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What does it mean when my friend requests say Undo?

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When you send out a friend request and the person has not yet accepted or declined, you can select Undo to revoke the friend request.

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Will they know I cancelled a friend request?

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They can, if they check your page and see that the "Friend Request Sent" has changed back to "Add Friend." However, you can block the person if you want to avoid this.

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Will the notification be retracted when I cancel a friend request?

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If you cancel someone's friend request or decline it, they cannot tell that you canceled the friend request until they either go to your page and it says to add friend or until they go to their friends list and see that you are not on it.

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How do I know who is following me on Facebook?

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Go to your profile. Click Friends below your cover photo. Click Followers. If no one is following you yet, you won't see this option.

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How do I unfriend a Facebook friend that has already unfriended me?

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You don't need to! Since they've unfriended you, there's no need to unfriend them.

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How do I cancel a friend request that I made by mistake?

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Hover over the button that says "Friend request sent." It will give you more options. Click where it says cancel.

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What is the difference between deleting a friend request and removing a friend request?

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They mean the same thing. Both mean that you are removing the friend request from your profile. They can request again unless you block them.

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How do I send a second friend request? The person ignored the first request.

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Simply click "Add Friend" again, and wait for the person to either accept or decline it. Be careful though, the person may block you if you keep sending friend requests to them. That person might not want to be your friend, so pace your request(s).

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How do I stop all incoming friend requests?

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You cannot entirely stop all future requests but change who can you request by changing the settings to friends of friends. See more in the wikiHow article How to Stop All Friend Requests on Facebook.

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Will the recipient see that a friend request was sent if I have cancelled it?

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They won't see a notification unless they were on Facebook at the time you sent it.

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