On websites like Facebook you have your apparent must-do personal privacy setups, like your post visibility settings, which naturally needs to be set to good friends only, "How to Make Your Friends List Private On Facebook". Our full run-down on locking down that Facebook account can be checked out here.

Then there's the not-so-obvious settings that might not strike you as something that actually has to be done, especially when the default setting enforced by Facebook is absolutely wrong. The privacy settings for your Facebook buddies list is among those settings.

How to Make Your Friends List Private On Facebook

Why do I have to make my Facebook friend list private?

It is essential to restrict the exposure of your pals on Facebook to safeguard them, because fraudsters can clone your account and use that account to fool your buddies.

You see, if a fraudster clones your account (by creating another account with your name and profile image-- 2 pieces of details you cannot hide from people) then they can start sending out friend requests to all your pals in an effort to fool them into accepting, believing it's you. Nevertheless, if the fraudster cannot see your pals list, the motivation to clone your account is gone.

If your good friends list is public, and a scammer clones your account and sends requests, and a good friend demand is accepted, the fraudster can attempt to initialise any number of various frauds on your good friend, which could effectively succeed. It's called Facebook cloning.

In this tutorial, you will understand how to make good friend list personal on your Facebook account. Follow these steps:-.

Keep in mind: This procedure can work on PC, in addition to on iPhone/iPad and Android phones using any web browser, but not on the official Facebook app.
Make friend list private, so that no one including your good friends on your Facebook account can see your friend list.

1. Login to your Facebook account and go to your timeline.

2. From the menus, click on "Pals".

3. Click on the Manage button, which looks like a pencil and click on "Edit Personal privacy".

4. From the "Good friend List" area and from the "Public" fall menu, you can manage who can see your friend list. For example, if you want to make your friend list entirely private, then choose the "Only Me" option.

5. When done with your settings, click on "Done".

That's it! You now have found out how to manage your pal list on Facebook (on PC, iPhone/iPad and Android).

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