Even though there are billions of users on Facebook, it becomes more important to protect your personal information on the social network. Facebook offers a number of security and privacy tools to protect your account from prying eyes. One such function is the ability to lock your Facebook profile. Here’s how you can use it.
By locking your Facebook account, you are effectively eliminating any misuse of your uploaded photos and personal information. Without further ado, let us show you how to lock your Facebook profile on the web and mobile apps.
When should you lock your Facebook profile
When you think others have misused pictures you’ve uploaded to Facebook, you can lock your Facebook profile. This function is also useful when you don’t want anyone sneaking through your profile to check your education, interests, cell phone number, and even your date of birth.
What happens when you lock your Facebook profile
You won’t notice any difference in your social media experience. But other people not on your friends list will no longer have access to some of the information in your profile.
- Strangers can’t see your uploaded posts and photos in your profile. Access is still limited to friends only. However, your profile information such as date of birth, location, relationship status, etc. will be visible if visibility is set to public.
- Your full profile and cover photo can’t be seen by others. Instead, they will receive a low-resolution thumbnail. This eliminates any possibility of misuse of your profile picture.
- Your existing posts with public access will change to Friends Only.
- Only a small portion of your Referral information will be visible to strangers.
- Only your friends can see your Facebook stories, posts, group posts and other activities.
- You can’t share your new posts and photos with people. It will be limited to friends only.
- Facebook will continue to recommend your profile under ‘People You May Know’
When someone tries to access your Facebook profile, they can only see partial information about you, a low-resolution account photo and cover photo. Well, people can still send you friend requests or messages. So only when you accept someone’s friend request will they be able to see your entire profile.
Lock Facebook profile on web
You can lock your Facebook profile from the iOS/Android mobile app and desktop version. We will first introduce the Facebook web and then move to the mobile platform.
Step 1: Go to Facebook on the web and log in with your account information. Click the downward triangle in the upper right corner and select your profile name from the menu.
Step 2: In the upper right corner of the text box, you will see three vertical dots. click on it.
Step 3: When the menu opens, select ‘Lock Profile’.
You can quickly view the locked profile confirmation for your account. Check out the blue lock icon below the profile picture.
Lock Facebook profile on mobile
Facebook didn’t keep the profile locking functionality exclusive to the web version. You can easily lock your profile from mobile apps. This is the way.
Since both the Facebook app on iOS and Android are similar in terms of UI (user interface), we’ll just use one platform (iOS) as an example.
Step 1: Open Facebook on your iPhone or Android.
Step 2: Tap the three vertical line menu button in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Select your profile at the top.
Step 4: Tap the three-dot menu next to the Edit Profile button.
Step 5: Select Lock Profile and confirm your decision.
Unlock your Facebook profile
If you change your mind in the future, you can easily unlock your Facebook profile and give everyone access to information.
Facebook Network
Step 1: From the Facebook web, go to your profile page (refer to the steps above).
Step 2: Click on the three-dot menu and select Unlock Profile.
Facebook for Android and iPhone
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and tap on your profile picture in the upper left corner to open your profile.
Step 2: Select the vertical three-dot menu next to the Edit Your Profile button.
Step 3: Tap Unlock Profile and you’re good to go.
Manage your Facebook information
You need to be careful when sharing sensitive information on social media. Some might take advantage of that and get you in trouble in the future. Use Facebook lock function and prevent unauthorized access to your account.
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