Facebook Privacy Checkup

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You can only manage some Privacy Checkup settings from your main Facebook profile, which you created when you signed up. Switch to your main profile to access Privacy Checkup.
Privacy Checkup helps you review your privacy and security settings to ensure you're sharing with the right people.

Go to Privacy Checkup

  1. Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Click Settings & privacy, then click Privacy Checkup.

Things you can review in Privacy Checkup

  • Who can see what you share. This section helps you:
    • Choose who can see certain information on your profile, like your phone number, email, birthday and relationship status.
    • Control who can see your future and past posts.
    • Review who you’ve blocked on Facebook. For example, you can add people to your blocked list. Learn more about what happens when you block someone on Facebook.
  • How to keep your account secure. This section helps you:
    • Update your password. Learn more about creating a strong password.
    • Turn on alerts to help let you know if someone logs into your account from a place we don’t recognize.
  • How people can find you on Facebook. This section lets you choose who can:
    • Send you friend requests.
    • Look you up on Facebook by your phone number or email address.
  • Your data settings on Facebook. This section helps you:
    • Review and remove recently used apps and websites from other companies that you’ve used Facebook to log into.
  • Your ad preferences on Facebook. This section helps you:
    • Review and choose what information on your profile can be used by advertisers to reach you.
    • Choose who can see your social interactions (example: things you’ve liked or followed on Facebook) next to an ad.

Other ways to manage your privacy

Learn more about how to control who can see what you share. From here, you can learn how to:

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