How to hide a post on facebook from someone

Using Facebook's custom privacy options

Updated on October 21, 2021

What to Know

• Select What's on your mind to open a new Facebook post window. Choose the Privacy drop-down menu under your name.
• Select Friends Except. Choose the name of a friend (or friends) to exclude them from seeing the post.
• Choose Save Changes. Write your post as usual and select Post.

This article explains how to hide specific Facebook posts from specific people using the Privacy drop-down menu. It also includes information on how to share a post with only a handful of specific friends.

How to Hide Facebook Posts With the 'Friends Except' Setting

Every time you share a post on Facebook, you have the option to share it with the public, with only your friends, or with a more narrow group of people. If you don't change the setting every time, it defaults to the one you used most recently.

Here's how to exclude a specific person (or people) from seeing your Facebook post.

1. Select the What's on your mind field to open the Create Post window.

2. Click the Privacy drop-down list next to your name and profile image. It will display the most recent option you've used, such as Public or Friends.

3. In the Select Privacy list, choose Friends Except.

4. Select the name of the friend or friends you want to exclude from seeing your post. The name or names will appear in the Friends Who Won't See Your Post box at the bottom of the window.

   To search for someone, begin typing their first or last name into the Search for a friend or list field and select the name when it appears.

5. Select Save Changes. You will see that the Privacy setting now says Friends Except.

6. Write your post like you normally would, add a photo, video or any other content and select Post when you're done to make it official.

Facebook does not provide a way for people to know that you have prevented them from seeing a post.

Alternatively, if you only want to share a post with a handful of friends, select Specific Friends in the Select Privacy list and choose the people you want to view the post. Everyone else will automatically be excluded from seeing it.

You may have prevented your mom from seeing what you posted, but don't forget about Aunt Myrtle. She could rat you out for saying something stupid on Facebook. Keeping up with who can see what can be tricky, and one slip up might cost you a friendship or get you knocked off the Christmas card list, or even worse, the Christmas gift list. Be careful out there.

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Clean up your news feed by hiding, snoozing, and unfollowing

Updated on November 5, 2020

Hiding someone on Facebook is a skill that's worth learning because it reduces the uninteresting status updates in your news feed. When you hide a friend, it means that you are hiding what they write so that it doesn't show in your news feed. You remain Facebook friends and can message each other at any time.

How Do You Hide a Facebook Friend?

There are three ways to hide friends and pages from your news feed:

• Hide Post: Hide a specific post from your news feed. You won't see it again.
• Snooze for 30 Days: Don't see posts from a friend for 30 days.
• Unfollow: Only see a friend's status updates if you go to their timeline, not in your news feed.

Hide a Specific Post

What can you do to avoid repeatedly seeing a post that makes your flesh crawl, or one that you don't want to see in your feed, for any reason? Hide it.

In your news feed, select the three horizontal dots in the upper-right corner of the post you want to hide. Then, select Hide post. It won't show in your feed again.

Hide a Friend by Snoozing Them for 30 Days

Some Facebook friends post too much, and you get tired of seeing their status updates. You can block their posts from showing up in your news feed for 30 days. You may find that you miss their updates when the 30 days are up. If not, you can snooze them for another 30 days.

In your news feed, select the three horizontal dots at the top of a post from a friend you want to snooze. Then, select Snooze Name for 30 days, where Name is the name of the friend you want to snooze, or unfollow, for 30 days.

Unfollow Friends From Your News Feed

You can unfollow someone completely, which means you won't see any of their status updates in your news feed unless you decide to follow them.

In your news feed, select the three horizontal dots at the top of a post from a friend you want to unfollow. Select Unfollow Name, where Name is the name of the friend you wish to unfollow.

To unfollow someone does not mean you are unfriending them. It means you won't see their status updates in your news feed.

Unfollow Friends From Their Profile Page

You can also unfollow a friend or a page by going to their profile page. On their profile page, select the person icon and select Unfollow in the drop-down menu.

Be careful not to tap Unfriend accidentally, as it is right below Unfollow.

Is Unfriending Easier?

You may think it's easier to unfriend someone than hide them from your timeline, but it is not. Hiding is a two-step process that you can do from your news feed, while unfriending is a three-step process that requires you to go to the person's profile page or timeline.

While there's a lot of debate over Facebook addiction and the value of a Facebook friendship, there are many benefits to maintaining those electronic connections.

When you hide certain friends, pages, and posts, you can feel comfortable staying connected to your many acquaintances and friends on Facebook.

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