How to make my Facebook account private for strangers

If you receive invitations or comments from unknown people on your Facebook account, this can become annoying and even dangerous; but you can prevent anyone from accessing it by putting your account in private. If you don't know how to make your account private; In this post we will teach you how to easily make my Facebook account private for strangers.

How to access Facebook's basic privacy settings?

One of the best virtues of the Facebook App is that it allows you to configure or adjust the your privacy your way, this to make you feel more like yours ease and safe using Facebook; Accessing the privacy settings of this platform is very simple, you just have to select the icon at the top right, it has a triangular shape, press the option "Settings and privacy" , then select the alternative "Settings" When you are there, click on «Privacy» and voila, you will be able to access the privacy settings of your Facebook profile.  




Select who can comment on my statuses

This is very simple, as it did Facebook . In order for you to select who can comment on your status, you need to select the triangle icon at the top right, click "Settings and privacy" and press Settings, once there select "Public publications" in the menu on the left, scroll down and into «Comments on public publications»   select edit and hit the option that looks best to you.      

Avoid being tagged without your consent

To avoid the Labels you do not want, you just have to go to "Settings and privacy", then press settings, in the menu that will appear on the right side and select the alternative "Notifications" , scroll to the option «Labels» and select the option you feel most comfortable with since there you can choose the audience that will be able to tag you.    




How to make my Facebook account private for strangers

Stop them from writing on your profile

Preventing them from writing on your profile is very simple, just go to settings and privacy of your Facebook profile , select the settings and press the alternative «Profile and tags» , then you should find the Who can post on your profile? option, hit the edit option and select only me.      

Limit who can search for you on Facebook

If you want to place some limitations to look for you , you just have to go to "Settings and privacy" of your profile, press settings and select «Privacy» , and in the block how people can find and contact you, choose who can search for you, choosing for example: friends of friends

Steps to configure the privacy of your Facebook account:

Facebook allows its users to have many publications and information in public mode; but it also has options that allow you to enter any information you post privately with the intent of protecting your privacy. We will show you step by step how to set up your account from your PC:

  1. Log in to your Facebook account by entering your phone number or email and password.
  2. Within your profile, click the arrow in the top right corner.
  3. When a menu appears, select "Settings and privacy".
  4. Then you need to select "Settings". You can also configure your account from the "Check your privacy settings" option in this menu.
  5. After selecting "Settings", you will see a menu on the left side of the screen where you have to click on the option «Privacy».
  6. You will immediately see the section on the screen «Privacy settings and tools».

To start putting your account in private you must start from the "Your business" section; In this section you can choose the audience that can see your posts (friends, specific friends, just me or audience), limit the audience of previous posts and who can see your friends and the pages you follow.




How to make my Facebook account private for strangers

  1. In the next section you can select who can find you and get in touch with you. You can also decide which Facebook users can send you friend requests, who can see your friends list, and who can search for you via your email address and phone number.
  2. In the "Search engines" option you have to choose between "Yes" or "No"; If you want your account to be private you have to select "No" this way Google will not provide a link to your profile.

From the option "Check your privacy settings" mentioned in step 4, you can continue to limit or hide your Facebook account information from strangers. If you click on this option you will see 5 boxes, in the first you can decide who can see your profile information such as email address or date of birth; Facebook also has an option where you can hide your last name so that only your first name appears.

What can I do to make my Facebook account private from my phone?

What we can advise you to do to make your profile Facebook totally private, it is enter and access your profile from your mobile and go to your profile settings, you can put whatever you want in private, such as your photos, publications, tags, stories among other things, because Facebook gives us full access to configure our privacy , because the function of this is that we feel comfortable and safe. 


  1. Log in to your account via the app Facebook Lite. You can block strangers from accessing your mobile app.
  2. Once inside your profile, click on the three horizontal lines located in the upper right corner.How to make my Facebook account private for strangers
  3. When a menu is displayed, search for and select "Configuration".
  4. You should now look for the section «Privacy».
  5. In this section you have to choose the option "Privacy settings", within this option you can adjust the privacy of your profile.
  6. After making the necessary changes in this section, go back to the "Privacy" section and choose the option now "Public publications" to manage who can comment and interact in your public publications.

By following these steps you will no longer have to worry about invitations, comments or postings from strangers; Only users who have your permission will have access to your account, however sometimes you may have doubts about who visits your profile.There is a trick that will help you to know who is spying on your account.



How to put my private bio only for friends and strangers?

If all you want is to feel safer and have a little more privacy in your profile Facebook , what you have to do is access your profile settings and press the Privacy option, and modify all the data, they must modify them by entering them " Only me" . You also need to log in to "Public publications" and do the same.

How to hide my personal data from my Facebook profile?

Hiding your personal data is very simple, for this you need to log into your Facebook profile and select the option "Information" in the horizontal bar, there you can select the data you want to hide, you just need to press the three ellipsis icon and select the option "only me" of the data you want to delete.


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