Tap Everyone to allow anyone on or off Facebook to send a friend request, or tap Friends of friends the default for more privacy. Select Next to continue. Under Phone Number and Email, choose who can look you up by your phone number and email address. Under Search Engines, use the slider to determine whether you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile, then tap Next. Use the back arrow to return to Facebook.
Since Facebook frequently updates its privacy controls, it's made some easy shortcut tools so you can quickly see and adjust your privacy settings. To access the Facebook Privacy Shortcuts:. Select Check a few important settings. The Privacy Checkup page appears. Select each privacy subject area and follow its prompts to see, keep, or change settings.
Return to the Privacy Shortcuts section and select Manage Your Profile to adjust who can see your birthday, relationships, and other information. Under Privacy Shortcuts , select Learn more with Privacy Basics to open an interactive guide to the Facebook privacy controls. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content.
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From there, select who you want to be able to find and see your profile and posts. One question. Assuming your privacy settings are set to friends only, how do you feel about Facebook profiles being indexed on search engines?
I ask this because, while security is of utmost importance, I also am a freelancer so potential clients find people online. There is not a way I can change it to where I am not able to be searched? Is this a glitch in facebook??? Someone please help! Skip to content. XG Firewall. Intercept X. For Home Users. You can customize the following search settings:. If you turn off permission to allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile, you might have to wait a while for it to go into effect.
Your profile might still be searchable in search engines for a period of time after you turn this setting off. You can also control who can find your profile from the Facebook app:.
Tap the Menu icon from the bottom menu iOS or top menu Android. Tap Settings. Tap one of the options to set your privacy preferences. If the same email address or phone number that you use for your Facebook account is used often for, say, professional purposes, you might want to prevent any professional connections you make from finding you on Facebook. This might especially be the case if you use Facebook mainly for personal reasons and don't want to receive friend requests from your professional connections.
Likewise, if you're an online influencer or high-profile individual, you do not want to be receiving Facebook friend requests or messages from people you don't know. If your public email address or phone number is associated with your Facebook account, or if your Facebook profile can easily be found in search engines , you'll make it easier for fans and followers to connect with you via your Facebook profile.
Even if neither of the two scenarios explained above applies to you, it can be a good idea to limit your Facebook searchability as an extra privacy precaution on the off chance that someone does try to search for you via email, phone number, Google, or another search engine. Facebook changes the way they protect and share your personal information on a regular basis, often without prior notification.
It's up to you, the user, to make sure that your Facebook search settings are set to the level of privacy and security that you are comfortable with. If you're serious about preventing strangers or unwanted people from sending you friend requests, you might want to consider blocking people who aren't mutual friends of your current friends from doing so. Change Who can send you friend requests from Everyone to Friends of friends. So if you come up in Facebook search results when someone you don't know searches for your name or other personal information, they won't be able to send you a friend request unless they're already friends with at least one of your friends.
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