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Quickly find your friend's birthdays on Facebook on iPhone
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This wikiHow teaches you how to see your Facebook friends' upcoming birthdays using an iPhone or iPad. Although birthdays used to appear on the Events calendar, you will now find them on a special page called Birthdays. [1] X Research source And if you're worried you'll forget your friends' birthdays, you can customize your Facebook notifications so you'll always be notified of upcoming birthdays.
Quick Steps
- Access the Facebook app on your phone or tablet.
- Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Type birthdays in the search bar.
- Select Birthdays in the search results to see current, recent, and upcoming birthdays.
Steps
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Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad. The Facebook icon looks like a white "f" in a blue square. You can find it on your Home screen or in your App Library. -
Tap the magnifying glass. It's in the upper-right area of the screen. This opens the Search bar.Advertisement -
Type birthdays . After you type the first several letters, you'll see "Birthdays" with a green-and-white cake icon appear at the top of the search results. -
Tap Birthdays in the search results. This displays current, belated, recent, and upcoming birthdays on the same screen.
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Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad. The Facebook icon looks like a white "f" in a blue square. You can find it on your Home screen or in your App Library. If you find yourself forgetting your friends' birthdays, you can customize birthday notifications on Facebook. -
Tap the three-line menu ☰ . It's at the bottom-right corner of Facebook. -
Scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy . Additional options will expand. -
Tap Settings . You'll see this just below "Settings & Privacy." -
Tap Notifications . It's under the "Preferences" heading. -
Tap Birthdays . A list of options for receiving birthday notifications will appear. -
Toggle the "Allow Notifications on Facebook" switch to the On position. When the switch is blue, you'll receive notifications on Facebook for upcoming and/or belated birthdays. [2] X Research source
- If this switch is already on (blue), there is no need to make any changes.
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Select where you want to receive notifications. In the "Where you receive these notifications" section, you can enable Push notifications (the kind that pop up in Facebook your iPhone or iPad), email notifications, and/or SMS text notifications from Facebook.
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QuestionMy friend's birthdays are not on the list, why?Community AnswerIf your friends are in your address book, then their birthdays should automatically show on Facebook. If not, check to make sure they are in your address book.
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QuestionThe birthdays no longer appear on my iPad.Emmanuel DikolelayCommunity AnswerClick on Calendars at the top left of the application to make sure the Birthdays calendar is there and checked.
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QuestionMy daily birthday reminders are not appearing in the right hand corner.GhuchisonCommunity AnswerCheck that you have the feature turned on and that your people on daily reminders haven’t switched it off for others to see.
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Tips
- If a friend has made their birthday private on Facebook, you will not see their birthday on the calendar or be notified when it's approaching. [3] X Research sourceThanks
- Another way to open the Birthdays page is to tap the Notifications icon (the bell) at the bottom of the screen and select any of your current or past birthday notifications.Thanks
- To view a specific friend's birthday, open their profile, tap See (friend's) About Info , and then find their birthday under "Basic Info." If you don't see it there, they haven't made their birthdate public.Thanks
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1. Open Facebook.
2. Tap the magnifying glass.
3. Type "birthdays."
4. Tap Birthdays
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