What are all the privacy settings on Facebook?

What Privacy Settings Are Available for Facebook?

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  Protecting your Facebook profile information is an important consideration if you have an account on the site. Depending on how personal the information is that you disclose on your profile, it might not be appropriate for strangers. Use the "Privacy Settings" menu in the upper right corner of the page to set a default setting for your privacy -- if you don't manually choose a privacy setting for a post or section, this is the setting that is applied. Alternatively, use the "Edit Profile" button at the top of your Profile page to decide who can see your basic information, relationship status, education and employment history and other information separately. Everyone The "Everyone" privacy setting allows all Facebook users to see the contents of your profile. Both friends and nonfriends have equal viewing privileges for the content posted on your wall and the "Info" tab on your profile. Even if you set your privacy level to the "Everyone" setting, some of your information may not be viewable to everyone because of specific settings made by you or your friends. Friends When you set your Facebook privacy to "Friends Only," another user must be on your list of confirmed friends to see your profile content. If you choose to unfriend someone, as soon as your friendship connection is severed, she loses all access to your profile. All nonfriends only see your name and profile picture, nothing more. Friends and More If you are open to sharing your information with some nonfriends, but unwilling to open your profile to the entire Facebook community, the "Friends of Friends" privacy setting may be appropriate. In addition to your friends, anyone who is on your friends' friend lists is also granted the ability to see your profile. If you choose to customize your privacy settings, you may select "Friends and Networks" -- networks include a group of people who went to the same school as you or who have worked for the same company. Custom Click on the "Custom" option from the gray settings icon next to any profile section to narrow the privacy restrictions even further than "Friends." Add names in the "Hide this from field" to hid the information from specific people. Click on the drop-down menu in the "Make this visible to" section and choose "Specific People" to show the section only to certain friends. Choose "Only Me" to hide the section from everyone but yourself.