33 Facebook Tips and Tricks everyone should know
There's a lot you can do with Facebook. It's the app you likely spend the majority of time using on your phone, whether it be finding the latest news or staying in touch with friends.
We've collected some of the best tips and tricks you may not know about. It's time to start using Facebook like a pro.
1. See something interesting in your News Feed but don't have time to look at it now? You can save it for later.
Perfect for saving all of Tech Insider's amazing articles for later.
2. Never get a request to play Candy Crush again.
Under the "More" tab in Facebook's mobile app, select "Settings" then "Account Settings" followed by "Notifications." Go to "Mobile," scroll all the way down, and un-check "Application Invites."
3. Turn your profile pic into an animated GIF.
4. Stay on top of the hottest news with what's trending on Facebook.
5. Articles with this little lightning bolt load natively in Facebook, which typically means they load faster with fewer ads.
If a story is an Instant Article, you'll see a little lightning icon in the top right of its header photo.
6. Turn off auto-playing videos in your News Feed.
Under the "More" tab in the Facebook mobile app, select "Videos and Photos." You can choose to auto play videos over cellular and WiFi connections, just WiFi, or never.
7. See your Facebook activity on the same day from years past.
Only you see your "On This Day" activity, and you can find the feature from the link Facebook.com/onthisday. Facebook also lets you hide certain people from showing up in your past activity, which is helpful for not seeing memories of your ex.
8. Your Activity Log shows everything you've liked, shared, and commented on in the past.
9. Select profiles and pages you never want to miss updates from in your News Feed.
Tap "Settings" under the app's "More" tab and then "News Feed Preferences" to get started.
People and pages you've marked to see first will have a little blue star next to their posts in your feed.
10. Know the distinction between a "friend" and a "follower" on Facebook.
Being friends means that you and the other person have approved the connection and likely know each other, while following an account means that the person hasn't added you back as a friend.
When someone follows you, they'll only see posts you share publicly. You can turn off the ability for people to follow your account at any time from the "Followers" section of your account settings.
11. See what your profile looks like to the public and individual friends.
When you're logged into Facebook on the desktop website, go to your profile, click the ellipsis and then "View as..."
12. When you share a post, you can choose to hide it from specific people.
You can select these sharing options on a case-by-case basis from the drop down menu at the top right of a post. On the mobile app, select "Edit Privacy" and select one of the options. From the desktop, just click the little friends or globe icon next to a post's time stamp.
If you want everyone expect a few people to see a post, you can choose to hide it from specific people by selecting "Friends except..." on the mobile app and "Custom" on the desktop.
13. Hide your list of friends from everyone but you.
From your friends list on the desktop, click the "Manage" pen icon on the right and then "Edit Privacy." Then you can change who can see your friends list, the people you follow, and your followers.
14. Hide your relationship status change from your friends.
While editing your profile under "Family and Relationships," change the privacy filter to "Only Me."
15. Hide specific photo albums and events on your timeline.
Just take note of the little gray icon next to a photo album or post. Two little people mean that it can only be seen by your friends, a globe means it's public, and a padlock means only you can see it.
16. Block people from being able to contact you.
17. See everywhere you're logged into Facebook and remotely log out.
From your Security Settings on Facebook's desktop site, the "Where You're Logged In" menu shows active logins and lets you end them.
18. Get alerted every time a login attempt is made for your account, and approve or deny it.
You can choose to get a Facebook notification or email whenever a login is made. Login Approvals mean that you'll have to enter a secondary code sent to your phone before logging into Facebook on a new device.
19. Adjust the number of notifications you get.
It gets better: notifications you want can be customized on the desktop and your phone separately. Go to the "Notifications" section of your account settings on the desktop and tweak away.
20. Turn off birthday notifications.
Go to the notifications tab in your account settings and turn the birthdays option 0ff.
21. Get a notification every time a specific person posts something.
22. Search for posts and photos liked or commented on by a specific person.
23. Search for specific keywords and topics, not just profiles and pages.
24. Tell people how to pronounce your name correctly.
While editing your profile on the desktop, go to "Details About You" to get started. You can also add a nickname or maiden name for yourself to display with your profile.
25. Unfollow people you don't want to see in your News Feed and don't want to completely unfriend.
From someone's profile in the Facebook mobile app, tap on "Following" under their profile picture and then "Unfollow" to get rid of their posts completely. On the desktop site, click the drop down arrow to the right of a post to unfollow a person.
26. Tell Facebook won't you don't like seeing in your News Feed to improve its recommendations.
If you see a post you don't like, tap the drop down arrow to the right and select "I don't like this post" to let Facebook know it should show you less of that kind of content.
27. Make lists to separate groups of people you're friends with, like school friends and work colleagues.
Facebook creates list of friends by default based on common affiliation, whether it be the same hometown, school, etc. On Facebook's desktop site you can see all of your friend lists from this page and add people to them. This creates individual News Feeds within Facebook for you to browse.
28. Give yourself a short bio.
You can edit it at any time from your profile on the desktop site and mobile app.
Pro tip: make your bio completely out of emojis.
29. Unsubscribe from notifications for posts you've commented on.
You may not know that you can unsubscribe from activity on any post, which could be a godsend next time you decide to comment on a friend's politically charged opinion.
When you get a notification for a comment or like on a post on Facebook's desktop site, click the "X" to the right of the notification and then "Turn off."
The reverse is also true. You can turn on notifications for activity on any post from the right drop down arrow.
30. Edit a post or comment.
Tap the drop down arrow to the right of one of your posts on the desktop and then "Edit Post." When viewing one of your comments, tap the little pencil icon to the right to edit or delete.
To edit or delete a comment from the Facebook mobile app, tap and hold on the comment.
31. Swipe on a photo in the Facebook mobile app to apply a filter before sharing it.
32. Create a shared photo album with friends.
From the desktop, click the same edit button to add people as contributors.
33. Saying goodbye to Facebook? Download all your data.
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