, as a result of which you can hide Facebook information, and the user's previous activity will be hidden.
In 2021, the editors of AIN.UA updated this text. 6 years after its publication, Facebook has simplified the procedure for hiding all information about yourself from Facebook and switching to "invisible mode". In addition, there was also a function to delete posts for a certain period. In the updated material, we tell you how to do it.
How to hide Facebook information
- Open your personal Facebook profile and open the drop-down list in the upper right corner of the screen. Select "Settings and Privacy", and then go to the "Quick Privacy Settings" menu.
- In the "Quick Privacy Settings" menu, look at the "Privacy" list and click "Advanced Privacy Settings".
- Find "Who can see your Future Posts?", click "Edit" and select "Only Me".
- The next step is to hide previous posts. To do this, click on the link "Restrict access to old publications" and confirm the action. Thus, all our previous entries will become visible only to friends.
- Repeat the step "Who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow?". Next, limit the list of people who can find you and contact you. Be sure to turn off the ability to find us by email address and phone number.
- Another important thing is that search engines should not know about us, so we uncheck the box "Allow search engines outside of Facebook to show your profile in search results."
- If you want to restrict new correspondence requests, in the "How requests for correspondence" menu, click "Edit" and select "Do not receive requests" for each option.
- Then go to the "Profile and Tags" menu and restrict the ability of other people to post on your profile.
For each of the items, indicate "Only me", and also prohibit others from sharing your publications in their stories. Repeat the steps on the Tags tab. If you want to check the posts you're tagged in before those posts are shown on your profile, set the appropriate settings on the "Verification" tab.
- Next, go to the "Public Publications" menu. Prevent outsiders from subscribing to your updates, commenting on publications, and leaving "Like" marks. Turn off the Off-Facebook Preview option.
- After that, we prohibit Facebook and third-party sites from using the data from your profile. To do this, go to the relevant menus on the link and click on "Your data settings on Facebook". Here, remove all integrations with third-party sites and various kinds of applications.
- In the "Your advertising preferences" tab, prevent other users from seeing information about your social interactions with ads by selecting "Only me".
Mass deletion of Facebook posts
- Open your personal Facebook page.
- Go to your feed and click Manage.
- Click select all.
- Click Next.
- Select "Delete Posts"/If you want to hide posted posts, check "Hide Posts".
Recall that recently Facebook has seriously taken care of the problem of cheating likes on brand pages and announced changes to their counting system. Soon the social network will remove "likes" from users whose accounts have been deactivated. This applies to deceased users and to those whose profiles have been deleted for violating the terms of use of the social network or due to prolonged inactivity.
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