{"id":960,"date":"2020-05-05T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=960"},"modified":"2022-02-18T08:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:29:06","slug":"hide-friends-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomtools.io\/blog\/hide-friends-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide Friends List on Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is a really popular social media platform, It&#8217;s very common for you to get irritated from the people stalking your friend list and you may want to hide your friend list from the other people in your friend list or from the other public Facebook profiles. Fortunately, Facebook provides full control of your privacy to hide your Friend list from other people.<\/p>\n<p>Although you would need to follow the below steps to get your friend list hidden from other profiles, It&#8217;s easy and quick enough. We are providing the steps with images to help you out!<\/p>\n<h2>How to Hide Your Friend List On Facebook?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Make sure you are very well connected to the internet and open the Facebook app on your device.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After opening the Facebook app, you can find a three-line button on the top right corner below the messenger logo. If you are using an IOS device, you might locate the button on the downright corner of your iPhone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4991 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161.png\" alt=\"friends list\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161.png 1920w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-161-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the Menu bar, you can scroll down to find and select the \u201cSettings and Privacy\u201d option right above the logout button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A drop-down list will be revealed where you can choose the very first option called settings to enter the Facebook setting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4992 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162.png 1920w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-162-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We have now entered the Facebook settings. Now we can scroll down till we find &amp; select the option called \u201cPrivacy Settings\u201d under the heading that goes with \u201cFacebook Privacy\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4993 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163.png 1920w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-163-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the privacy settings, we can now scroll down to find the option &#8220;to choose who can see your friends list&#8221; &amp; select to choose between options.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the &#8220;friends list&#8221;, you can select between four options respectively from which the default public option can display your Friends list on or off of your Facebook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4994 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164.png 1920w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-164-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Choosing &#8220;Friends&#8221; can exclude all the people who are not your friends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Down below is where you can select friends who can see your list except once you&#8217;ve selected.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4995 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165.png 1920w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-165-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&amp; finally, the last &amp; secure option to choose is &#8220;Only You&#8221; can watch your friends list on Facebook. Select the option &amp; you are done.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Creating a Friend List<\/h2>\n<p>You can also create a separate friend list for a group of your friends and then limit your post to a particular friend list. For example a list of all the school friends and a list of acquaintances etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol class=\"X5LH0c\">\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">On your\u00a0<b>Facebook<\/b>\u00a0home page, scroll down the left sidebar to the\u00a0<b>Friends<\/b>\u00a0section.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Hover the word\u00a0<b>Friends<\/b>\u00a0and click the More button.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Click the\u00a0<b>Create List<\/b>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Name your\u00a0<b>new list<\/b>\u00a0and add members.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can now hide a particular post from a list of friends or just show a post to a list of friends. 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