To make your Facebook profile as private as possible, follow these steps:
- Access Privacy Settings:
- On the Facebook app or website, click your profile picture or menu icon.
- Select Settings & Privacy, then Settings.
- Navigate to the Privacy section.
- Adjust Who Can See Your Posts and Profile Information:
- Under Your Activity , change Who can see your future posts? to Only Me or Friends depending on your preference.
- Review past posts and limit their audience by selecting Limit the audience for posts you've shared with friends of friends or Public? to restrict visibility.
- For profile details, go to your profile, select Edit Details , and toggle off or set to Only Me any information you want to keep private.
- Control How People Find and Contact You:
- In the How People Find and Contact You section, adjust:
- Who can send you friend requests? (limit to friends of friends).
- Who can see your friends list? (set to Only Me to hide it).
- Who can look you up using the email or phone number you provided? (set to Only Me or Friends).
- Disable search engine linking to your profile to prevent it from appearing in Google or other search results.
- In the How People Find and Contact You section, adjust:
- Manage Messaging and Tagging:
- Limit who can send you message requests.
- Adjust tagging settings to control who can tag you and who can see posts you're tagged in.
- Use Privacy Checkup Tool:
- Facebook offers a Privacy Checkup to guide you through these settings step-by-step for added security.
By setting options to Only Me wherever possible and limiting friend requests and search visibility, you can make your Facebook profile highly private
. Note: Some basic profile info like your name and profile picture will always be public on Facebook
