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Facebook Privacy Settings

Login to Facebook from browser.

Click dropdown arrow on top right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings

General

Contact

  • Allow friends to include my email address in "Download Your Information": Off
  • Remove phone number if added

Security and login

Setting up extra security

  • Get alerts about unrecognized logins: select Get Notifications and Get Emails

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.

NOTE 1: Don't use Google Authenticator or Duo as mentioned there. Instead use a privacy respecting authenticator app. Check out recommendations, alternatives & reviews.

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 unauthorised access. They can be stored in a password manager, in an encrypted note, or write them down somewhere safe.

Your Facebook information

Off-Facebook activity

  • Clear history > Clear History
  • More Options > Manage Future Activity > Manage Future Activity > Future Off-Facebook Activity > Turn Off

Privacy

Your activity

  • Who can see your future posts?: Friends
  • Who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow?: Friends

How people can find and contact you

  • Who can see your friends list?: Friends or Only me
  • Who can look you up using the email address you provided?: Only me
  • Who can look you up using the phone number you provided?: Only me
  • Do you want search engines outside Facebook to link to your profile? > Allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your Profile > Turn Off

Profile and tagging

Profile

  • Who can see what others post on your profile?: Friends

Tagging

  • Who can see posts that you're tagged in on your profile?: Friends

Reviewing

  • Review posts that you're tagged in before the post appears on your profile: On
  • Review tags that people add to your posts before the tags appear on Facebook?: On

Location

Location History

  • Turn on Location History for your mobile devices?: Off

Apps and websites

Remove anything you don't use

Ads

Advertisers

If any advertisers shown, click Hide Ads

Ad topics

Click See Fewer for all of them

Ad settings

  • Data about your activity from partners > Use Data from Partners: Off
  • Categories used to reach you > Turn Off all
  • Categories used to reach you > Interest Categories and Other Categories. For both > Remove all (if too many, remove as many as you can, or do it over a period of few days)
  • Ads shown off of Facebook > Off
  • Social Interactions > Only me

Remove any personally identifiable info like phone numbers, email, location etc from your Facebook bio.