By default, Your Facebook profile information is public, even your friend list, the pages you like, the groups you are in, and much other information. Facebook’s approach is good because if your friends’ list is public, there are more chances that people can easily contact or connect with you.

But as it is your profile, you can restrict that how can see your friends’ list on Facebook. You could want to hide the identity of some of your friends from other friends. Maybe you respect your privacy and don’t want to share with everyone or you can also want to share your friends’ list with your friends only. 

We will guide you, how can you hide your friend list on Facebook. Follow the below steps to hide your friends on Facebook:

How To Hide Friends On Facebook:

1-Open Facebook in a web browser or in a mobile app.

2- Log In to your account(Don’t need to re-login, if you are already logged in.

3- Click the menu button(downward pointing arrow) in the right top corner of the screen.

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


4-  Click settings and privacy in the provided menu.

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


5- Another menu will appear, now click setting(first one).

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook




6- A page will open, with a long sidebar menu, in the sidebar menu, click privacy, the fourth button.

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


7- Another page will open, providing you with multiple privacy settings. See the third block of the privacy page.


8- The second option on the third block will be “Who can see your friend list”, click “edit” in the same line.

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


9- A paragraph and a button will appear, click on the downward arrow on the button.

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


10- A multi drop-down menu will appear, there will be six options:

Hide friends on Facebook
Hide friends on Facebook


  • Public(the default one, everyone on Facebook can see your friend list).

  • Friends(only friends in your friends’ list can see your friends’ list).

  • Friends Except(You can target some specific friends, who won’t be able to see your friends’ list).

  • Specific Friends(You can filter some particular friends, who will see your friends’ list, others won’t be able to).

  • Only Me(Only you will be able to see who’s on your friends’ list).

  • Custom(You can target each and everyone, who will see or won’t see your friends list on Facebook).

  • Hide friends on Facebook
    Hide friends on Facebook


Select any option of your choice and ide your friends on Facebook.