Facebook拥有大约 28.5 亿用户。在线(Online)隐私比以往任何时候都更受公众关注。默认情况下,该平台会公开您的大部分信息,并且通过Facebook可以获得如此多的信息,想要限制其他人可以看到的内容变得越来越普遍。
停用或删除您的Facebook(Facebook)帐户很容易,但如果您只想将您的Facebook帐户设为私有怎么办?按照以下步骤将您的个人信息、活动和个人资料图片设为私密。
如何查看(Review)和更改 Facebook 隐私设置(Change Facebook Privacy Settings)
Facebook的大多数隐私设置都在同一个地方。按照以下步骤导航到隐私页面并将您的Facebook帐户设为私有。
- 登录您的Facebook帐户。
- 单击主页右上角的向下箭头。(downward-pointing arrow)
- 选择设置和隐私。(Settings & Privacy.)
- 选择设置。(Settings.)
- 选择隐私(Privacy)。
在“隐私(Privacy)”选项卡下,您可以通过多种方式限制人们查看您的个人资料并与之互动的方式,包括谁可以看到您的活动、谁可以向您发送朋友请求以及谁可以看到您的朋友列表和个人信息。
我们建议您花时间查看此页面上的隐私选项,并根据您的需要进行更改。下面,我们将详细介绍如何使您的Facebook帐户的特定方面更加私密。
如果您正在寻找更多隐私,请不要忘记可以创建一个完全匿名的帐户(create an entirely anonymous account)。
记住如何访问隐私(Privacy)页面,因为以下许多步骤都需要它。
了解 Facebook 的受众选择器(Audience Selector)
Facebook使用受众选择器让用户能够决定谁可以查看他们活动和个人资料的各个方面。有必要知道这对于以下步骤是如何工作的。
每当您更改可以查看您的信息或帖子的人时,Facebook都会为您提供一个下拉菜单,其中包含多个选项,包括公开(Public)、朋友(Friends)、除...之外的朋友、只有我(Friends except…, Only me, )和特定朋友(Specific Friends)。
公开(Public)意味着任何人都可以看到该信息。朋友(Friends)意味着只有您朋友列表中的人可以看到。Friends except...将允许您的好友列表查看您想要排除的特定人员除外(except for specific people that you want to exclude)。特定朋友(Specific friends)意味着您可以选择您希望能够看到的特定人。最后,只有我(Only me)意味着它只对你可见。
根据您希望Facebook帐户的私密性,选择最适合您的选项。
如何将您的个人信息设为私密(Private)
默认情况下,您Facebook(Facebook)个人资料中的大部分信息都是公开可见的。要将您的个人Facebook信息设为私密,请按照以下步骤操作。
- (Navigate)通过在Facebook(Facebook)页面顶部选择您的姓名(your name),或选择右上角的向下箭头并选择(downward-pointing arrow)查看您的个人资料,(See your profile)导航到您的个人资料。
- 选择个人资料页面右上角的编辑详细信息。(Edit Details)
- 切换(Toggle)您想要私有的类别。
如何将您的 Facebook 好友列表设为私有(How to Make Your Facebook Friends List Private)
默认情况下,每个人都可以看到您的好友。要将此信息设为私有,请按照以下步骤操作。
- 导航到隐私(Privacy)页面。
- 向下滚动到人们如何找到和联系您(How People Find and Contact You )并找到选项谁可以看到您的朋友列表? (Who can see your friends list? )
- 选择编辑(Edit),然后选择只有我。(Only me.)
注意:(Note: )人们将始终能够看到他们与您的任何共同朋友,如果他们的隐私设置是公开的,您仍然会与其他人显示为朋友。
如何防止搜索引擎显示您的 Facebook 帐户(How to Prevent Search Engines Displaying Your Facebook Account)
您可以轻松阻止您的Facebook帐户出现在搜索引擎中。
- 导航到隐私(Privacy)页面。
- 向下滚动到人们如何查找和联系您(How People Find and Contact You )并找到选项您希望 Facebook 以外的搜索引擎链接到您的个人资料吗?(Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?)
- 如果此选项旁边显示是,请选择(Yes)编辑(Edit),然后取消勾选允许 Facebook 以外的搜索引擎链接到您的个人资料(Allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile)。
- 将出现一个弹出框,询问您是否确定。选择关闭(Turn Off)。
如何将您的Facebook 活动设为私有(Facebook Activity Private)
您要保密的第二件事是您未来和过去的活动。
将您未来的帖子设为私有(Make Your Future Posts Private)
- 按照上面的步骤 1-5 导航到隐私页面。(Privacy)
- 在您的活动下,(Your Activity, )第一个选项是谁可以看到您未来的帖子? (Who can see your future posts? )
- 单击编辑。(Edit.)
- 单击下拉框(dropdown box)并选择Only me。
将您以前的帖子设为私有(Make Your Previous Posts Private)
- 导航到隐私(Privacy)页面。
- 要更改谁可以查看您以前的帖子,您需要找到以下选项:限制您与朋友的朋友或公开分享的帖子的观众? (Limit the audience for posts you’ve shared with friends of friends or Public? )
- 选择限制过去的帖子(Limit Past Posts),然后再次选择限制过去的帖子(Limit Past Posts)。这会将您过去的帖子设置为仅对您的朋友列表中的人可见。
- 如果您想让这些帖子完全不公开,您必须首先通过单击主页右上角的向下箭头导航到单个帖子,然后选择(downward-pointing arrow)查看您的个人资料(See your profile)。
- 找到您要设为私有的帖子,然后单击帖子右上角 的三个点。(three dots)
- 单击编辑受众。(Edit audience.)
- 选择只有我。(Only me.)
- 或者,您可以通过选择移至垃圾箱(Move to trash)来完全删除帖子。
如何在Facebook 上禁用(Facebook)人脸识别(Face Recognition)
- 导航到设置和隐私(Settings & Privacy)页面。
- 在右侧边栏中,选择人脸识别(Face Recognition)
- 第一个选项应该是:您希望 Facebook 能够在照片和视频中识别您吗?(Do you want Facebook to be able to recognize you in photos and videos?)
- 如果此选项旁边显示Yes ,请选择(Yes)Edit并在下拉菜单中选择No。
如何在Facebook上将您的(Facebook)个人资料图片设为私有(Profile Picture Private)
您可能还希望将您的个人资料图片设为私有,默认情况下再次公开可见。您可以通过执行以下操作轻松地将其设为私有:
- (Navigate)通过在Facebook(Facebook)页面顶部选择您的姓名(your name),或选择右上角的向下箭头并选择(downward-pointing arrow)查看您的个人资料,(See your profile)导航到您的个人资料。
- 选择您的个人资料图片,然后单击下拉菜单中的查看个人资料图片(View Profile Picture)。
- 选择头像页面右上角的三个点,然后单击(three dots)选择受众(Select audience)。
- 选择只有我(Only me)。
将您的 Facebook 帐户保密
知道如何将您的Facebook帐户设为私有很重要。我们正处于一个我们的大部分个人信息都可以轻松访问的时代,许多人希望增加他们的在线隐私。Facebook是一个很好的起点,它并不像您想象的那么难。您甚至可以发送自毁消息(self-destructing messages)!
请记住,Facebook会定期更改其隐私设置,您可能会发现他们将来会添加和删除选项。请密切关注未来的任何更新,以确保您维护Facebook隐私。
How to Make Your Facebook Account Private
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It’s easy to deactivate or delete your Facebook account, but what if you just want to make your Facebook account private? Follow these steps to make your personal information, activity, and profile picture private.
How to Review and Change Facebook Privacy Settings
Most of the privacy settings for Facebook are in the same place. Follow these steps to navigate to the privacy page and make your Facebook account private.
- Log in to your Facebook account.
- Click on the downward-pointing arrow at the top right corner of the home page.
- Select Settings & Privacy.
- Select Settings.
- Select Privacy.
Under the Privacy tab, you’re able to limit how people view and interact with your profile in many ways, including who can see your activity, who can send you friend requests, and who can see your friends list and personal information.
We recommend you take your time to review the privacy options on this page and change them to suit your needs. Below, we’ll go into more detail about how to make specific aspects of your Facebook account more private.
If you’re looking for even more privacy, don’t forget that it’s possible to create an entirely anonymous account.
Remember how to reach the Privacy page, as many of the following steps will require it.
Understanding Facebook’s Audience Selector
Facebook uses an audience selector to enable users to decide who can view various aspects of their activity and profile. It’s necessary to know how this works for the following steps.
Whenever you change who can see your information or posts, Facebook offers you a dropdown menu with several options including Public, Friends, Friends except…, Only me, and Specific Friends.
Public means that anybody can see that information. Friends means that only those on your friends’ list can see. Friends except… will allow your friends list to see except for specific people that you want to exclude. Specific friends means that you can select the people in particular that you want to be able to see. Finally, Only me means that it’s only visible to you.
Depending on how private you want your Facebook account to be, select the option that is most suitable for you.
How to Make Your Personal Information Private
Most of the information on your Facebook profile is publicly visible by default. To make your personal Facebook information private, follow these steps.
- Navigate to your profile by selecting your name at the top of the Facebook page, or by selecting the downward-pointing arrow at the top right and selecting See your profile.
- Select Edit Details at the top right of your profile page.
- Toggle off the categories which you want to be private.
How to Make Your Facebook Friends List Private
By default, everyone can see who you’re friends with. To make this information private, follow these steps.
- Navigate to the Privacy page.
- Scroll down to How People Find and Contact You and find the option Who can see your friends list?
- Select Edit then select Only me.
Note: People will always be able to see any mutual friends they have with you, and you will still show up as friends with other people if their privacy settings are public.
How to Prevent Search Engines Displaying Your Facebook Account
You can easily prevent your Facebook account from appearing in search engines.
- Navigate to the Privacy page.
- Scroll down to How People Find and Contact You and find the option Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?
- If it says Yes next to this option, select Edit, then untick Allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile.
- A pop-up box will appear asking if you’re sure. Select Turn Off.
How to Make Your Facebook Activity Private
The second thing you’re going to want to make private is your future and past activity.
Make Your Future Posts Private
- Navigate to the Privacy page by following steps 1-5 above.
- Under Your Activity, the first option is Who can see your future posts?
- Click on Edit.
- Click on the dropdown box and select Only me.
Make Your Previous Posts Private
- Navigate to the Privacy page.
- To change who can see your previous posts, you’ll need to find the option: Limit the audience for posts you’ve shared with friends of friends or Public?
- Select Limit Past Posts, then select Limit Past Posts again. This will set your past posts as visible to only people on your friends list.
- If you want to make these posts completely private, you will have to first navigate to the individual post by clicking on the downward-pointing arrow at the top right corner of the home page then selecting See your profile.
- Find the post you want to make private and click on the three dots at the top right corner of the post.
- Click Edit audience.
- Select Only me.
- Alternatively, you can delete the post entirely by selecting Move to trash.
How to Disable Face Recognition on Facebook
- Navigate to the Settings & Privacy page.
- In the right-hand sidebar, select Face Recognition
- The first option should be: Do you want Facebook to be able to recognize you in photos and videos?
- If it says Yes next to this option, select Edit and in the dropdown menu select No.
How to Make Your Profile Picture Private on Facebook
You may also wish to make your profile picture private, which again is publicly visible by default. You can easily make this private by doing as follows:
- Navigate to your profile by selecting your name at the top of the Facebook page, or by selecting the downward-pointing arrow at the top right and selecting See your profile.
- Select your profile picture and click View Profile Picture in the dropdown menu.
- Select the three dots at the top right of the profile picture page and click Select audience.
- Select Only me.
Keep Your Facebook Account Private
Knowing how to make your Facebook account private is important. We’re in an era where much of our personal information is easily accessible, and many people would like to increase their online privacy. Facebook is a great place to start, and it’s not as hard as you might think. You can even send self-destructing messages!
Keep in mind that Facebook periodically changes its privacy settings, and you may find that they add and remove options in the future. Keep an eye on any future updates to ensure that you maintain your Facebook privacy.