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Easily hide private or embarrassing photos from your Facebook friends
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This wikiHow article teaches you how to prevent people from seeing your photos and certain albums on Facebook. Hiding photos from your Facebook timeline only takes a few seconds, and making your photo albums private is just as fast.
Things You Should Know
- You can make an entire photo album private, or hide individual photos from your timeline.
- Click or tap the three dots at the top of the photo, then choose "Hide from profile."
- To hide an album, click or tap the three dots, go to "Edit album," and select your new privacy setting.
Steps
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Open Facebook. It's a dark-blue app with a white "f" on it. This will open your Facebook News Feed if you're already logged into Facebook on your phone or tablet.- If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to continue.
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Tap ☰ . It's in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android).Advertisement -
Tap your name. You'll see this tab at the top of the menu. Doing so takes you to your profile page. -
Scroll down to the photo you want to hide and tap. This icon is in the top-right corner of the photo post. Tapping it prompts a drop-down menu.
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Tap Hide from Timeline . It's in the drop-down menu. -
Tap Hide when prompted. This will remove the photo from your Timeline, though the photo itself won't be hidden from its album.
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Go to Facebook's website. Go to https://www.facebook.com in your preferred browser. This will load your News Feed if you're already logged into Facebook.- If you aren't already logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password before continuing.
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Click your name. Your first name should be in the upper-right side of the Facebook page. Click it to go to your profile. -
Scroll down to the photo you want to hide and click. This button should be in the top-right corner of the photo post.
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Click Hide from Timeline . It's near the middle of the drop-down menu. -
Click Hide when prompted. Doing so will hide the photo from your Timeline only; the photo itself will still be visible from its album.
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Understand what you can and can't hide. You can hide individual photos that are in permanent Facebook albums--such as the "Timeline Photos" album or the "Mobile Uploads" album--as well as entire custom-made albums. You cannot hide individual photos in custom albums, nor can you hide permanent albums.- You can't hide albums while using the Facebook app for iPad.
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Open Facebook. It's a dark-blue app with a white "f" on it. This will open your Facebook News Feed if you're already logged into Facebook on your phone or tablet.- If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to continue.
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Tap ☰ . It's in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android). -
Tap your name. You'll see this tab at the top of the menu. Doing so takes you to your profile page. -
Scroll down and tap Photos . This tab is in the row of options below your profile picture. -
Tap Albums . It's a tab near the top of the screen. -
Hide a custom album. To do so:- Tap a custom album you want to hide.
- Tap ... (iPhone) or â‹® (Android).
- Tap Friends or Public .
- Tap Only me .
- Tap Save .
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Hide a photo in a permanent album. To do this:- Tap a built-in album.
- Tap a photo you want to hide.
- Tap ... (iPhone) or â‹® (Android).
- Tap Edit Privacy .
- Tap More , then tap Only me .
- Tap Done .
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Understand what you can and can't hide. You can hide individual photos that are in permanent Facebook albums--such as the "Timeline Photos" album or the "Mobile Uploads" album--as well as entire custom-made albums. You cannot hide individual photos in custom albums, nor can you hide permanent albums. -
Go to Facebook's website. Go to https://www.facebook.com in your preferred browser. This will load your News Feed if you're already logged into Facebook.- If you aren't already logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password before continuing.
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Click your name. Your first name should be on the upper-right side of the Facebook page. Click it to go to your profile. -
Click Photos . This tab is in the row of options below your cover photo area. -
Click Albums . It's an option below the "Photos" heading. -
Hide a custom album. To do so:- Scroll down to the album.
- Click the privacy icon below the album.
- Click Only me .
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Hide a photo in a permanent album. To do this:- Click a built-in album.
- Click the photo you want to hide.
- Click the privacy icon below your name.
- Click Only me .
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QuestionOn my FB page in photos, there's a selection of 'photo tools' which collects all photos from my gallery. They are photos I've never posted anywhere on FB. Can anyone see those?Community AnswerDo not worry, if you pay close attention to it, the section clearly says "Only you can see this" or something similar. It is just showing you what tools you can use when uploading a picture to Facebook.
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