Hosting events on Facebook is almost as common as joining a group. It’s easy to create an event, but changing it from private to public might be challenging. Following the necessary steps for changing the privacy of your event on Facebook can be as easy as ‘ABC,’ but
sometimes, there are unfortunate technicalities. To set the event public, you need to change the privacy setting to the public before creating the event, and you are done! It is as simple as that; keep in mind that you cannot set the privacy setting to the public after creating the event as private. To help you digest ways to change your event privacy, there are two methods that you can try out below. This is an article on how to change an event
from private to public on Facebook, but you must know that you can’t change the privacy setting of an event after it has been created. But even if you fall into this category, there’s a solution, so don’t worry about anything. This is the safest and easiest way to change your event on Facebook from private to public. This
method also helps you avoid all the hassle. If you read the info box above, you would know that it’s impossible to change an event to the public after it’s been set up as private. To avoid this heartbreak, these are the possible steps you could engage. They are pretty straightforward and straight to the point. To create a new event on Facebook:Methods That Effectively Transform Your Event Privacy on Facebook
Method #1: As You Create Your Event
- Navigate to Facebook in your web browser.
- Click “See more” in the left navigation.
- Select “Events.”
- Click “Create new event.”
- No matter the event, always ensure you check and change the privacy setting if needed. To do this, click the “Privacy” option to change the setting.
- To set the event public, select “Public.”
After you are through with this, you could make other adjustments that suit your taste or go ahead and create your event. All the same, your event is now public.
Method #2: Replicate the Event
The first thing I would tell you about this method is that it will be annoying and most likely frustrating.
But it’s the most ideal for fixing an event that has already been created to be private. If you are in this category, this would be a bitter pill.
Replicating the event is exactly what you think it is. Yes, you have to recreate the event to change it from private to public.
To recreate it, just follow the same steps you used to create the event; only this time, be sure to adjust the privacy setting before you click the final tab for creating the event.
After recreating the event, remember to send an invite to all previous attendees and a memo on why the event was canceled to create awareness.
In Conclusion
The reasons for creating events on Facebook may differ from person to person, but everyone expects at least a person or two to attend.
If you do the first method before creating the event, you are in luck, as it saves you the hassle of redoing a task.
Having a private event when you want your event to be public is hard, but all you can do is recreate the event. Just make sure to adjust its setting this time.
Creating events on Facebook is almost as thrilling as doing it in real life. Try the method that fits your category to set it as public.
FAQs
Facebook events allow you to create public and private event pages on the social network, which you can use to garner support and an audience to a physical or virtual event that you’ve planned. You can also get a rough idea of the people that might or might not attend the event. The major difference between a private and public event is that in the latter everybody will be able to see and respond to it while in the former only the invited people will be able to see and respond to the event.
If you have created a private event and want to change it to the public then here is a guide to help you change the event from private to public and vice-versa.
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Changing a private event to public in Facebook mobile app
Launch the Facebook mobile app and follow the steps below to change a private event to public.
- Tap on the Hamburger (triple horizontal bars) icon, which is located at the top-right corner of the screen..
- In the menu, tap on Events option.
- All your events will appear. Tap on the event which you want to change from private to public.
- On the next screen, your event details will appear. Tap on the More (triple vertical dots) button.
- A drop-down menu will appear, tap on the Duplicate event option.
- A separate screen will appear with the same details of the previous event. On that screen tap on the menu button with Private event option at the top left corner of the screen.
- A drop-down menu will appear, tap on the Public event option.
- On the next screen tap on the Publish button at the bottom right corner of the screen.
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Changing a private event to public in Facebook website on PC
Login to your account on Facebook.com on any browser on your PC and follow the steps to change a private event to public.
Step 1: Click on the Events in the menu at the left side of the screen.
Step 2: In the events screen, open the event which you want to change from the private to public. Your event details will appear, click on the More (triple vertical dots) icon and click on the Duplicate event option from the dropdown menu.
Step 3: A separate event screen will appear. Click on the Public event option in the privacy options at the left side of the screen and then click on the Next button below the privacy options.
Step 4: After you selected the privacy option your other event details of the previous event will appear, click on the Create button below the event details at the left side of the screen.
While creating an event on Facebook, you can select the privacy of the event as public.
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