You can fine-tune the privacy settings for almost every little detail of your Facebook account thanks to the incredibly detailed privacy settings on Facebook. Unfortunately, this level of micromanagement renders Facebook’s privacy settings confusing for the majority of users. Privacy settings on Facebook
Even worse, these options frequently change; you might think you understand them completely only to discover a completely new design and a slew of new choices the following time you visit the dreaded Facebook Privacy Settings page. Privacy settings on Facebook
So what do you choose when there are more than 170 options? You pay attention to the most crucial ones. We navigated Facebook’s maze of privacy settings and emerged battered and bruised, but with 5 key settings in our possession. To ignore them is to invite disaster! Privacy settings on Facebook
1. Sharing on Facebook Facebook Privacy Settings
It’s important that you carefully review the options and choose what you want to share and with whom. Controlling how you share stuff can be pretty complicated and may give you headaches. Privacy settings on Facebook
You can share content with Everyone, Friends of Friends, or Friends Only using Facebook’s privacy settings. However, if you’re using lists (see item number eight on this list), you might want to adjust the settings such that some content is visible to those on some of your lists but invisible to those on others. For instance, only my closest friends and a select number of my business associates can view all of my images.
It’s significant to note the “Preview my Profile” option, which enables you to view your profile from the perspective of someone else. Sometimes it can be difficult to get all the settings just right. When in doubt, choose this alternative. Privacy settings on Facebook
2. Existing Photos Facebook Privacy Settings
Facebook’s sharing options might be tricky because they don’t necessarily apply to all of your previous images. You can modify the privacy setting for each of your former albums, including your Wall Photos, using this feature. Privacy settings on Facebook
3. Checking In to Places Facebook Privacy Settings
On Facebook, there is another setting under Sharing that is frequently overlooked but is very crucial because it allows your friends to check you into places. It can be uncomfortable, and in some circumstances, dangerous, to have someone else broadcast your location to the world. You can turn off this feature to prevent it. Privacy settings on Facebook
4. Connecting on Facebook Facebook Privacy Settings
Facebook has separate privacy options for connecting, which essentially means sharing information about you, such as your photo, gender, age, education, hometown, etc.
Additionally, these settings control how Facebook users can locate you. Can they just do a name-only search and find you? Can someone add you as a friend and message you? Privacy settings on Facebook
These settings can be changed to Friends Only, Friends of Friends, Everyone, or — in some cases — customized. For instance, you might think about allowing only your friends to send them if you consistently receive too many anonymous messages. Be cautious: If you set everything to the highest level of privacy, it might be more difficult for people to find you on Facebook.
5. Apps You Use Facebook Privacy Settings
Another painful setting, this one requires going through dozens of apps and either deleting them or individually changing their privacy settings.
We advise getting rid of all unused apps (hint: If you can’t recall using it, you probably don’t need it) and carefully going over the permissions you’ve granted to each one. For instance, some applications enjoy posting to your Wall even though they don’t need the option to work.
