How to Change the Sharing Default Using Privacy Settings and Tools
One quick way to lock down everything you post moving forward is to set your default sharing option to Friends and not Public. When you make this change, only your friends see your posts. To get to the Facebook Privacy Settings and Tools screen:
How to Make Your Facebook Friends List Private
Facebook makes your friends list public by default, which means everyone can see it, whether they’re your friend or not. You can change your preferences from the Facebook settings or on your profile page.
How to Review Your Profile Privacy Settings
Your Facebook profile is public by default, which means it is indexed by Google and other search engines and viewable by anyone. Privacy experts recommend you review the settings for each item in your Facebook profile.
How to Make Your Profile Invisible to Search Engines
You can block your profile from showing up in search engines. Here’s what to do.
How to Use Facebook’s Inline Audience Selector
Facebook provides audience selectors to let you set different sharing options for each piece of content you post to the social network. When you open a status screen to make a post, you see the privacy setting you chose to serve as the default at the bottom of the screen. Occasionally, you might want to change this. Select the button with the privacy setting in the status box and select an audience for a specific post. Options include Public, Friends, and Only Me, along with Friends except, and Specific friends. With the new audience selected, write your post and select Post to send it to the chosen audience.
Change Privacy Settings on Photo Albums
When you upload photos, you can change your Facebook photo privacy settings by album or by individual image. To edit the privacy setting for an album of photos:
