privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Facebook-Privacy-Settings.md

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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

Remove phone number if added

Security and Login

  • Setting Up Extra Security > Get alerts about unrecognized logins > select Get Notifications and Get Emails

Your Facebook Information

Off-Facebook Activity

  • Clear history
  • More Options > Manage Future Activity > Manage Future Activity > Future Off-Facebook Activity (Off)

Privacy

How People Find and Contact You

  • Who can look you up using email > Only me
  • Who can look you up using phone number > Only me
  • Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile > No

Face Recognition

  • Face Recognition > No

Location

  • Location History > 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 each you > Turn Off all
  • Categories used to each 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.