Can I See Who Viewed My Facebook Profile?

Namrata Gogoi is an author covering Buying Guides and device-related tips and tricks. She loves learning and writing about gadgets and accessories that are functional, innovative, and have a positive impact on people’s lives. Since 2016, she has covered smartphones, computer accessories, household electric appliances, and any product that helps bring convenience to one’s life. Previously, she worked as an IT Analyst at TCS but found her calling at Guiding Tech.

Ashish, Computer Engineer by profession, has been writing about tech for 16 years, with a primary focus on Windows and Smartphones. He has a keen interest in writing about social media, as it constantly evolves, introducing new features to explore.

Can You See Who Viewed Your Profile?

‘Click here to see who viewed your Facebook profile’ —If you are an active Facebook user, you must have seen this bait on your Facebook timeline often. Given the time and energy many of us put into making a Facebook profile charming, it’s natural for someone to become curious about their profile visitors.

No, Facebook doesn’t let you know who has visited your profile—whether it’s friends or strangers. Nor is there any way to find out who has visited your Facebook profile.

Myth Origins

This myth seems to have originated from the days of Orkut. If you recollect, Orkut had the famousProfile Visitorsoption, which lets you see who visited your profile and vice versa.

As Facebook slowly replaced Orkut on the social media platform, this question refused to fade away. Given how invested Facebook is in tracking your online movement, it’s natural that they have this data. To put it simply, they have the data, but no, they are not sharing it with anyone.

App Alternatives

Given the number of results that Google fetches when you type the query in the search box or the fact that someone shares a post containing the list of visitors every month or so, the myth is far from dead.

Several Facebook Groups, Android apps, and Google Chrome extensions do an excellent job of fanning the ‘Facebook timeline visitors’ rumor. However, many of the apps are two-way streets.

They will show you a result only when you trade something for it. It can be anything from your personal information to the right to access your friend’s list or a payment. In worse conditions, they can infect your system with malware.

In short, these apps’ functionality can be visualized as entirely doing nothing or stealing your data in the guise of a clickbait app.

Remember that once you give an app permission, it stays there until you revoke the access manually or Android figures it out when it’s not used for a long time.

So, there’s a lot at stake when you want to see who visited your profile.

How to Stay Safe

If you have given any app such permissions before, go toSettings > Appsand revoke the access. At this point, another question arises—how do you know if somebody is tracking you on Facebook?

Over the years, Facebook has gone the extra mile to introduce many safety features to the platform. Notable ones control who can discover your Facebook profile, see your basic information on Facebook, and view your profile picture.

The bottom line is this: Facebook doesn’t tell you who visited your profile, nor does it tell others when you visited theirs. So, the next time you see an app advertisement, you know what to do.

Was this helpful?

Last updated on 03 June, 2024

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked*

Name*

Email*

Comment*

Δ

The article above may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. The content remains unbiased and authentic and will never affect our editorial integrity.

More in Internet and Social

How to Change Default Google Account on Desktop and Mobile

How to Add or Remove PDF Background Using Adobe Acrobat

JOIN THE NEWSLETTER

Get Guiding Tech articles delivered to your inbox.

© 2024 Guiding Tech Media. All Rights Reserved.