If you’re a Facebook user, you know that it’s easy to change the privacy settings on your account. But what if you don’t have admin access to your account? Or if you just want to change some of the defaults, here are five tips for how to do that.
- Log in to your Facebook account and open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and click on Privacy.
- Change the default setting for “Personal Data Protection.” This will make Facebook less likely to share your data with third-party companies.
- Click on “Save Changes.”
- Close the Settings app and log out of Facebook altogether!
Groups are one of Facebook’s best features. They’re really handy for anyone who wants to run a club or interact with people who share the same hobbies.
Groups can have one of three different privacy levels: Public, Closed, and Secret.
If it’s set to Public, your Group is visible in Facebook searches. Anyone who finds it can see everything that’s posted to the group and can join it without needing another member’s approval.
If it’s set to Closed, your Group is still visible in Facebook searches but the content is private. Anyone can request to join but they need to be approved by another member.
If it’s set to Secret, your Group is invisible on Facebook. Only members and former members will see it exists. New members must be invited by an existing one.
There are plenty of different reasons for changing the privacy of your Group, so let’s look at how.
One thing to note before we begin: if your group has less than 5000 members, you can change the Group’s privacy as much as you like. If you’ve more than 5000 members, you can always move it to a more private setting, but you can’t make it less private.
Open your Facebook Group and click the three little dots just below the cover photo.
From the dropdown, select Edit Group Settings.
Scroll down until you see Privacy then click Change Privacy Settings.
Select the new Privacy setting you want and click Confirm.
Finally click Save to set the new Privacy settings.
