How to hide your friends list on Facebook

 How to hide friend list in Facebook

If you use the default settings of Facebook , much of the information published on your profile is rightly private and can only be seen by your friends (or friends of friends), but there is one that is public and can say a lot more than a photo or a post: I mean friends list .

Okay, yes! By default, the friends list on Facebook is public and can be seen by anyone who wants to (possibly even those who do not subscribe to the platform). This means that, in theory, anyone registered on the social network can connect to your profile and know who your friends are, even by looking at their photos and some of their personal information: a little disturbing, right? So don't waste any more time and find out with me how to hide friends list on Facebook .

I guarantee it is a very simple procedure to complete. It requires very few taps (or very few clicks, if you're using Facebook from a computer) but it can mean a lot from a privacy standpoint. By hiding your friends list from other users, they won't actually see who the contacts are in the list (except for the friends you have in common, of course). Find all the instructions you need below. I wish you happy reading!

How to Hide Your Facebook Friends List from Android

How to Hide Facebook Friends List from iPhone

How to Hide Facebook Friends List from PC

Index [ Occultar ]

1 How to Hide Your Android Facebook Friends List

2 How to hide Facebook friends list from iPhone

3 How to Hide Facebook Friends List from PC

How to Hide Your Android Facebook Friends List

If you use an Android device and you want to know how to hide the friends list on Facebook , know that the operation can be performed directly from the official application of the famous social network created by Mark Zuckerberg. Just go to the part of the application dedicated to privacy management and hide the information about your friends list by activating the appropriate settings.

So, launch the official Facebook app on your device, log in to your account (if you haven't already), press the button () located at the top right and select the item Settings and privacy , at the bottom of the new screen which was opened. Click on the item in the menu that opened configurations and select the article Privacy settings present in the section Privacy.

At this point, scroll through the displayed screen and tap on the item Who can see your friends list? , found in the How People Find and Contact You section . Now you just have to select the option Only me present on the Friends list screen and that's it (if you can't see the option in question, expand the menu by tapping on the item Other o Show all ). In this way, registered users on Facebook can only see the names of friends they have in common, nothing more.

Alternatively, if you don't want to hide your friends list from everyone, you can choose the other available options to show it to only certain users: Friends , to make sure your friends can see your Facebook friends list; Specific friends , so that only selected people can see your Facebook friends list or Friends except ... , to show the list to all friends except some selected users.

If you want to make your friends list public again, you have to do the opposite. After pressing the button () and I went to Settings and privacy> Settings> Privacy settings> Who can see your friends list? , select the option Everyone , to let anyone (even those not subscribed to Facebook) see your friends list.

How to Hide Facebook Friends List from iPhone

Want to know how to hide iPhone Facebook friends list ? The steps to follow to succeed are not that different from the ones I explained to you in the Android chapter. Even in this case, you actually simply go to the privacy settings of your account, act directly from the Facebook application and choose the option you prefer.

To continue, therefore access your Facebook account from the official application of the social network (if you have not already done so), press the button () at the bottom right and press the item Settings and privacy , at the bottom of the screen which has been opened. Then press the voice configurations from the menu that appears on the screen and select the item Privacy settings in the Intimidated section of the new screen that appears.

Now scroll down the open screen and find the item Who can see your friends list? , located in the How people find and contact you section , and tap it. At this time, you simply need to select the option Only I was found on the screen Friends list open (if you cannot see the option in question, expand the menu by tapping on the item Other o Show all ). By doing this, other Facebook users will no longer be able to see your friends list (they will only see the friends you have in common).

Alternatively, if you don't want to hide your Facebook friends list from everyone, choose one of the other privacy options available to show it to certain categories of users: Friends , to show the friends list only to those who are your friends on Facebook; Specific friends , so that only certain users can see the list of their Facebook friends or Friends except ... , to show the list to everyone who is your Facebook friend, except for certain users that you want to exclude.

If you're not sure, click the button if you want to make your Facebook friends list public again () , go to Settings and privacy > Settings > Privacy settings > Who can see your friends list? , select the option All And that's it.

How to Hide Facebook Friends List from PC

You want to find out how to hide friends list on Facebook from PC Because you currently do not have your mobile device at hand? Don't worry: this is also possible. The steps to follow are more or less similar to the ones I illustrated in the previous chapter, with the difference that in this case you have to act from a browser , using the web version of Facebook.

To continue, therefore, access Facebook from its home page, click on the button (▾) at the top right and select the items Settings and privacy> Settings from the open menu. Click on the item on the new page proposed to you Intimidated located in the sidebar on the left How people find and contact you present in the box on the right and click on the Edit link placed in correspondence with the article Who can see your friends list? lies inside.

Right now, you just have to choose one of the privacy options from the ones available in the drop-down menu that appears on the screen: Only me , so no one sees your Facebook friends list; Friends , so that only your friends can access the list; Specific friends , so that only a few friends can see your Facebook contact list and so on. If you are asked to do so, then save your changes by clicking on the corresponding button that appears on the screen.

If you want to return to your steps and make your Facebook friends list public again, open Facebook from your home page, click on the button (▾) located at the top right click on the item Settings and privacy> Settings> Privacy click on the Edit link placed in correspondence with the article Who can see your friends list? which is inside, select the item All in the corresponding drop-down menu and save your changes by clicking the appropriate button (if necessary).