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Facebook Privacy Settings
Login to Facebook from browser.
Click on your profile picture on top right > Settings & Privacy > Settings
Meta Accounts Centre
Go to Meta Accounts centre (clicking on See more in Accounts Centre
will also redirect you there).
Password and security
- Two-factor authentication >
- Use two-factor authentication > Edit > Use Authentication App > Scan the QR code using an authenticator app > Continue > Enter 6 digit code > Continue > Done
- After the above step is complete, setup recovery codes and save them.
ℹ️ NOTE 1: Don't use Google Authenticator or Duo as mentioned there. Instead use a privacy respecting authenticator app. Check out recommendations, alternatives & reviews.
ℹ️ NOTE 2: The backup codes downloaded is required to login, if 2FA method is lost, broken or unavailable. Keep these codes somewhere safe, to prevent loss or unauthorized access. They can be stored in a password manager, in an encrypted note, or write them down somewhere safe.
- Where you're logged in >
- Select your account > click on
Select devices to log out
> select any device you don't use and click onLog out
- Select your account > click on
- Login alerts >
- Select your account > select both
Your information and permissions
- Your activity off Meta technologies >
- Manage future activity > select
Disconnect future activity
- Manage future activity > select
Ad preferences
Customise ads
Click on See all
next to Ad topics
> in the popup, click on the search bar at the top > click on each category & select See less
for every one of them
Manage info
- Categories used to reach you >
- Click on each category & select
No
for every one of them (if there's too many, remove as many as you can, or do it over a period of few days) - Click on
View and manage
underCategories associated with you
> clickRemove
if any associated category is shown
- Click on each category & select
- Activity information from ad partners >
- Review setting > select
No, don't make my ads more relevant by using this information
> Confirm
- Review setting > select
- Ads shown outside of Meta >
- Not allowed
- Social interactions >
- select your account > select
Only Me
- select your account > select
Profile locking
- Lock your profile > OK
Profile details
Work and education
- Remove everything
Places lived
- Remove everything
Family and relationships
- Remove everything
Details about you
- Remove everything
Contact and basic info
- Remove phone number if added
- Provide false birth date & year and set them to
Only me
How people can find and contact you
Your Friends
- Who can see your friends list?: Don't select
Public
Who can Facebook suggest your profile to based on your phone number or email address?
- People with your email address: No one
- People with your phone number: No one
Do you want search engines outside Facebook to link to your profile?
- Off
Posts
- Who can see your future posts?: Friends
Stories
- Who can see your stories?: Don't select
Public
- Allow others to share your public stories to their own story?: Off
- Archiving your stories: Off
Reels
- Allow others to share your reels to their stories?: Off
- Who can see your reels?: Don't select
Public
Followers and public content
- Who can follow me: Friends
- Who can see your followers on your timeline?: Don't select
Public
- Who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow?: Don't select
Public
- Who can comment on your public posts?: Friends
- Public profile info: Friends
Profile and tagging
- Who can post on your profile?: Friends
- Who can see what others post on your profile?: Don't select
Everyone
orFriends of friends
- Allow others to share your posts to their story?: Off
- Who can see posts that you're tagged in on your profile?: Don't select
Everyone
orFriends of friends
- When you're tagged in a post, who do you want to add to the audience of the post if they can't already see it?:
Friends
orOnly me
- Review tags that friends add to your posts before the tags appear on Facebook?: On
- Review posts that you're tagged in before the post appears on your profile?: On
Apps and websites
Remove anything you don't use
Remove any personally identifiable info like phone numbers, email, location etc. from your Facebook bio.