Why would someone make their friends list private on Facebook?

Facebook users often hide their friendlist for security reasons. People often want to keep their friends and activities personal and hence they often prefer on limiting the people who can see their friendlis and activities on a social media platform.
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Why would you hide your friends list on Facebook?

On Facebook, you can hide your friends list from everyone, specific people, or custom people lists that you have created. This gives you great control over who can see your friends. Keep in mind, though, that people can still see your mutual friends, even if you've hidden the friends list from everyone.
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How can you tell if someone has hidden your Facebook friends?

Method #1: Seeing Hidden Friends Using Social Revealer

Log in to your Facebook account. Go to the profile of the person you want to see their hidden friend list. Click on the 'Social Revealer' extension on Chrome. Once it's opened, click on “See Friends”.
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What is a private friends list on Facebook?

There are a number of different configurations you can choose when it comes to hiding your friends list. This means you can choose to leave it public, set it as private or pick and choose which Facebook users can flip through it by name.
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What happens when you set your friends list to private?

If you choose "Friends," only your friends can see your friends list. If you choose "Only Me," only you can see your friends list. People may still be able to figure out who you are friends with in other ways, even if you limit your friends list.
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Why would someone make their friends list private on Facebook?



What does it mean if someone's friend list is private?

Facebook users often hide their friendlist for security reasons. People often want to keep their friends and activities personal and hence they often prefer on limiting the people who can see their friendlis and activities on a social media platform.
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Can you hide friends on Facebook from your spouse?

Currently Facebook doesn't have an option to prevent two people from seeing each other while still being able to see all of your other friends. The only way to get it done is to completely deny those two individuals access to your Facebook friends.
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Can you have a private friends list on Facebook?

Scroll down to Privacy and tap Privacy Settings. Tap Who can see your friends list? below How People Find and Contact You. Select the audience of people (such as Friends) you'd like to have access to your friends list.
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How do I hide a friend on Facebook without unfriending them?

To hide all of a Facebook friend's posts, simply just go to their profile page and then hover over the button that says Following, which will be located inside of the Cover Photo. From here, click on Unfollow Kim (or whatever their name is). From now on, any of their posts will not appear in your Facebook News Feed.
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How do I hide a friend on Facebook from other friends?

Hide One Friend from Another on Facebook
  1. Login to your Facebook Account on a Computer.
  2. Once you are logged-in, click on your Name and then click on the Friends tab.
  3. On the Friends page, click on the Pencil Icon > Edit Privacy.
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Can you block people from seeing your friends list?

Click the triangle in the upper right to open the menu, then select "Settings & privacy." Select "Settings." Click "Privacy" in the left-hand column. In the "How People Can Find and Contact You" section, select "Who can see your friends list?" Click it.
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Can you block without unfriending?

You can actually pretty much block someone without them ever realising. If you go to 'Timeline and Tagging' in Settings, there's a subhead for 'Who can see things on my timeline?' . By editing this, you can actually permanently stop a specific person (or people) from seeing what you and/or others post on your timeline.
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Can someone see if I look at their Facebook page?

No, Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile. Third-party apps also can't provide this functionality. If you come across an app that claims to offer this ability, please report the app. Was this helpful?
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How do I know if my boyfriend blocked me on Facebook?

Try searching the person's name on Facebook by typing their name into the search bar at the top of the page. If you know that their profile has not been deleted and the friend no longer appears or you receive the message stating that the content is not available, they have likely blocked or unfriended you.
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Can you tell if someone is checking your messenger?

The blue circle with the check next to your message means that your message was sent. A filled-in blue circle next to your message means that your message was delivered. And, when a friend has read your message, a small version of your friend's photo will appear next to your message.
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Can someone see that I viewed their Facebook story if we are not friends?

No, you can't tell whether someone has repeatedly viewed your Facebook story or only viewed it once.
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When you block someone on Facebook what do they see?

Photos: You might see photos or tags of the blocked profile added by other people. Groups: A profile you've blocked won't be able to add you to a group, but you'll be able to see groups that the blocked profile created or is a member of.
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When you block someone do they know?

Blocking Someone on Android Messages and Apple iMessage

When you block a contact over Android or iPhone, they will still be able to send you text messages. These messages will not show up on your phone but the sender will see the messages as sent. They won't know that they've been blocked.
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Why do some mutual friends not show up?

The number of mutual friends now includes mutual friends whose accounts have been disabled, but these friends are not displayed. Also, if the person's full list of friends is hidden to you, a mutual friend who also has their full list of friends hidden to you will not be displayed as a mutual friend.
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What is the difference between a friend and a mutual friend?

In Facebook, "mutual friends" is a term that refers to a friend that you and another user have in common. "Mutual friend" is not a label that can be applied by you to anyone else. It is simply a way to inform you that you share friends with someone else.
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What does it look like when someone blocks you on Messenger?

However, you can infer that you've been blocked on Messenger from the state of the status icon on a message you've sent. If you send a message to someone and the message is not delivered, meaning an unfilled check mark icon appears, you may have been blocked.
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Am I blocked if I can still see profile picture on Messenger?

If you can still see this person's profile photo and name at the top of the chat, the user has not deactivated or deleted their account—you could still be blocked. But if their profile photo is now a gray outline of a person instead of their old photo, they've likely deactivated their account, not blocked you.
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How do you contact someone who has blocked you?

To call someone that blocked your number, disguise your caller ID in your phone settings so the person's phone doesn't block your incoming call. You can also dial *67 before the person's number so that your number appears as "private" or "unknown" on their phone.
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What is worse unfriending and blocking?

If you unfriend someone, you can still see each other's public posts and everything on the other person's profile that she made public, including photos and updates. However, when you block a user, you automatically unfriend him and neither of you can see each other's posts, public or otherwise.
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Can you see how many times someone viewed your Facebook story?

Nope. As with Instagram stories, you cannot tell who's been visiting your story repeatedly and who's caught it only once. So, if you snoop on someone multiple times, you're safe, and you will never know who your true Facebook-stalkers are. You can, however, see how many times total your post has been viewed.
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