{"id":9474,"date":"2023-11-14T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2024-01-02T05:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T05:35:07","slug":"how-to-approve-tags-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/how-to-approve-tags-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Approve Tags on Facebook &#8211; 2024 Revised Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re a private person or someone with a vast social group, approving each tag is crucial before going live. In this article, we&#8217;ll learn how to approve tags on Facebook with the latest features and updates from the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook tags are not always about photos. In fact, pictures are half a story when someone tags you on Facebook. The tagging feature on Facebook can be used in many ways, such as Comments, Messages, Stories, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know how to tag someone on Facebook, here&#8217;s a must-know article for you: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/how-to-tag-someone-on-facebook-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to tag someone on Facebook in 2023?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-approve-tags-on-facebook-from-desktop\">How to Approve Tags on Facebook from Desktop<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211;<\/strong> Open Facebook on your preferred web browser on your desktop, OR you can open the link here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.facebook.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.facebook.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211;<\/strong> After logging into your Facebook account, head to your profile icon on the top right corner of the screen and select the downward arrow to reveal the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211; <\/strong>After the menu is revealed, choose <strong>Settings and Privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1024x585.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9476\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1024x585.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-300x171.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-768x439.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-150x86.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image.png 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; Now, click on <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"856\" height=\"438\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.05\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9477\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.05\u202fPM.png 856w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.05\u202fPM-300x154.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.05\u202fPM-768x393.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.05\u202fPM-150x77.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5 &#8211;<\/strong> In the Settings window, head over to <strong>Privacy<\/strong> from the left sidebar and select it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.39\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9478\" width=\"809\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.39\u202fPM.png 730w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.39\u202fPM-300x145.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.02.39\u202fPM-150x72.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6 &#8211;<\/strong> In the Privacy settings, search for the <strong>Review all your posts and things you&#8217;re tagged in<\/strong> option from the <strong>Your Activity<\/strong> section and click <strong>Use Activity Log<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"282\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-1024x282.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9479\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-1024x282.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-300x83.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-768x212.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-1536x423.png 1536w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM-150x41.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.03.20\u202fPM.png 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7 &#8211; <\/strong>Once you use the activity log, you&#8217;ll receive a dialogue box to activate the feature. Turn on the Review posts you&#8217;re tagged in option and click <strong>Save.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-1024x389.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9475\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-1024x389.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-300x114.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-768x292.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-1536x584.png 1536w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM-150x57.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-06-at-2.00.45\u202fPM.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you hit the <strong>Save<\/strong> button, you will have the feature to approve Tags on Facebook directly from your desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When someone posts something and tags you on their posts, you can see the tags and approve them here.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-approve-tags-on-facebook-from-iphone-or-android\">How to Approve Tags on Facebook from iPhone or Android<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>If you want to approve tags on Facebook on your smartphone, whether it&#8217;s your iPhone or Android, you can do so by following the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211;<\/strong> Open Facebook on your Smartphone and select the profile icon to open the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211;<\/strong> In the profile menu, scroll down until to the bottom and select <strong>Settings &amp; Privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-1024x576.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9501\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-1536x864.png 1536w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7-150x84.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-7.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211;<\/strong> Settings &amp; Privacy &gt; <strong>Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4 &#8211;<\/strong> In the Privacy settings window, scroll down until you find the <strong>Activity log<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5 &#8211; <\/strong>In the Activity log section, navigate to the section called <strong>Activity you&#8217;re tagged in.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6 &#8211; <\/strong>Click on the arrow down icon to open the options and select whichever option is preferred, including <strong>Posts and comments<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Photos and videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7 &#8211;<\/strong> Suppose you&#8217;ve chosen the Post and Comments option. You can now see and approve all the comment tags from the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you don&#8217;t see any tags from your previous posts, it&#8217;s possible you haven&#8217;t turned on the feature yet. Select one from the two and slide the toggle button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-1024x576.png\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9502\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-1536x864.png 1536w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8-150x84.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-List-8.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-remove-previous-posts-youre-tagged-in\">How to Remove Previous Posts You&#8217;re Tagged in?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Timeline Review is where you can see all the posts you&#8217;ve been tagged in, but it doesn&#8217;t work actively as you think it should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you can still remove anyone from seeing these posts on your timeline by manually going through one post at a time, and following the process below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211; <\/strong>Navigate to the post you want to remove your tag (You can find the post in your timeline).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211;<\/strong> Select the three dots on the post&#8217;s upper right corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211;<\/strong> Select the <strong>Hide from Profile<\/strong> option from the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"How to Approve Tags on Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-9507\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-1024x576.jpg 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-300x169.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-768x432.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-1536x864.jpg 1536w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List-150x84.jpg 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/List.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After selecting the option, posts you&#8217;ve been tagged in will be removed from your timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The same process can be followed on your Smartphone as shown above.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"approve-tags-like-a-boss\">Approve Tags like a Boss<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Using Facebook&#8217;s tag approval feature, you can take control of your Facebook account and approve tags before directly posting on your timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a good privacy feature to have, especially when you are in a vast social circle. 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