I’m new to Facebook and when I started posting on my wall, I originally had wall posts by me visible to “Friends of Friends” and/or “Network”. Now I have made my wall so that only my Friends can see my wall posts. However, the previous wall posts STILL indicate that they are viewable by “Friends of Friends”/”Network”. I thought that if I made my wall visible only to Friends, it would affect previous posts as well. Is this true? If not, what can I do?
I cannot preview my profile to check if the content is still visible to “Friends of Friends”/”Network” but the privacy link on the individual posts when I hover over the “padlock” says they are STILL visible.
Please help me understand this because the Facebook help section seems to imply that the only way I can restrict access to my previous posts is by deleting the original and reposting them! That seems so silly–the posts will make no sense if I repost them!
12 Answers -
Anonymous
April 3, 2011After recent changes in FaceBook Privacy Settings , a new feature has been added that will help users from displaying only a part of profile to selected group of friends and hiding it from others.
Friends List’ in FaceBook, will help users from sharing only a part of profile with certain group of friends.
To create a Friends List, just click on ‘Account’ Tab in Top Left Corner and select ‘Edit Friends’.
Click on ‘Create a List’ and set a name. Add a group of friends by clicking on ‘Add Multiple’. You can also get rid of existing ‘Friends List’ by selecting ‘Delete List’ link located at the bottom of the page.
To improve your Account Privacy Settings.
Just go to ‘Privacy Settings’ > ‘Customize Settings’. Click on ‘Customize’ and select ‘Specific People’.
Facebook does have a feature that allows you to test this out, in your Profile Privacy settings, where you changed your wall privacy options, you can type the name of a friend and see your profile as they would see it. This works great for testing, particularly if you are using Facebook groups to assign privacy levels differently for various people.
inspirona
April 3, 2011Thanks for the reply but it doesn’t answer my question at all. I am aware of Friends lists and use them.
I am talking about “Friends of Friends” and “Networks”. I cannot ban “Friends of Friends”/”Networks” nor can I preview how my profile looks to “Friends of Friends”/”Networks”.
My question: I had previously made certain wall posts visible to “Friends of Friends”/”Networks” and I now want them visible only to Friends…Facebook does not seem to allow this. Is this true?? Is there any way to get around it and make my previous wall posts private?
Thanks so much for any help!
Thanks for the feedback Inspirona! I added your question to the roundup of toughest questions to be published on Tuesday. That way it will get a little extra attention and hopefully you’ll receive a good solution.
April 3, 2011Thanks so much Tina! Hopefully our collective minds can ferret out a solution. I have faith.
April 3, 2011once you set the privacy for a post…you cant chnge them…
but Dont worry Inspirona..You are safe…You have already hidden them…As you have set your privacy setting to
“Frnds only”…
networks* and frnds of frnds WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE UR WALL…public or private…no wall..no posts….
so even if you had set some of ur wall post visible to “Everyone” still the case willl be the same…
nobody other than than your frnds will be able to see your wall..only Info tab will be displayed.
(*I am not aware about netwrks but i know “frnds & ntwrks” and frnds only r different options.)
Now the sub question: testing privacy of frnds of frnds…
well dont worry, I have done it for you.
I removed my best frnd temporarily to test this thing!
You also can test it by
a.creating another account,
b.Removing ur best frnd temporarily
c.asking your friend to ask their friend (who is not ur (frnd of frnd of on fb)) to login and visit ur profile
but the wall posts r still available in a particular situation when frnds of frnds can see them, I would not like to mention them, as it will be against you
I will suggest you to set
April 8, 2011“can comment on my posts” : to frnds only
so, nobody other than your frnds can like or post comments
and these situations are normally rare, unless ur mutual frnds r like me
According to me, possibility is 1%.
So enjoy u have a hidden wall.
Thanks so much Jay! I really appreciate that you did the test for me =)
I have set my wall posts and commenting privileges to friends only. If I understand you correctly, what you’re saying is that this will hide my entire wall from networks AND friends of friends regardless of any post’s original visibility?
Thanks again.
April 8, 2011Yes exactly…the entire wall will not be visible to them…they will see “info” only but not “wall” above “info”
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?viewas=100000686899395
you have seen this b4 ! Frnds of frnds will also get the same view of ur profile like anybody else…both will be same cases..because u have set ur privacy settings to “fnds only”
I have tested this this thing senond time yesterday, the first time i did it when i had the same question
You can also test it with ur frnd !
just remove a frnd 4m ur list who has mutual frnds with you…
and ask him/her to visit your profile, and then u will be sure abt this…as he/she will be able to tell u abt the visibility of the wall. u can ask them to do this in your presence also..so u can see it.
hope now it’s clear to u…
April 9, 2011Jay
April 9, 2011Yes exactly…the entire wall will not be visible to them…they will see “info” only but not “wall” above “info”
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?viewas=100000686899395
you have seen this b4 ! Frnds of frnds will also get the same view of ur profile like anybody else…both will be same cases..because u have set ur privacy settings to “fnds only”
I have tested this this thing senond time yesterday, the first time i did it when i had the same question
You can also test it with ur frnd !
just remove a frnd 4m ur list who has mutual frnds with you…
and ask him/her to visit her profile, and then u will be sure abt this…
hope now it’s clear to u…
Jay
April 9, 2011typing mistake – correction :
and ask him/her to visit YOUR profile, then u will be sure abt this…
as he/she will be able to tell u abt the visibility of the wall.
Thanks so much again!
April 9, 2011hi Inspirona, we managed to find a solution for you 6-7 months ago, but things have changed now, with new settings of facebook, the wall tab is not hidden anymore.
November 5, 2011but the good news is :Facebook has provided you the proper solution with the new settings, now you can change the privacy of all the past posts. and you can also change the settings to any level, but to change the settings of all the past posts….Scroll down or
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/hide-facebook-wall-posts-previously-visible-networks-friends-friends/#comment-339535363
Betty Yeh
October 19, 2011With the recently new facebook changes, I have decided to take advantage of keeping my status update private from certain people I am friends with. I have made 2 lists for my current friends on facebook. 1 list is “not ok to share”, the other list is “ok to share”. I’ve changed the privacy settings so now whenever I post a status update, only people from list 2 can see. However, my past status updates before this setting change are still visible to all my friends. In order to exclude list 1 from seeing my past status updates, I have to go to each status update and change it to “ok to share”. Here’s my question, is there a menu setting I can go to make *all* my past status updates change to “ok to share” setting?
go to privacy settings : http://goo.gl/DaO6r
click Manage Past Post Visibility
Limit the Audience for Past Posts
Now click on limit old post.
Done.
October 20, 2011This only makes old posts visible to only friends. She’s asking how you limit all those old posts to one specific group or in my case I want to know how you hide all your old posts from one specific person without having to click on every status update for the last year and hide it from that person. Help please!?
November 2, 2011For both of you @28c01d2e7d8c344ca12ea441176aca51:disqus and @twitter-66249622:disqus ,
Just add those persons to “Restricted list”
That’s all you need to do, after applying the setting in the image I attached.
When you will set past post to to “friends only “, the privacy of post will be:
November 3, 2011“friends only, except restricted” this is by default, and each of your post which is not public is hidden from this list by default.
you don’t need to maintain a list for hiding things anymore.
Fb has created “Restricted” list for that purpose only.
thanks Jay. even with the restricted list though, my wall still shows recent activities like what I’ve written on people’s walls, etc (see image). How do I completely make it blank so people on my restricted list and the public will see absolutely nothing?
November 11, 2011hover cursor to the right side of the activites of like , comments, amd wall posts
November 11, 2011Click on the x
U wil see two options
Hide this and
Hide all.
Then they will no longer appear,
You r removing them bcoz they r public , and cant b invisible,
Right now, i d0nt have pc.
I wil check ur images, and wil post links or images of similar question later if u need more help.
there’s no option as “hide all” anymore. if I wanna get rid of them, I’d have to click on the “X” for each one.
November 11, 2011i wil check it in some hours,
November 11, 2011I m in a movie right n0w.
first go to your profile and then remove a recent activity. (not on the view as page in your image)
November 11, 2011read my comment here in detail, and also the image attached.and when you will click hide all , new activity will not appear, i a not sure about the past activity.there will be like three or four toye of activity, so you will have to do it for 3-4 times.
hide commenthide befriending
hide posting
they woll still appear in the news feed, which is for limited time, and you cant do anything about it.
but the activity on profile is permanent , and you have the option to remove them. they will be no longer appear on your profile. and you will not have to remove the action every time you do something public.
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/stop-facebook-automatically-sharing-updates-friends/#comment-356215546
So people on your restricted list cant read your posts?
February 27, 2012Yes, they can only see what is open to public.
February 27, 2012posts with “Friends only” settings will not be visible to them.
Triciahammen
December 20, 2011I blocked some friends from seeing my profile, but can they still see my post on news feed?
No, they can’t see your status, photos etc or updates about those posts on news feed/ticker if you chose not to show.
As your friends’ news feed will show them only things which they are allowed to see.
(The problem discussed here was for public updates/activities only, which you can’t hide from being displayed on news feeds of friends.)
December 21, 2011If I hide a friend so that I no longer see their updates on my wall, do they still see my updates on their wall?
March 9, 2012Thank you.
Yes, unless you block them or share your updates only with groups that this friend is not a member of.
March 9, 2012Victroia
January 18, 2012i’m looking for something else, but i can tell you about this question – all you do is go to you privacy setting on your profile and on below there is the
SORRY, IF I’M TOO LATE,CHEERS 
Limit the Audience for Past Posts
Limit the audience for posts you shared with friends of friends or PublicWHERE YOU JUST HIT THIS:Manage Past Post VisibilityAND IT LIMITS ANY PUBLIC/F OF F POSTS TO YOUR FRIENDS ONLY (YOUR “ONLY YOU” VISIBLE POSTS ARE NOT CHANGED BY THIS OPTION, THEY REMAIN AS THEY ARE
You can tell use what you are looking for,
You can ask a new question or ask it here.
This question is solved with the same solution.
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/hide-facebook-wall-posts-previously-visible-networks-friends-friends/#comment-339535363
January 19, 2012Ewa Agnieszka Bartczak
February 16, 2012This doesn’t work for me. All my old posts are now visible to all networks and I hate it!
I am not sure how does it apply to networks, but friends only should be visible to friends only if you applied the settings of past posts privacy.
February 23, 2012Gun3
February 23, 2012It doesnt answer my question but nice reply , my friends wall she said she posted something but i dont see it all i see is her recent activity ( answer question please ASAP! )
Not exactly sure about your situation,
February 23, 2012but when you see only recent activities on visiting a profile, it means, the status , photos etc are hidden from you because of her privacy settings.
Ruru8321
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