Q&A for How to Send a Friend Request on Facebook

If a friend accidentally removed you from Facebook, you can politely message your friend to ask why you were removed.

You'll need to find some other way to track them down on Facebook. try entering their email address or phone number into the search field. You can also try to find posts they've made or commented on.

You'll need to wait until people you know send you friend requests. You're more likely to get friend requests if you're active on your other friends' pages. This will make you more visible, increasing the chances that someone you know sees you and sends you a request.

The person likely has their privacy options set to prevent friend requests from the general public. You'll need to be friends with at least one of their friends before you see the button.

You'll need to search for the person, either by using the search bar or by perusing posts that they have commented on. Your search results will depend on the person's privacy settings.

You can find your sent friend request if you click on the "Find Friends" button, and then "View Sent Requests." Before sending your friend request, I think it is a good idea to check the date of the most recent event on his or her timeline. If that post is more than three weeks old, the probability that your request will escape notice is higher. You are better off sending a request to someone who is active.

Go onto the profile of the person you want to be friends with and click "Add Friend," which should be next to their profile picture. Then just wait for the person's response.

If you un-friended the person, you need to send them a Friend Request again for them to accept.

1.) Click in the upper-right corner of any page and select Settings. 2.) In the left column, click Timeline and Tagging. 3.) Find the setting "Who can post on your Timeline?" and click Edit to the far right. 4.) Select "Only Me" or Friends from the drop down menu.

You could, but it may seem a bit odd if the two of you don't actually know one another.

Yes. You don't need to know any personal information about them to be their friend. If their profile is not set to private, you can send them a friend request.

There is no way to have your request not post a notification on your profile. You could make your profile private, that way nobody can see any statuses unless they are your friends.

Some users have chosen to disable friend requests from everyone, or people who are not friends with their friends. If someone doesn't want friend requests, find another person to be friends with.

That usually happens if you are sending too many friend requests in a short time. Make your friend requests at a slower pace to see if this stops the blocking.

Unfriend them if you don't want to be friends with them. If your profile is private, then unfriending them is a good idea if you do not trust them.

It depends on the user. Some users have their profile set to disable people from sending them friend requests, but others have friend requests enabled. If they have friend requests available, you would simply click the "Add Friend" button. Unlike public users, you need to be friends with a private user to see their profile.

When you send a friend request to someone, it doesn't have the option to type a custom message. If the user's profile isn't private and they haven't disabled comments on any of their posts, you can comment a message to them.

It's already there, unless you have turned friend requests off. In your account settings, you can choose to disable friend requests from people unless they are friends of your friends.