Facebook users who don't want strangers to view their photos or photo albums can make them private. It is one of the many privacy options offered by Facebook and can be enabled using the website or mobile apps on Android and iOS. Users can hide their individual photos or entire albums from the general public, specific friends, or everyone.
As part of its privacy options, Facebook also allows users to hide their Facebook profile from strangers to prevent unsolicited interactions or even lock their profile entirely to keep all personal information private. While privacy has often been a contentious issue for Facebook, the platform does offer users various options to stay safe.
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To hide Facebook photos using a smartphone, open the app and tap on the hamburger menu (three parallel lines). This will be at the top-right corner on Android and the bottom-right on iOS. On the Menu page, tap on the account's profile name to access the profile page. Then scroll down and tap on Photos. On the Photos page, navigate to the Uploads tab and select the photo that needs to be hidden. Tap on the three-dot menu button at the top-right corner of the image. In the pop-up menu, select Edit privacy or Edit post privacy. On the next screen, select See More to view all available options and then choose the audience that can see that photo. Choose Friends to make it visible to all friends and family while hiding it from strangers, or Friends Except to select specific friends to hide it from. To hide it from everyone, including friends and family, choose Only Me. The setting will be saved automatically.
Facebook users can also hide entire albums from strangers. To do this, navigate to
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