How to See Birthdays on Facebook on iPhone or iPad

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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] 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

  1. Access the Facebook app on your phone or tablet.
  2. Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
  3. Type birthdays in the search bar.
  4. Select Birthdays in the search results to see current, recent, and upcoming birthdays.
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Viewing Birthdays on Facebook

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    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.
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    It's in the upper-right area of the screen. This opens the Search bar.
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    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.
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    This displays current, belated, recent, and upcoming birthdays on the same screen.
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Turning On Birthday Notifications

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    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.
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    It's at the bottom-right corner of Facebook.
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    Additional options will expand. [2]
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    It's in the "Notifications" section, which is about halfway down the page between the "Ads" and "Shortcuts" sections.
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    A list of options for receiving birthday notifications will appear. [3]
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    When the switch is blue, you'll receive notifications on Facebook for upcoming and/or belated birthdays. [4]
    • If this switch is already on (blue), there is no need to make any changes.
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    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. [5]
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    This option, under the "Receive notifications for" header, ensures that you'll be notified of birthdays before they happen. [6]
    • The "Belated birthdays" option is turned on by default. If you don't want to be notified of birthdays you've missed, you can tap the switch to turn it off.
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    My friend's birthdays are not on the list, why?
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    If 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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    The birthdays no longer appear on my iPad.
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    Click on Calendars at the top left of the application to make sure the Birthdays calendar is there and checked.
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    My daily birthday reminders are not appearing in the right hand corner.
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    Check 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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      • If a friend hasn't made their birthday public on Facebook, you will not see their birthday on the calendar or be notified when it's approaching. [7]
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      • 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.
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      • To view a specific friend's birthday, open their profile, tap About , select See All About at the bottom, and then find their birthday under "Basic Info." If you don't see it there, they haven't made their birthdate public.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/help/130979416980121/
      2. ↑ https://www.guidingtech.com/get-facebook-birthday-notifications/
      3. ↑ https://www.guidingtech.com/get-facebook-birthday-notifications/
      4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/help/530847210446227
      5. ↑ https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-enable-and-disable-birthday-notifications-on-facebook/
      6. ↑ https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-enable-and-disable-birthday-notifications-on-facebook/
      7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/help/563229410363824

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      1. Open Facebook.
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      3. Type "birthdays."
      4. Tap Birthdays .

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