If you value discretion and want to limit who can view your extensive online social circle, Facebook offers a straightforward solution – restricting your friends list to mutual connections.
By adjusting your privacy settings, you can ensure that only those who share mutual friends with you can access your comprehensive friends list. This safeguard protects your privacy and prevents individuals outside your immediate social sphere from scrutinizing your extensive network.
what is mutual friend on facebook? and how do person get it
On Facebook, a “mutual friend” is someone who is friends with both you and another person. This means that you share a common connection with that individual. Mutual friends are often displayed in your friends list, along with the name of the friend you have in common with them.
There are two ways to get a mutual friend on Facebook:
- You can become friends with someone who is already friends with one of your friends (or more than one): This can happen organically, when you send a friend request or message request to the person and he or she accept it
- Someone who is already friends with one of your friends can send you a friend request: If you accept the friend request, you will then have a mutual friend with that person.
this blog post provides a guide on how you can show only mutual friends on facebook : that is, allow only those that you have mutual friends with to see only the mutual, and those you have not mutual friends with will not see any of your friend list
below is a guide to do it
How to show only mutual friends on facebook
To implement this privacy enhancement, follow these simple steps on both the desktop and mobile versions of Facebook:
for Desktop users:.
below is a guide to follow if you are accessing facebook with Desktop, if you are using phone, you need to check the next section
- Access your Facebook profile and navigate to the “Friends” tab.
- Locate the pencil icon positioned next to the “Find Friends” button. Click on it.
- A drop-down menu will appear. Select “Edit Privacy” to proceed.
- In the “Who can see your friends list?” section, choose the option “Only Me.”
- Click on the “Done” button to finalize the privacy setting.
for Mobile users:
if you are using phone to access Facebook, you need to follow this procedure
- Open the Facebook app and tap on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner.
- Scroll down and select “Settings & Privacy” from the extended menu.
- Tap on “Settings” to access your personal profile settings.
- Scroll down to “Privacy” and tap on “Privacy Settings.”
- Identify the section labeled “Who can see your friends list?” and tap on the drop-down menu.
- Select “Only Me” to restrict viewing access to mutual friends.
- Tap on the back arrow to save the changes.
how to hide you mutual friend on facebook
While restricting your friends list to mutual connections offers a degree of privacy protection, Facebook provides an additional layer of security through profile locking. This feature enables you to safeguard your entire profile, including your posts, photos, and friends list, from prying eyes
to learn more about how you can lock your Facebook profile, you can check out this guide
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