A Guide to Facebook Friend Request Settings

Sending a friend request on Facebook is the easiest thing you can do. However, there are a few things you need to remember when making new friends or looking to find existing friends. You can’t add anyone or everyone on Facebook, and sending too many friend requests too quickly can cause your profile to be temporarily restricted. Learn more about Facebook friend request settings.

While covering the basics like how to send a friend request on Facebook, we’ll go deeper like canceling a friend request, pending or dealing with a rejected request, what happens then, etc. By the end of this post, you should have a pretty good idea of ​​how to send and manage Facebook friend requests.

Let’s get started.

How to find friends or upload contacts on Facebook

One of the simplest ways to find friends is to use the search bar at the top. But Facebook also allows you to upload your existing contacts from the contacts app on your phone and use that data to find friends online.

Open Facebook on your Android or iOS smartphone, tap the three-line menu icon and select Friends. Facebook will ask you to Import Contacts to find you right away.

For recently added contacts, you can find them on Facebook by name, email id or mobile number.

How to send a friend request on Facebook

Go to the profile of the person you want to add as a friend and click the Add Friend button. Well, that’s obvious, but what if you click that button by mistake?

In that case, you can click the Cancel Request button.

Facebook only allows adding up to 5000 friends. You can no longer send or accept friend requests if the limit is reached. Also, there’s no way to send a friend request to someone with a private profile, which we’ll discuss in the next point.

How to accept or delete a friend request on Facebook

This is an easy one. Click the Confirm button to accept the friend request, or tap the Delete button to decline or delete the friend request. So what happens then? Well, accepting a friend request will make you digital friends. Now both of you can see each other’s profiles, updates, uploaded pictures and videos, created albums, liked posts and followed groups.

How to turn off friend request on Facebook

Have you noticed how some users have a Follow button on their profile instead of the Add Friend button? That’s because they adjusted the privacy settings in their profile.

You can also do that if you don’t want anyone to send you friend requests or feel like you’re getting too many friend requests.

Go to Settings & privacy > Settings and under the Privacy tab on the left you’ll find ‘Who can send you friend requests?’ select. Click the Edit button on the right.

Select Friends of friends from the drop-down menu.

Now only mutual friends can send you friend requests instead of Everyone.

Who can send friend request on Facebook

This is an extension of the last point. Just as you can turn off friend requests on Facebook to prevent trackers, marketers, and spammers from entering your personal life, others can too. Everyone or just Friends of Friends (shared friends) can send friend requests depending on the settings.

If your previous friend request was deleted or rejected by the person, you can’t send a friend request on Facebook. Also, that profile may have blocked your profile.

On average, you can’t add more than 5000 friends. If you want to accept a friend request, you must unfriend someone.

Sending too many friend requests quickly can make Facebook suspicious. In that case, Facebook will block you from sending further requests and may even limit your profile. So avoid any kind of suspicious or spammy behavior.

Turn off ‘People You May Know’ notifications on Facebook

Facebook also suggests friends or profiles that it thinks you might know or add as friends. These are listed under the heading People You May Know. You can see them when searching for friends or directly access them under its dedicated page.

While there is no way to turn this feature off, you can hide the notifications it sends. Go to Settings and under Notifications tab in the left sidebar to control ‘People You May Know’ push notifications.

How to unfollow and unfriend or take a break on Facebook

Don’t want to be friends with someone anymore or don’t work together anymore? You can also choose to Stay away from someone without making the harsh decision to unfriend someone. There are small but important differences between taking a break and unfollowing or unfriending someone. Either way, you can unfriend or unfollow someone easily, but there’s another option.

We are your friends

While Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with friends and colleagues, it also poses some real threats. Cases of cyberbullying and bullying are on the rise, with people even losing their jobs by spewing hate speech. It’s important to think twice and check things out before allowing someone into your profile and life. If you don’t know the person or aren’t confident, it’s better to stay safe than sorry. Be careful because fake Facebook profiles are easy to spot but can be tricky at times.

Next: Want to protect your Facebook profile from stalkers and unwanted attention? Learn what a Facebook profile lock is and how to lock your Facebook profile.

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