You can choose to have your content appear just to you, your friends, the public, or you can remove it. Once there, use the privacy tools to adjust the privacy settings of the content. If you find pictures, posts, or likes you want to remove or perhaps just allow only your friends to see, you can adjust this. What to do if you don’t like what you see You will see a new page that gives you the image of your Facebook profile as they will see it.Īftter you click the View as Specific Person link, you can enter a friend’s name to view your timeline as they would see it. To do this, look up near the top of the page for a link that says View as Specific Person, and type their name in the box. You can also see your timeline from the point of view of your friends, or even people you’ve blocked. Seeing your timeline from your friends’ point of view Your profile may look different based on your privacy settings. (See below).Īfter you click View As, you will then see a new page, and this page is what your profile looks like to the general public – meaning, people who are not your friends on Facebook.īelow is an example of what a very privacy-locked down profile will look like to the general public (yes, this is the profile of WPF’s Executive Director). (You’ll find it right next to Activity Log, see below.)Īfter you click the, find View As in the dropdown menu and click it. Go to your own profile, click the symbol. If you are job searching, or just want to do a quick privacy self-check, this is a great tool and we encourage everyone to at least take a look so there aren’t any surprises. This tool also lets you see your profile from any of your Facebook friends’ point of view. This includes people who are not your friends on Facebook. One of the most overlooked privacy tools on Facebook is a small, quick feature that lets you see your timeline as other people would see it. I don’t want potential employers digging around my Facebook timeline. FAQ: How can I see what my Facebook Timeline looks like to the “outside world”? I am about to start a job search, and I want to make sure I have things locked down.
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