The default privacy settings on Facebook shares all your information with Friends you’ve added.
Facebook assumes the people you add are actually friends you know and you don’t mind sharing your phone number, birthday, location, pictures with them but you’ll agree with me when i say that about 80% of your Facebook friends are strangers you’ve never really met and wouldn’t want to share such information with.
If you’re a girl – the number of unnecessary calls you receive daily from people you don’t know may increase if your phone number is posted on your profile. In this post, we’ll show you how to change Facebook Privacy settings to hide Phone number, birth year and any other info on Mobile App or on Web (PC) version.
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How to Hide Phone number on Facebook.
The steps outlined below applies to both Facebook Mobile Application and the Web Browser.
- Launch Facebook, Login and click on your Name to visit your profile.
- Click on ABOUT and select Contact info or Basic info
- On PC: Click “Edit” button that is displayed when you hover your mouse on the section you wish to modify.
On Mobile App: Click Edit on the section you want to edit - Select the Appropriate Privacy settings correctly to hide (Only Me) or show information. Custom settings allows you to hide or show information from specific people. _ See image:
I hope this post helps you take control of your private information posted on Facebook.
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