How to Stop Facebook from Suggesting Me to Others

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How to Prevent Facebook from Suggesting Your Account to Others

While Facebook has no built-in option to remove your profile from the People you may know section, there are workarounds. We’ll need to tweak some Facebook privacy settings to manipulatehow Facebook picks suggestions for peopleand hide your Facebook profile from suggestions.

Method 1. Decide How People Can Find You on Mobile App

Open theFacebook appand tap thethree-line icon> scroll down toSettings & privacy→Settings→ select ‘How people can find and contact you’ from under Audience and visibility.

Here change the following settings,

On Facebook Web

Open theFacebook websiteand log in > click yourprofile picture> selectSettings & privacy>Settings.

Next, selectPrivacyfrom the left sidebar > under the ‘How people find and contact you’ section. Here edit the following settings,

Although this might affect some of your experiences on Facebook, the good news is that doing so should keep you from appearing under “People you may know.”

And just to be sure, there are a few more privacy settings you can change; skip to the next section.

Tip: If you don’t want your friends from different groups mingling with each other, stopping other people from seeing your friend list might help.

Method 2. Change Privacy Settings to Hide Your Facebook Profile From Suggestions

On Mobile App

Tap thethree-line icon> scroll down toSettings & privacy>Settings> select ‘Followers and public content’ from under Audience and visibility. Here, tap ‘Who can see the people, Pages, and list you follow’ and change it toOnly me or Friends.

On Facebook Web

Log in to yourFacebook account> click yourprofile picture> selectSettings & privacy>Settings→ selectPrivacyfrom the left sidebar. Here, click Edit next to ‘Who can see the people, Pages, and list you follow’ and selectOnly me or Friends.

Tip:Some experts suggest that disabling location services for Facebook also helps stop your profile from showing up in suggested friends on Facebook. Although it can affect other features like location tagging, you can try it if you wish.

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Last updated on 12 August, 2024

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