You can use the Facebook Profile lock to lock your Facebook profile and control privacy related to it. This gives you more control over your social networking experience by temporarily removing the ability of unknown people to view and search your ‘Friends’ list or see other information related to your account.
How to enable Facebook Profile Lock?
When you enable the Facebook profile lock, only your friends will be able to see your photos and read posts. Stalkers will not have any access to your content and they will not be able to download or zoom in to your profile picture and cover photo, like before. Here’s how to lock your profile on Facebook.
- Launch the Facebook app.
- Tap Menu.
- Hit Settings & Privacy down button.
- Select Settings.
- Scroll down to Profile locking option.
- Tap the Lock your profile button.
- Hit Ok
If you notice the shield icon next to someone’s profile, it means that person has locked his profile to show only a limited version of his profile content to people he is not friends with.
How to lock Facebook profile?
Launch the Facebook app on your iPhone and tap the Menu (visible as 3 horizontal bars) at the bottom of the app screen.
Scroll down to Settings & Privacy. Hit the Drop-down button adjacent to this option and from the list of options displayed select Settings.
Now, when directed to a new screen, Scroll down to the Audience and visibility section. It allows you to control who can see your posts, stories, and profile.
Under it, tap the Profile locking heading.
Thereafter, hit the Lock your profile button as shown in the image above.
When done tap OK to activate the Facebook profile lock feature.
What happens when you lock Facebook profile?
When you lock the profile, only your friends will see,
- Your full-size profile picture or cover photo.
- Your Photos and posts on your timeline, Stories.
- Any posts you had previously chosen to share with the Public will automatically change to ‘Friends’.
Also, the Timeline review and tag review will be turned on.
How do I unlock my Facebook account?
At any point of time, if you feel like making your Facebook Profile public again, you can undo this change. To unlock the Facebook profile, access the Profile locking option again.
Choose the Unlock icon.
Hit the Unlock Your Profile button to confirm the changes again. Wait for the unlock message to appear.
Facebook Profile lock available country
Lock Facebook Profile iOS feature is now live and available to most users worldwide. However, some regions like the Philippines haven’t received this update yet. Hope they’ll get it sometime soon!
Is Facebook profile lock available in USA?
Yes! All Facebook account holders in the USA can choose to make only a portion of their About info visible to unknown people by activating the profile lock.
The Facebook profile picture lock system is now also available on Facebook for iOS app/ Facebook for Android app or Facebook.com. To enable a Facebook profile lock for your account, you’ll no more need to switch to the Facebook mobile website (m.facebook.com). There’s a much simpler way to activate profile lock from your Facebook mobile app.
That’s all you need to know about the Facebook lock profile feature.
Hope it makes sense!
