How to restrict access to your Facebook account.All social networks have a privacy system with which we can choose which people can and cannot see our posts and stories , and one of the social networks that has one of the best restriction systems is Facebook.
In this social network you can choose each of the people who can see each of the things you do in your account. For this reason, we are going to be showing you how you can do these actions in the easiest way possible.
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- Is there a way to know if I have restricted access with a Facebook contact?
- What should be done to create a Facebook contact list with restricted access?
- Where can you see your restricted contacts?
- How to add or remove people from the list?
- How to hide a Facebook post from a specific person without deleting it?
- How to hide my Facebook stories from a contact?
How to restrict access to your Facebook account
What should be done to create a Facebook contact list with restricted access?
As you already know, this is a privacy setting that allows you to make Facebook in your account. Thanks to this, you can add any number of people to that list. This way, those people will only be able to see the information on your profile that you mark as public.If you want to start using this list and want to add certain people you will have to follow these instructions.
Where can you see your restricted contacts?
One of the things you’re going to be able to do is look at what people you have added to this restriction list. This is going to be very easy to do , since you only have to follow a few steps to achieve it and they are these:
- The first thing you will do is enter the Facebook app
- Then you will enter the ‘Friends’ option. This is found by pressing the three lines that are at the top of the screen
- Finally, you have to enter the option called ‘Custom Lists’. Here will be the list with the name of ‘Restricted access’
- By opening this list you will be able to see each of the people you have added to this restriction list
How to add or remove people from the list?
Another thing that you will be able to do is add and remove people who are already included in this restriction list. To do so you have to do the following:
- In order for you to add people to this restriction list, you have to go to the Facebook app and tap on the three black lines and go into friends
- After doing this, you press the option to edit friend lists
- Now enter the one that says restricted access, here you will be able to search and add to the list anyone who is among your Facebook friends
In case you want to eliminate any of the users that are on this list to free them from the restriction, you will have to do this. But you have to know that you are going to be able to do this action from a computer:
- You will open your Facebook on PC
- Then you have to go to the section called news and you will click on the ‘Friends’ option
- Now click on custom lists and then on ‘Restricted access’. Here you will be able to see each of the users that you have restricted and you will be able to remove them from this list just by clicking on the cross next to the name
How to hide a Facebook post from a specific person without deleting it?
Now that you know how you are going to be able to make your restriction list, you can hide posts from your Facebook friends . To do so, you just have to start the process of sharing or uploading a publication or story. Then in one of the corners you will see the ‘Share with’ potion.
By pressing this option, you will see the options of ‘Share with all’ and ‘Restricted access’. In this way, the people who are included in that list of options will not be able to publish this.
How to hide my Facebook stories from a contact?
So that you can hide the stories from your friends in the easiest and most efficient way, you will be able to do it like this:
- First go to Facebook and right at the beginning you will see the option to add a new story
- Choose the photo or video you want to upload and go to the next section
- Then in ‘Privacy’ you will have to choose between the 3 options that you will have available. To hide it from someone specific, choose the ‘Custom’ option and choose the people who will see your story.
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