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How to Hide Friends on Facebook?

Khadija Anwar

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Khadija Anwar

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Mar 21, 2023
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how to hide your friends on Facebook

Want to make your Facebook friend list private? Keep reading this blog.

By default, Facebook allows others to see who your friends with, which can be a privacy concern for some users.

However, Facebook provides a simple way to hide your friend list and keep it private, while still being able to connect and interact with others on the platform.

In this guide, we’ll take you through the steps to hide your friends on Facebook, so you can maintain your privacy and control who has access to your friend list.

Steps to Hide Friends on Facebook using a mobile phone

Step 1:

Open the Facebook app on your mobile device. Tap on the “Three Lines” icon at the top right corner.

tap on profile icon

Step 2:

Scroll down the page, and tap on “Settings and Privacy” at the bottom.

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Step 3:

A menu will pop up, Tap on “Settings.”

tap on settings

Step 4:

Tap on “Profile Settings” along with your name and profile picture.

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Step 5:

Tap on “Privacy.”

tap on privacy

Step 6:

In the privacy tab, go to the section on how people can find and contact you. Tap on “Who can see your friend list”.

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Step 7:

Checkmark “Only me.”

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Steps to Hide Friends on Facebook using Desktop

Steps 1:

Open your preferred web browser and go to Facebook.com. Click on your “Profile Picture” in the top right corner of the screen.

tap on profile picture

Step 2:

The menu will pop up, click on “Settings and Privacy”.

tap on settings and privacy

Step 3:

Click on “Settings.”

tap on settings

Step 4:

Click on “Privacy” just below your name.

click on privacy

Step 5:

On the right of privacy, go to how people can find and contact your section, and click “Edit” on “Who can see your friend list.”

click edit

Step 6:

Checkmark “Only me” and click on “Close” to save changes.

CLICK CLOSE

By following above mentioned steps on a PC and mobile phone, you can easily customize the audience for your friend list.

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FAQs

What happens when you hide your Friends on Facebook?

When you hide your friends on Facebook, your friend list becomes private and only visible to the audience you have selected in your privacy settings. This means that other Facebook users will not be able to see your friends list, and your friends will not be notified that they have been hidden.

Is it a good idea to hide your Friends on Facebook?

Hiding your friends on Facebook is a good idea for privacy reasons, especially if you want to keep your social network private or limit the amount of personal information that you share online.

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Khadija Anwar

Khadija Anwar

Khadija Anwar is a Senior Technical Writer at ContentStudio with over 500 published write-ups across the ContentStudio blog and beyond. She specializes in step-by-step platform guides and Help Center content across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, and X, and reviews how-to articles to verify every step and platform detail is accurate and current.

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