Facebook Privacy Settings for Beginners
Facebook is great for family and groups, but default settings can share more than you intend.
Step by step
- Open Settings and privacy.
- Check who sees your posts.
- Review friend requests carefully.
- Turn off location sharing.
- Do a privacy checkup.
What to expect
Expect a guided checkup through audiences, tags, profile visibility and ad settings.
Mistakes to avoid
Do not accept requests from strangers. Avoid sharing travel plans publicly. Do not click quizzes.
A good next step
Do the privacy checkup every few months.
A worked example
A new user runs the privacy checkup and changes posts to friends only, turns off location tags and reviews apps. She feels more comfortable sharing family photos.
A prompt you can copy
Type this into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Walk me through Facebook's privacy checkup step by step, in simple words.
Good to know. Be wary of friend requests from people you already are friends with. They may be fake duplicates.
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Can strangers see my photos?
Not if you limit the audience.
What about quizzes?
Skip them. They collect data.