How to Hide Specific Facebook Posts From People

This article explains how to hide specific Facebook posts from specific people using the Privacy drop-down menu. It also includes information on how to share a post with only a handful of specific friends.

How to Hide Facebook Posts With the 'Friends Except' Setting

Every time you share a post on Facebook, you have the option to share it with the public, with only your friends, or with a more narrow group of people. If you don't change the setting every time, it defaults to the one you used most recently.

Here's how to exclude a specific person (or people) from seeing your Facebook post.

1. Select the What's on your mind field to open the Create Post window.

2. Click the Privacy drop-down list next to your name and profile image. It will display the most recent option you've used, such as Public or Friends.

3. In the Select Privacy list, choose Friends Except.

4. Select the name of the friend or friends you want to exclude from seeing your post. The name or names will appear in the Friends Who Won't See Your Post box at the bottom of the window.

   To search for someone, begin typing their first or last name into the Search for a friend or list field and select the name when it appears.

5. Select Save Changes. You will see that the Privacy setting now says Friends Except.

6. Write your post like you normally would, add a photo, video or any other content and select Post when you're done to make it official.

Alternatively, if you only want to share a post with a handful of friends, select Specific Friends in the Select Privacy list and choose the people you want to view the post. Everyone else will automatically be excluded from seeing it.

Wait, Want to Share the Posts?

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