118 118 people found this article helpful Updated on September 18, 2022 This article explains how to prevent strangers from seeing your Facebook profile by limiting your future posts and changing the audience for posts you've shared in the past. It also includes information on how to review everything you're tagged in and how to limit who can send you friend requests or look you up. Facebook's Privacy SettingsIf you have problems with strangers viewing your Facebook profile and then contacting you, make changes to your privacy settings so that only your friends see your profile. After you make these changes, strangers can't see you on Facebook or send you messages. Facebook's privacy settings can be found in one place. To access it, follow these steps:
Some elements of your Facebook profile are always public, such as your profile photo and background photo. Who Can See Your Future Posts?This setting allows you to determine who can see your posts. It's not retroactive, so it only applies to posts from this point forward.
Limit the Audience for Posts You SharedNow that you've limited who can see your future posts, do the same with your past posts.
Review All Your Posts and Things You're Tagged InTags and likes provide links for strangers to access your profile. For example, if your Aunt Martha took a photo of everyone at your birthday party, then posted it and tagged you, strangers have a link to your profile. Depending on how Aunt Martha has her privacy set up, it could be her friends or anyone online. These people can select your name to go to your profile. This setting helps you remove these tags and links.
Who Can Send You Friend Requests?This category has only one setting, but it's an important one. If you allow everyone to send you friend requests, you might end up with a stranger as a friend. Instead, use these steps.
Who Can Look You Up?Three settings help you determine who can find you on Facebook.
Block Specific IndividualsChanging these privacy settings should prevent strangers from seeing your Facebook profile. If a stranger contacts you, and you don't want to interact with them, block them and their messages. When you block someone, they can't see your posts, tag you, start a conversation, add you as a friend, or invite you to events. They also can't send you messages or video calls. The block feature doesn't apply to groups, apps, or games that both of you belong to.
Community Standards ViolationsIf the stranger contacting you is engaging in behavior that violates Facebook's community standards, you can report them. The behaviors include:
How to Report Someone on FacebookHere's how to do it.
FAQ
Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Can you hide a Facebook post from a specific person?Go to the post in your Feed that you want to hide. Tap in the top right of the post and select one of the following options: Hide post: Hides a single post. Snooze [Name] for 30 days: Temporarily hides all posts from a specific person, Page or group from your Feed.
What happens when you restrict someone on Facebook?When you add someone to your Restricted list, you'll still be friends with them on Facebook, but they'll only be able to see your public information (example: your posts and profile info you choose to make public) and posts you tag them in.
How can I hide all of my posts from a certain friend?Go to Settings and Privacy, select Privacy in the left-hand pane, and click on Limit Past Posts. This option automatically hides all your public posts from the Public and sets them to Friends only. In this manner, people who are not your friends won't be able to see your timeline posts.
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