How to Lock Facebook Profile In Simply way
How to Lock Facebook Profile Were you looking to add more privacy to your Facebook account by locking your profile? By locking your profile, people not on your Facebook friends list will only see a limited view of the profile. A locked profile shows photos and posts on the timeline, profile pictures and cover photos, stories, and new posts only to people on the friend list. Also, your ‘public’ posts will no longer be public and only visible to friends.
If you want to lock your Facebook profile, you can do it from the mobile app or your browser, however, it should be noted that there is no option to lock your profile in the desktop version of Facebook, but there is a workaround for this. Also, this detail is limited to the Android app. Read on to know how you can lock your Facebook profile.
Lock your Facebook profile through a mobile app
- To lock Facebook profile in mobile app:
- Firstly Open the Facebook app and tap on your profile
- Tap the three-dot menu icon next to ‘Add to Story’
- Here, you will see the Lock Profile option, tap on it
- The bottom of the next page will give you a brief overview of how it works with an option to lock your profile, tap on
- You will see a pop-up saying ‘You have locked your profile’, tap on OK
How to Lock Facebook Profile While there is no direct way to lock your app from the browser, there is a workaround you can use if you don’t have access to the mobile app:
Go to https://www.facebook.com/
How to Lock Facebook Profile This will take you to the mobile version of Facebook on your desktop browser and you will see a three-dot menu next to the Edit Profile option
In the 3 dot menu, you should see the Lock Profile option, then click on it
Like the Android version, this next page shows you how locking works with an option to lock your profile at the bottom. Click on it
Your profile is now locked
iOS users can use the desktop solution to lock their profiles or borrow an Android device and follow the above steps.
If you want to unlock your Facebook profile, the steps are the same on the mobile app and desktop. In place of the Lock Profile option, you will now see the Unlock Profile option, tap on it and tap Unlock on the next screen. You will see a brief about how unlocking your profile works and at the bottom you will see an option to unlock your profile, click on it and your profile will be unlocked.How to Lock Facebook Profile
