Hide Your Friends List On Your Phone 

By now most of you probably know that scammers are using your photo, creating an account using your name and photo, and then using your list, friending your friends. Next the scammers will send your friends some message about how they got rich, or got some tax refund, or some other such baloney. And so begins the scam. You can avoid being in this scam, and involving your friends by one simple step. Hide your friends list. This is fairly easy on the PC but on the phone a little trickier to do. Some people don’t have access to a computer - so here are the instructions to hide the list of friends that you have. Oh, and be sure to tell all of your friends - because as long as your friends have their list public - you will receive requests from scammers posing as your friends. The trick on the phone - is to not use the actual app you downloaded from the play store. You must use a browser. It can be Chrome/ie/Safari anything that let’s you browse the web. The address to facebook on your phone is below in the screenshot. m.facebook.com. Hopefully you know your userID and password. Once you are logged in - your screen should look somewhat like the below - with your current photo just about where mine is (see red arrow pointing up). You click on your photo and that will take you to your own personal wall.

Step 1 - open Facebook in a browser not the phone app.

You’ll know you have succeeded, when your picture appears centered on your banner/background image. Your name below your picture, the ability to edit, and various menu items. Scroll down until you hit....

Step 2 - for hiding your friends list

Here it is, your a menu to manage your Friends (circled in red below) along with the section of Facebook containing your friends. You need only click on the Friends Button (circled in red).

Step 3 for Hiding your friends list.

If you correctly clicked on the Friends button - you will see the below screen. The rest of it should be fairly obvious. Your screen might show something like Public or Friends. You should change it to “Only Me”. If you can’t find that choice - use the More button. Remember to click Apply or Save - if you see those options (I’m not saying they are there - just be sure to check. And you are done!

Final step in hiding your Friends list