How to Make Photos Private on Facebook

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent others from seeing a photo or album of yours on Facebook. You can make photos private on both the website version and the mobile version of Facebook. Keep in mind that you cannot edit the privacy options for photos, videos, and albums that you didn't upload to your profile.

EditSteps

EditMaking a Single Photo Private on Desktop

  1. Open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. This will open your News Feed if you're logged into Facebook.
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    • If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address and password to do so.
  2. Go to your profile. Click your name in the top-right side of the Facebook page.
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  3. Click the tab. You'll find this below the cover photo that's at the top of your Facebook page.
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  4. Select a photo category. Click a category tab (e.g., Your Photos) near the top of the page.
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  5. Select a photo. Click a photo that you want to make private. This will open the photo.
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    • The photo must be one that you uploaded, not just one of you that someone else uploaded.
  6. Click the "Privacy" icon. This icon generally resembles a silhouette of a person (or two people) that you'll find below and to the right of your name in the upper-right side of the photo. A drop-down menu will appear.
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    • If clicking this icon results in a menu that says Edit Post Privacy, click Edit Post Privacy to go to the post, then click the privacy icon at the top of the post before continuing.
  7. Click . It's in the drop-down menu.
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  8. Click . This option is in the expanded drop-down menu. Doing so will immediately change your photo's privacy so that only you can see it.
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EditMaking a Single Photo Private on Mobile

  1. Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon, which resembles a white "f" on a dark-blue background. This will open your News Feed if you're logged in.
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    • If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password before continuing.
  2. Tap . It's either in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or at the top of the screen (Android). A menu will appear.
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  3. Tap your name. This option is at the top of the menu. Doing so opens your profile page.
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  4. Scroll down and tap . It's a tab below your information section.
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  5. Select a photo category. Tap a category (e.g., Uploads) near the top of the screen.
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  6. Select a photo. Tap a photo that you want to make private. This will open the photo.
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    • Make sure that your selected photo is one that you uploaded, not just one in which you're tagged. You can't adjust the privacy options for photos that aren't yours.
  7. Tap . It's in the top-right corner of the screen. A menu will appear.
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    • On Android, tap and hold the photo instead.
  8. Tap . This option is in the menu. Doing so opens a new menu.
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    • For some photos, you'll tap Edit Post Privacy here instead.
    • If you don't see this option, the photo in question is in a user-created album and cannot be made private. You'll need to make its album private instead.
  9. Tap . It's at the bottom of the menu.
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    • Skip this step if there's an Only me option in your menu.
  10. Tap . This option is in the menu.
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  11. Tap . It's in the top-right corner of the screen. Doing so saves your photo preferences and hides it from everybody except you.
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EditMaking an Album Private on Desktop

  1. Open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. This will open your News Feed if you're logged into Facebook.
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    • If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address and password to do so.
  2. Go to your profile. Click your name in the top-right side of the Facebook page.
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  3. Click the tab. You'll find this below the cover photo that's at the top of your Facebook page.
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  4. Click the tab. It's in the upper-right side of the "Photos" page. This will open a list of photo albums that are on your Facebook profile.
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  5. Find an album that you want to make private.
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    • Some Facebook albums are built into the Facebook website, and thus cannot be made private.
    • The "Mobile Uploads" album (or the "iOS Photos" album for older uploads from an Apple phone) cannot have its privacy edited.
  6. Click . It's in the lower-right corner of the album cover. Doing so brings up a small menu.
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  7. Click . This option is in the menu. The album's page will open.
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  8. Click the "Privacy" drop-down box. You'll find this at the top of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.
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  9. Click . It's in the drop-down box.
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    • If you don't see this option, click See all lists... to expand the menu.
  10. Click . This blue button is in the upper-right side of the page. Doing so saves your settings and changes your album to be viewable only for you.
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EditMaking an Album Private on Mobile

  1. Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon, which resembles a white "f" on a dark-blue background. This will open your News Feed if you're logged in.
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    • If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password before continuing.
  2. Tap . It's either in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or at the top of the screen (Android). A menu will appear.
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  3. Tap your name. This option is at the top of the menu. Doing so opens your profile page.
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  4. Scroll down and tap . It's a tab below your information section.
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  5. Tap . This tab is in the upper-right side of the screen. Doing so opens a list of all of the albums that you have on your Facebook profile.
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  6. Find an album that you created. You can only make private the albums that you uploaded to Facebook.
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    • If the photos that you want to make private are in a stock Facebook album (e.g., "Mobile Uploads"), you can still hide the individual photos in it.
  7. Tap . It's in the top-right corner of the album.
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    • If you don't see this option, the album's privacy cannot be edited.
  8. Tap the current privacy setting. This privacy setting will usually say Friends or Public; it is in the middle of the screen. Tapping it prompts a menu to appear.
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  9. Tap . It's in the menu. Doing so will save your selection and close the menu.
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  10. Tap . This option is in the top-right corner of the screen. Your photo album preferences will be saved, meaning that only you will be able to see the album.
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EditTips

  • If someone uploads a photo of you that you don't want on Facebook, you can report the post to pass it along to Facebook for review.

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