How to Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings

We heard lots of things about facebook scam, but most of the people like to use Facebook. Nowadays, it is so necessary to protect your account from hackers and scammers. Most of the people are worried about their personal data could get stolen, bad people are tracking their movements or spying on them via Facebook. There will be a possibility that your Facebook profile might not be as secure. Don’t let scammers/hackers take advantage of your Facebook account. So here we will tell you how to test your Facebook privacy settings. The first thing we need to do is to see what our Facebook posts and profile look like as someone else.

To View Your Facebook Page as Someone Else:

Here are some steps to see your Facebook posts and profile look like as someone else.:
-Log onto Facebook.
-Click on your name in the corner your Timeline.

-Click the icon just below your cover photo and click the View As the link.

This steps will allow you to see how your profile looks to the general public. Observing your own profile, you will get to know, how you facebook profile look and what kind of changes you have to do. Now you can change your settings as you want.

Change Privacy Permissions on All Posts:

You always need to check your privacy setting while posting anything on your Facebook Profile, so here are some steps to change your privacy on your profile. For this

1.Log on to Facebook

2. Click on the drop-down icon next to your name and select Settings.

  1. 3. Then you will see the privacy option, select Privacy.

     There will be some privacy questions like Who can see my stuff?  Who can send you a friend request?, Who can see your friend list? etc.

4. Then Set your Privacy Setting as you wanted to set.

Change Privacy Settings on Older Posts:

It’s easy to adjust the privacy settings on your older Facebook posts to make sure only “Friends” can see the content you posted in the past.

  • Log on to Facebook

  • Click on the drop-down icon next to your name and select Settings.

  • Then you will see the privacy option, select Privacy.

  • Next click “Limit Past Posts”.

In This Way, You Can Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings.

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