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New to Facebook? Here's a guide on how to set up an account.

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How to Set up a Facebook Account. Want to join the ever-growing Facebook community? Creating a Facebook account is free, and will only take a few minutes. Once your account is created, you can share interesting things with friends, upload...

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Protect yourself and your private information while using Facebook. Get tips here.

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Now that you have set up your new Facebook profile it is time to think about who you want to share information with.

On Facebook your name, profile and cover photos, gender, the networks you belong to and your user name are always available to anyone who wants to see them or does a search either on Facebook or through a search engine.

You cannot change this but you can restrict your posts (these are pieces of information, jokes, events and shared links that you choose to put on your timeline) and your photos to different audiences. Remember if you choose Public everyone can see what you are talking about including people you do not know!

This guide will help you understand all of Facebook's privace features and help you control what you share and what you dont share.
Step 1: Managing privacy
To manage your privacy click on the arrow next to the question mark at the top of your Facebook page. Next click on Settings.

The following window will open. Note this is also where you will find how to change your security.
Step 2: Choosing who you share with
Your first decision is on who you would like to share your posts with. There are several options on who can see what you put there. The default setting is Friends - this, of course, refers to your Facebook friends. You also have the option to exclude specific people who are in the friends list but you may not know so well and don't want to share certain things with.

Many of us know people via our other friends and the Friends of Friends allows us to share posts with them too. If you would like to only share with a select handful of people then select Specific Friends - a list of all your friends will appear and you can click on the ones that you want to share with.

Only Me - this option is for when you have written something but may not want to share it immediately. Once you are ready it is easy to change the setting to one of the Friends options.
Step 4: Blocking and restricting
There is also the option to Block people. Sometimes used if, for instance, you have a friend who may be prone to inappropriate comments or who you no longer wish to share any parts of your life with. There are many options with the most common being "Block users" where you are able to type in either their Facebook name or their email address and then click block. This option means that they will see nothing that you post nor will they have access to your page and they can't contact you through chat or tag you in posts.

Manage blocking also gives you the option to decide who is allowed to send you messages, chat with you and allows you to stop pages (see our guide Using Chat or Messenger on Facebook) from contacting you
Step 6: Privacy check up on IPhone
A Privacy "check up" is available in both computer and mobile app versions at any time that you might want to reassure yourself that you are taking the right precautions.

To access this on an iPhone first open the Facebook app and click on the three lines in the bottom right hand corner. This will give you access to a variety of details regarding shortcuts and settings. Under settings you will see Privacy Shortcuts - click on this

Facebook will now show you what information is held and who can see it. Don't forget that you are not only protecting yourself from things like identity theft but also your friends so please look at your settings very carefully. For instance, if your friends list is set to 'Friends' hackers and scammers might use this to create a cloned profile and then target everyone on that your friends list. If the scammer doesn't know who you are friends with, then it's virtually impossible for them to do this.

The more settings you have set to "Only Me" the more secure you will be. Your real friends will already know how to get in touch with you (or when your birthday is).
Step 7: App privacy
Click on the drop down menus to change the privacy of your Facebook apps

Remember only share your information with people you know, if you are no longer using an app or you signed up for it accidentally then delete it from your profile.

We hope this guide has helped you to learn how the privacy settings work on Facebook, why don't you check out our other Facebook guides in the Next Steps links below
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How To Stay Safe On Facebook | Step-By-Step Guide

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Now that you have set up your new Facebook profile it is time to think about who you want to share information with. On Facebook your name, profile and cover photos, gender, the networks you belong to and your user name are always available to anyone who wants to see them or does a search either on Facebook or through a search engine.

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Info on how to start your conversations.

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Facebook Messenger lets you chat with your Facebook friends using a dedicated mobile app that's separate from the primary Facebook app.

With it, you can not only send text, pictures, videos, and voice messages like a regular chat room, but also play games, share your location, and send/request money.

Messenger is extremely easy to use, so it doesn't take much at all to start a group message on Facebook.

1. Access the Groups tab in the app.

2. Choose Create a Group to start a new Facebook group.

3. Give the group a name and then select which Facebook friends should be in the group (you can always edit the group members later). There's also an option to add an image to the group to help identify it.

4. Tap the Create Group link at the bottom when you're finished.

Edit the Members of a Group
If you decide that you want to remove some members:

1. Open the group in the Messenger app.

2. Tap the group name at the top.

3. Scroll down a bit and then select the friend you want removed from the group.

4. Choose Remove From Group.

5. Confirm with Remove.

Here's how to add more Facebook friends to a group on Messenger:

Note: New members can see all the past messages sent within the group.

1. Open the group you want to edit.

2. Tap Add People at the very top.

3. Select one or more Facebook friends.

4. Choose Done at the top-right.

5. Confirm with the OK button.

Here's another way to add members to the Facebook group if you'd rather do so through a special share link. Anyone who uses the link can join the group:

1. Access the group and tap the group name at the very top.

2. Scroll down and choose Invite to Group with Link.

3. Select Share Link to create the link.

4. Use the Share Group Link option to copy the URL and share it with whoever you want to add to the group.
Tip: A Disable Link option will appear after you create the URL, which you can use if you want to stop inviting members this way.

Leave a Facebook Messenger Group
If you no longer want to be part of a group you started or were invited to, you can leave like this:

1. Open the group you want to leave.

2. Tap the group name at the very top.

3. Go to the very bottom of that page and choose Leave Group.

4. Confirm with the Leave button.

Note: Leaving will notify the other members that you've left. You can instead delete the chat without leaving the group, but you'll still get notifications when other members use the group chat. Or, select Ignore Group at Step 3 to simply stop getting notified of new messages but not actually leave the group or delete the chat.

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Want to Group Chat on Facebook? You Can With Facebook Messenger

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Facebook Messenger lets you chat with your Facebook friends using a dedicated mobile app that's separate from the primary Facebook app. With it, you can not only send text, pictures, videos, and voice messages like a regular chat room, but also play games, share your location, and send/request money.

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Learn more about the features available in FB messenger.

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Check out this video to familiarize yourself with Bitmoji!

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Bitmoji Guide: Make Your Own and Use it on Snapchat and Facebook