# How to make your Facebook private: every setting, step by step

Canonical: https://postmesh.app/blog/how-to-make-facebook-private

By PostMesh team. Published 2026-10-31; updated 2026-10-31.

Facebook has no single private switch. To make your profile private, set Who can see your future posts? to Friends, use Limit past posts, hide your friends list, limit who can find you by email or phone and turn off search engine linking. Where Facebook offers it, profile lock does several of these at once.

Some apps have a single switch that makes an account private. Facebook doesn't. Its privacy is spread across a dozen controls: one for the posts you'll share, one for the posts you've already shared, one for your friends list, others for search, tags, followers and your profile details. Miss one and a stranger can still scroll through your old holiday photos or find you by your phone number. This guide walks through every one of them in the order that makes the biggest difference, using only what Facebook's own Help Center pages say, and ends with a way to check the result as a stranger would see it.

## The short answer

Most of the settings that matter live in one place: click your profile picture, then Settings and privacy, then Settings, and look under Audience and visibility. Change these and your profile is private to everyone except your friends, apart from the few things Facebook always shows.

| What to change | Where it is | Set it to | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Who can see your future posts? | Audience and visibility, then Posts | Friends | New posts go to friends unless you choose otherwise |
| Limit past posts | Audience and visibility, then Posts | Confirm it | Old Public posts become Friends only |
| Who can see your friends list? | How people find and contact you | Friends or Only me | Strangers can't browse who you know |
| People with your email address and phone number | How people find and contact you | Friends or No one | Your profile isn't suggested to people who have your contact details |
| Search engines outside Facebook | How people find and contact you | Off | Search engines stop linking straight to your profile |
| Who can see posts you're tagged in on your profile? | Profile and tagging | Friends | Tagged posts on your profile stay with friends |
| Review posts you're tagged in | Profile and tagging | On | You approve tags before they reach your profile |
| Profile locking | Permissions, in the app's Settings | On, where offered | Applies several of these at once |

**Who are you trying to keep out?**
- Strangers browsing my profile → Set future posts to Friends, use Limit past posts and hide your friends list. Turn on profile lock if Facebook offers it where you live.
- People finding me in the first place → Set email and phone lookup to Friends or No one, limit friend requests and turn off search engine linking.
- One or two specific people → Add them to your Restricted list, or hide a story from them. Block them if you don't want any contact.
- Everyone, for a while → Privacy settings won't do this. Deactivating your account hides your profile from everyone until you log back in.

*Pick the goal, then use the sections below for the exact steps.*

### Doing this on your phone

Facebook's help pages give most of these steps for a computer, and a computer is the easiest place to work through them because Settings shows every section in one column. The same settings are in the app. Tap Menu, then Settings and privacy, then Settings, and look under Audience and visibility. Facebook's guide to [finding your settings](https://www.facebook.com/help/2127174237420552) says the app's Settings screen has a search box, so you can type Friends list, Past posts or Search engines and jump straight to the setting. A change you make on one device applies everywhere.

## What can people see even if your Facebook is private?

Some things are always public. Facebook's [public information page](https://www.facebook.com/help/203805466323736) says anyone can see your name, profile picture, cover photo, gender, username, user ID and networks, such as a school or workplace you list. It also lists your age range, language and country, and your follower count and professional mode (pro mode) status, as public information. No setting hides these, so choose a profile picture and cover photo you're comfortable with a stranger seeing.

**Always public**
- Your name and username
- Your profile picture and cover photo
- Gender and networks
- Posts and comments in public groups

**You choose who sees it**
- Your posts, past and future
- Your friends list
- About details such as birthday and contact info
- Posts you're tagged in on your profile
- Stories and reels

*From Facebook's pages on public information and choosing who can see your posts.*

### Places your privacy settings don't reach

- Public groups. Facebook's [audience page](https://www.facebook.com/help/120939471321735) says posts and comments in a public group are always public, whatever your own settings say.
- Other people's profiles. When you post on someone else's profile, they control who can see it.
- Tags. When you tag someone, their friends may see the post too, unless you change the audience.
- Other people's posts. If a friend shares a photo of you publicly, your settings don't change their post. You can remove the tag and control whether it appears on your profile.

### Teens get more private settings by default

Meta said in a [November 2022 post](https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/protecting-teens-and-their-privacy-on-facebook-and-instagram/), last updated in June 2025, that people under 16, or under 18 in certain countries, are placed into more private settings when they join Facebook. Those cover who can see their friends list, the people, Pages and lists they follow, and posts they're tagged in, whether they review tags before they appear, and who can comment on their public posts. Teens who joined before that are encouraged to choose the same settings, so a parent helping a teen should check each one.

## How do I make my future Facebook posts private?

Start here, because it covers everything you'll post from now on. Facebook calls it your default audience. Its [default audience page](https://www.facebook.com/help/336801584336688) gives these steps for a computer:

1. **Open Settings**: Click your profile picture in the top right, select Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
2. **Open Posts**: Scroll to Audience and visibility and click Posts.
3. **Choose the audience**: Use the option next to Who can see your future posts? and choose Friends.
4. **Save**: Click Done.

Facebook on a computer: Settings and privacy › Settings › Audience and visibility › Posts › Who can see your future posts?

*This changes your default for new posts. It doesn't touch anything you've already shared.*

### What each audience means

Facebook's [audience options page](https://www.facebook.com/help/211513702214269) describes four choices:

| Audience | Who sees the post | Good for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Public | Anyone, including people who aren't on Facebook | Things you're happy for anyone to find |
| Friends | Your friends, plus friends of anyone you tag | A private default |
| Only me | Just you. It doesn't go to friends' Feeds, even if you tag someone | Notes to yourself, or hiding an old post |
| Custom | Specific people or friend lists you pick, or everyone except people you exclude | Keeping one post from a few people |

> Friends includes the friends of anyone you tag. To stop that on a post, open its audience selector, choose Custom and untick Friends of those tagged.

### Changing the audience of one post

When you write a post, the audience selector sits under your name. Facebook's audience page says a choice you make there applies only to that post, and the next one goes back to your default. A change on one device applies on all your devices. Reels and stories have their own audience, chosen separately, and if you've made more than one Facebook profile, each one has its own settings.

### Stories

Facebook's [story privacy page](https://www.facebook.com/help/208964522901975) says you pick a story's audience when you share it: add a photo or video, then click Settings next to Your story and choose Public, Friends or Custom. To hide a story from particular friends, choose Friends, click Don't show to... and select them, then save. The choice applies to the story you're sharing, and stories you've already shared keep their audience. People on your Restricted list can't see your story at all.

## How do I make my old Facebook posts private?

Your default doesn't change anything you posted before. For that, Facebook has Limit past posts, which switches all your old Public posts to Friends in one go. Facebook's [past posts page](https://www.facebook.com/help/236898969688346) gives these steps for a computer:

1. Click your profile picture in the top right
2. Select Settings and privacy, then Settings
3. On the left, click Posts
4. Next to Limit who can see past posts, click Limit past posts
5. Click Limit past posts again to confirm

*One click changes years of Public posts to Friends.*

### What Limit past posts doesn't change

- Posts with a custom audience, such as Friends except acquaintances or Close friends.
- The audience for people you tagged and the people they include.
- Posts other people tagged you in. They control the audience of their own posts.
- Posts you shared on someone else's profile. They control those too.

> You can't undo Limit past posts in one click. Facebook says that to share an old post more widely again, you have to change each post's audience one at a time. If a handful of old posts were meant to stay public, write them down first.

### Change one old post instead

To change a single post, go to your profile, scroll to the post, click the audience selector beside its date or time, and choose Public, Friends or Only me. Only me is a quiet way to hide a post without deleting it: you can still see it, but no one else can.

## How do I hide my friends list on Facebook?

Your friends list is public by default, so anyone can see who you know. Facebook's [Friends section page](https://www.facebook.com/help/115450405225661) gives these steps for a computer:

1. **Open Settings**: Click your profile picture in the top right, select Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
2. **Open How people find and contact you**: Scroll to Audience and visibility and click How people find and contact you.
3. **Choose who sees your list**: Click Who can see your friends list? and pick an audience, such as Friends or Only me.

Facebook settings, How people find and contact you:
- Who can send you friend requests?: Friends of friends
- Who can see your friends list?: Only me (tap this)
- People with your email address: Friends
- People with your phone number: Friends
- Do you want search engines outside Facebook to link to your profile?: No

*One screen holds four of the most important privacy settings. The values shown are a private setup, not Facebook's defaults.*

### What hiding your friends list doesn't hide

Facebook's page is clear about the limits. Your setting covers the list on your profile only. Your friends control their own lists, so if a friend's list is public, people can see you're friends there, and anything visible on another profile can also show up in Feed and search. People who visit your profile may still see mutual friends.

### Limit who can send you friend requests

On the same screen, click Who can send you friend requests? and choose Friends of friends instead of Everyone. Facebook's [friend request page](https://www.facebook.com/help/217125868312360) lists only those two options. Friends of friends cuts out requests from total strangers while still letting people you probably know find you.

## Can I lock my Facebook profile?

Profile lock is the closest thing Facebook has to a private switch, but it isn't offered everywhere. Facebook's [profile lock page](https://www.facebook.com/help/196419427651178) says you can only lock your profile in certain countries, and it doesn't list which ones. If it's offered to you, Facebook's guide to [finding your settings](https://www.facebook.com/help/2127174237420552) places Profile locking under Permissions in the app's Settings.

Facebook app: Menu › Settings and privacy › Settings › Permissions › Profile locking

*Only shown in countries where Facebook offers profile lock. If you don't see it, use the individual settings in this guide.*

### What profile lock changes

Per Facebook's page, locking your profile shows people who aren't your friends a limited view of it. Once it's on:

- Only friends can see the photos and posts on your profile, and your new posts and photos.
- Only friends can see your profile picture and cover photo at full size.
- Only friends can see your stories.
- Posts you shared to Public in the past change to Friends.
- Profile review and tag review are turned on.
- Only part of your About information is visible to everyone.
- Other people see a Profile locked badge on your profile.

Facebook's audience page adds that a locked profile also limits your sharing choices, since the point is to keep your posts with friends.

### If profile lock isn't available to you

You can get almost the same result by hand. Facebook's own suggestion for people who can't lock their profile is to use Privacy Checkup, the audience controls for your posts, the audience for your basic info and stories, profile review and tag review, profile picture guard where offered, who can friend and follow you, and who can find you by email or phone. Every one of those is in this guide.

## How do I stop people finding me by email or phone number?

If someone has your phone number or email address in their contacts, Facebook can suggest your profile to them. Facebook's [email and phone suggestions page](https://www.facebook.com/help/131297846947406) gives these steps for a computer:

1. **Open Settings**: Click your profile picture in the top right, choose Settings and privacy, then Settings.
2. **Open How people find and contact you**: Under Audience and visibility, select How people find and contact you.
3. **Pick email or phone**: Select View next to People with your email address, or next to People with your phone number. They're separate settings.
4. **Choose the audience**: Choose Possible connections, Friends of friends, Friends or No one.

| Option | Who it covers |
| --- | --- |
| Possible connections (the default) | People who uploaded your phone number or email address, and friends of friends |
| Friends of friends | Friends of friends who have your phone number or email address |
| Friends | Friends who have your phone number or email address |
| No one | Your profile isn't suggested to anyone based on your phone number or email address |

With the setting limited, a search for your email address or phone number won't show your profile. Facebook notes one gap: someone who searches your email address together with your full name may still find you. Limiting it also doesn't stop People you may know suggesting you for other reasons, and Facebook says your number and email aren't shown in those suggestions.

### Hide your email, phone and birthday on your profile

Who can find you by your number is a different setting from who can see your number on your profile. Facebook's [contact info page](https://www.facebook.com/help/117118145038822) says to go to your profile, click About, then Contact and basic info, and use the audience selector next to each item. For other About details, such as places you've lived or your relationship, Facebook's [profile visibility page](https://www.facebook.com/help/167941163265974) says to click Options next to the item, then Edit, and set its audience. Only me hides an item without deleting it.

## How do I stop my Facebook profile showing up on Google?

Facebook lets you ask search engines outside Facebook not to link to your profile. Its [search engine page](https://www.facebook.com/help/124518907626945) gives these steps for a computer:

1. **Open Settings**: Click your profile picture in the top right, select Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
2. **Open How people find and contact you**: In Audience and visibility, click How people find and contact you.
3. **Turn it off**: Click the toggle next to Do you want search engines outside Facebook to link to your profile? and confirm your choice.

### What still shows up in search

Turning this off stops search engines linking to your profile and stops Facebook directly giving them your public content, such as your posts. It doesn't make public things private. Facebook says anything shared with Public, and posts or comments on Pages, in public groups and in the Community Forum, can still appear in search results, and search engines can find publicly available information on their own. That's why the post audience and Limit past posts matter more than this toggle.

Old results can also linger. Facebook says it can't ask search engines to remove results for you, so contact the search engine itself. Facebook's page links to the support pages for Google, Bing and Yahoo.

## How do I control followers, tags and posts others add?

Other people can put you on Facebook too, through tags, posts on your profile and following you. These settings close those gaps.

### Tagged posts

Facebook's [tagged posts page](https://www.facebook.com/help/267508226592992) gives two settings, both in Settings under Profile and tagging. Who can see posts you're tagged in on your profile? sets the audience for tagged posts on your profile; choose Friends. Review posts that you're tagged in before the post appears on your profile? lets you approve tags first; turn it on. Facebook notes that hiding a tagged post from your profile doesn't remove it from Facebook. Anyone in the post's original audience can still see it in Feed and search, so remove the tag if you don't want to be linked to it.

### Posts other people make on your profile

Only you and your friends can post on your profile. To control who sees those posts, Facebook's [profile posts page](https://www.facebook.com/help/246629975377810) says to open Profile and tagging, click Who can see what others post on your profile?, choose an audience such as Friends and click Done.

### Followers

Your friends follow you automatically. Facebook's [followers page](https://www.facebook.com/help/201148673283205) says that on a regular profile, only friends can follow you, and anyone can follow you only if you turn on professional mode. Facebook is gradually removing the Public follower option from default profiles, and if you don't choose, it turns on professional mode automatically to keep your followers. If you want a private profile, keep professional mode off, and check the Followers and public content settings under Audience and visibility. To stop one person following you, block them.

### The Restricted list

For a friend you'd rather not unfriend, such as a colleague or a relative, the Restricted list is a quiet middle ground. Facebook's [Restricted list page](https://www.facebook.com/help/206571136073851) says people on it see only your public information and posts you tag them in, not your posts for friends. To add someone on a computer, go to their profile, click Friends, select Edit friend list, then Restricted. To remove them, click Friends in the left menu of your Feed, then Custom lists, then Restricted, and click Remove next to their name. Instagram has a similar but different tool; our guide on [what restrict means on Instagram](/blog/what-does-restrict-mean-on-instagram) explains it.

### Restrict, hide or block?

Three tools handle one person rather than everyone, and they go from mild to strong. Facebook's [blocking page](https://www.facebook.com/help/168009843260943) says a blocked person can't see your posts, tag you, invite you to events or groups, start a conversation with you or send you a friend request, and if you were friends, blocking unfriends them. Facebook doesn't notify them. Blocking one profile doesn't block that person's other profiles, so each one has to be blocked separately.

**Restricted list**
- Stays your friend
- Sees only your public posts and posts you tag them in
- Can't see your story

**Hide a story**
- Stays your friend
- Sees your posts as normal
- Misses only the stories you hide with Don't show to...

**Block**
- Unfriended, and not told
- Can't see your posts, tag you or message you
- Can't send you a friend request

*From Facebook's pages on the Restricted list, story privacy and blocking.*

## How do I use Facebook's Privacy Checkup?

Privacy Checkup walks you through many of these settings in one guided flow. It's a good way to make sure you didn't miss anything. Facebook's [Privacy Checkup page](https://www.facebook.com/help/443357099140264) says to click your profile picture in the top right, choose Settings and privacy, then Privacy Checkup.

Facebook on a computer: Profile picture › Settings and privacy › Privacy Checkup

*Privacy Checkup is one level up from Settings, in the Settings and privacy menu.*

| Privacy Checkup topic | What it covers |
| --- | --- |
| Who can see what you share | Profile details such as phone number, email, birthday and relationship status; the audience for future and past posts; your blocked list |
| How to keep your account secure | Changing your password and turning on alerts for logins from places Facebook doesn't recognize |
| How people can find you | Who can send you friend requests and who can look you up by phone number or email address |
| Your data settings | Apps and websites you logged in to with Facebook, which you can remove |
| Your ad preferences | Which profile information advertisers can use, and who can see your likes and follows next to ads |

> Facebook says some Privacy Checkup settings are only available from your main profile, the one you made when you signed up. If you can't see Privacy Checkup, switch to your main profile.

The security topic is worth finishing too. A private profile doesn't help much if someone else can log in to it, so use it to [change your Facebook password](/blog/how-to-change-facebook-password) and turn on login alerts.

## How do I see what my profile looks like to the public?

Once you've changed your settings, check them the way a stranger would. Facebook's [public view page](https://www.facebook.com/help/288066747875915) gives these steps for a computer: click your profile picture in the top right, then your name to open your profile. Below your name, click the three-dot Options button and select View as. Your profile now appears as it does to people who aren't your friends. Click Exit view as in the banner when you're done.

- If you still see posts, check their audience. They may have a custom audience that Limit past posts didn't change, or they may be posts other people tagged you in.
- If you still see your friends list, go back to Who can see your friends list?.
- If you see your birthday, phone or email, change the audience in About, then Contact and basic info.
- Remember that hidden items can still be seen by their audience in Feed and search, so hiding something from your profile isn't the same as limiting its audience.

### Can I see who has viewed my profile?

No. Facebook's [profile views page](https://www.facebook.com/help/210896588933875) says Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile, and third-party apps can't do it either. Any app that claims to show your profile visitors isn't telling the truth, and Facebook asks you to report it. The useful question is the one View as answers: what someone can see when they do visit.

## Does a private profile affect Pages and scheduled posts?

No. Your profile settings and your Pages are separate. Facebook's audience page says the default audience for Page posts works differently from your profile, and Facebook's name rules say profiles are for personal use while businesses, organizations and public figures belong on Pages. That split is useful: you can keep your personal profile private and still reach the public through a Page.

It's also how scheduling tools work, because Facebook doesn't let apps post to personal profiles. [PostMesh posts to Facebook Pages](/platform/facebook) you manage through the official Pages API, so locking down your profile doesn't change anything you've scheduled to a Page. If you're starting a public presence while keeping your profile private, our guide to the [best time to post on Facebook](/blog/best-time-to-post-on-facebook) helps you plan when to publish, and the free [Facebook bio generator](/tools/facebook-bio-generator) helps with the Page's About text. If you're shutting a Page down instead, see [how to delete a Facebook Page](/blog/how-to-delete-a-facebook-page).

## What if I want to hide my profile from everyone?

Every setting in this guide still leaves your name, profile picture and cover photo public. If you need to disappear for a while, deactivation goes further. Facebook's [deactivation page](https://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711) says a deactivated profile is hidden from everyone, though messages you sent may still be visible and your name can still appear in your friends' friends lists, only to those friends. If you keep Messenger, people can still find you to message you there. You can come back any time by logging in, as long as you can still reach the email address or phone number on the account.

## A 10-minute privacy routine

If you only do one thing after reading this, run through this list once on a computer, then check the result with View as.

**Make your Facebook private**
- [ ] Set Who can see your future posts? to Friends
- [ ] Run Limit past posts
- [ ] Set Who can see your friends list? to Friends or Only me
- [ ] Limit email and phone lookup to Friends or No one
- [ ] Turn off search engine linking
- [ ] Turn on tag review and set tagged posts to Friends
- [ ] Lock your profile if Facebook offers it
- [ ] Check the result with View as

*Each item comes from a Facebook help page cited in this guide.*

Privacy settings drift as you add new posts, friends and features, so it's worth repeating Privacy Checkup now and then. If you want privacy from everyone rather than from strangers, settings won't get you there: our guides cover how to [deactivate Facebook](/blog/how-to-deactivate-facebook) for a break and how to [delete your Facebook account](/blog/how-to-delete-facebook-account) for good. If you're tidying up your profile at the same time, see [how to change your name on Facebook](/blog/how-to-change-your-name-on-facebook). And if you're making other accounts private too, our guides on [hiding your followers on Instagram](/blog/how-to-hide-followers-on-instagram) and [turning off active status on Instagram](/blog/how-to-turn-off-active-status-on-instagram) cover Instagram, while [making your X account public](/blog/how-to-make-your-x-account-public) explains X's Protect your posts setting.

## Questions

### Is there a way to make my whole Facebook private at once?

Only with profile lock, which Facebook offers in certain countries. Everywhere else, you combine the post audience, Limit past posts, friends list and search settings yourself.

### Can people who aren't my friends see my profile picture?

Yes. Your profile picture and cover photo are always public. Profile lock, where it's offered, limits the full-size versions to friends.

### If I make my Facebook private, can people still find me in search?

Yes, by name, because your name is always public. You can stop people finding you by email or phone and stop search engines outside Facebook linking to your profile.

### Does Limit past posts delete anything?

No. It changes the audience of old Public posts to Friends. The posts stay on your profile for your friends.

### Will my friends know I changed my privacy settings?

Facebook's help pages don't describe notifying anyone about privacy changes. If you lock your profile, though, people see a Profile locked badge on it.

### Can a friend of a friend see my posts?

Only if the post's audience includes them, for example a Public post, or a Friends post where you tagged one of their friends. Use Custom and untick Friends of those tagged to stop that.

### Are my comments on public posts private?

Not always. Facebook says posts and comments in public groups are always public, and comments on Pages and in public groups can still appear in search results whatever your settings.

### Can I make my Facebook Page private?

Pages are for businesses, organizations and public figures, and Facebook says Page posts have their own audience settings, separate from your profile. For something private, post to Friends from your profile instead.

### How do I make my Facebook private on my phone?

The same settings are in the app: tap Menu, then Settings and privacy, then Settings, and look under Audience and visibility. Search the Settings screen if a setting is hard to find.

### Does blocking someone make my profile private to them?

Blocking stops them seeing your posts, tagging you, messaging you or sending a friend request, and it unfriends them. Facebook doesn't notify them. The Restricted list is a softer option for friends.

## Sources

- [Facebook Help: Public information on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/203805466323736)

- [Facebook Help: Choose who can see your post on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/120939471321735)

- [Facebook Help: Set a default audience for your posts](https://www.facebook.com/help/336801584336688)

- [Facebook Help: Audiences you can choose for your posts](https://www.facebook.com/help/211513702214269)

- [Facebook Help: Choose who can see your previous posts on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/236898969688346)

- [Facebook Help: Change your story's privacy setting on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/208964522901975)

- [Facebook Help: Adjust who can see your Friends section on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/115450405225661)

- [Facebook Help: How do I change who can add me as a friend on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/217125868312360)

- [Facebook Help: Lock your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/196419427651178)

- [Facebook Help: How to find your Facebook settings](https://www.facebook.com/help/2127174237420552)

- [Facebook Help: Control who Facebook can suggest your profile to based on your email address or phone number](https://www.facebook.com/help/131297846947406)

- [Facebook Help: Control who can see your contact information on your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/117118145038822)

- [Facebook Help: Control who can see what's on your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/167941163265974)

- [Facebook Help: What should you do if you don't want search engines to link to your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/124518907626945)

- [Facebook Help: Control who can see posts you're tagged in on your profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/267508226592992)

- [Facebook Help: Control who can see posts on your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/246629975377810)

- [Facebook Help: Who can follow you on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/201148673283205)

- [Facebook Help: Add or remove someone from your Restricted list on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/206571136073851)

- [Facebook Help: Facebook Privacy Checkup](https://www.facebook.com/help/443357099140264)

- [Facebook Help: View and adjust your Facebook privacy settings](https://www.facebook.com/help/193677450678703)

- [Facebook Help: How to see the public view of your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/288066747875915)

- [Facebook Help: Who views your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/210896588933875)

- [Facebook Help: Names allowed on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/help/229715077154790)

- [Facebook Help: Temporarily deactivate your Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711)

- [Facebook Help: Block someone's Facebook profile, Page, or nickname](https://www.facebook.com/help/168009843260943)

- [Meta Newsroom: Protecting Teens and Their Privacy on Facebook and Instagram (2022)](https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/protecting-teens-and-their-privacy-on-facebook-and-instagram/)