Are you in a situation where you can neither unfriend your Facebook friends nor want them to see your posts? Well, in such case, you can easily hide your post from that specific person.
When you upload something on Facebook, you have the choice of limiting who can and cannot access your post. There are several options for post audiences, including the Public, Friends, Friends Except, Specific Friends, and Only Me.
If you set your post’s privacy to Friends, then anyone who isn’t your Facebook friend won’t be able to see it. If they are your friend, here’s what you can do to hide your post from someone on Facebook.
Hide Posts from Someone Before Posting
On Phone
- Launch Facebook.
- Tap the “What’s on your Mind?” bar at the top.
- Tap the Audience dropdown right below your username.
- Choose the Friends Except… option.
- Search for the friend you want to hide the post and tap the Check Box beside their username.
- Tap the Done option on the top right.
- Write something, add pictures/ videos, and tap the Post option in the top right corner.
On PC
- Open Facebook on your web browser.
- On the feed page, click the “What’s on your Mind, X?” bar to make a post.
- Click the Post Audience dropdown.
- Select the Friends Except… option.
- Search for the person on the Search Bar and click on Save Changes.
- Click the Done button.
- Write something or add pictures/videos and upload the Post.
Hide Posts from Someone After Posting
On Facebook, you can also hide a post that you made ages ago from someone. Here’s how to do it.
On Phone
- Launch Facebook.
- Tap your Profile icon on the top left.
- Scroll down to the Post you want to hide from someone.
- Tap the Three-Dot icon in the top right corner of the post.
- Select the Edit Privacy option.
- Choose the Friends Except… option.
- Search for the person on the Search Bar or scroll down to their initial and tap the Check Box beside their name to hide your post from them on Facebook.
- Tap the Done button on the top right. If not there, go back by tapping the Back Arrow.
On PC
- Open Facebook on the web browser.
- Click on your Profile in the top right corner and tap your Profile Name.
- Scroll down to the Post you want to hide.
- Click the Three-Dot icon on the right of the post.
- Click on Edit Audience.
- Select the Friends Except… option.
- Enter the person’s name on the Search Bar or scroll down to their initial and tap the Minus icon beside the name to hide the post from them. The name gets listed on the box below the list.
- Click the Save Changes option.
- Click on the Next button.
Hide Future Posts From Someone by Default
If you want to hide the posts that you will make in the future from some of your friends, you can easily add them to the “don’t display to some friends” section under Facebook post privacy settings. Here’s how to do it.
On Phone
- Launch Facebook.
- Tap the three Lines on the bottom right to open the Menu for iPhone and the top right for Android.
- For iPhone, tap the Gear icon to go to settings. And for Android, scroll down and expand the Settings and Privacy option, then tap Settings.
- Scroll down to Audience and Visibility and tap on Post.
- Select the “Who can see your future posts?” option.
- Tap on the Friends Except… option.
- Search for the person you want to hide your post on the search bar or scroll down to their initial.
- Tap the Minus icon beside their name and tap Done on the top right. If not, go back to the previous page.
On PC
- Open Facebook on your web browser.
- Click your Profile on the top right.
- Select the Settings & Privacy option.
- Click on the Gear icon to go to Settings.
- Click on Privacy and go to Your Activity section.
- Click Who can see your Future posts? and tap the Audience dropdown.
- Select the Friends Except… option.
- Search for the friend you want to hide your post from and click the Minus icon beside their name.
- Click on Save Changes at the bottom of the list.
