How do I remove access to someone on Facebook?

Facebook allows you to control who has access to your profile and posts by managing your privacy settings and blocking users. Here are some steps to remove access from someone on Facebook:

Unfriend or Unfollow the Person

The easiest way to remove someone’s access to your Facebook profile is by unfriending or unfollowing them. When you unfriend someone, you completely remove them from your friends list and they will no longer be able to see your posts or search for your profile. Unfollowing someone keeps them as a friend, but stops their posts from appearing in your News Feed. Here’s how to do both:

• Go to the person’s profile page and click on the “Friends” button below their cover photo.
• Select “Unfriend” to completely remove them from your friends list.
• Or select “Unfollow” to simply remove their posts from your News Feed.

Restrict What They Can See

You can customize what individual friends are able to see from your profile without completely unfriending them. Here’s how:

1. Go to your Facebook profile and click on “Settings” in the top right.
2. Select “Privacy” in the left column.
3. Click on “Edit” next to “How people can find and contact you.”
4. Under “Who can see your future posts?”, click on “Friends” and select “Customize.”
5. Find the friend you want to restrict and use the drop down menu to customize what they can see.
6. Choose if you want them to see only your public posts or no posts at all moving forward.

This will restrict what they see from your profile without unfriending them completely.

Restrict Facebook Searchability

You can prevent someone from finding and viewing your Facebook profile through search by adjusting your privacy settings:

1. Go to your profile and click on “Settings.”
2. Select “Privacy” in the left column.
3. Click on “How people can find and contact you.”
4. Under “Who can look you up using the email address or phone number you provided?”, select “Friends” or customize to exclude specific people.
5. Under “Who can see your friends list?”, select “Friends” or customize to exclude specific people.
6. Under “Who can see your profile?”, select “Friends of Friends” or stricter to prevent non-friends from finding your profile.

This will remove your profile from being visible in searches to anyone except confirmed friends.

Block Them

Blocking someone on Facebook completely restricts their ability to view your profile or contact you. Here is how to block someone:

1. Go to the profile of the person you want to block.
2. Click on the three dots icon next to the Message button.
3. Select “Block” from the dropdown menu.
4. Confirm that you want to block this person.

Once blocked, they will no longer be able to search for or view your Facebook profile, contact you, start conversations, tag you, invite you to events, or add you as a friend.

Limit Past Posts and Activity

Managing future privacy settings only affects what someone can see going forward. To limit access to your past Facebook activity and posts:

• Go to your profile, click the three dots in the top right corner and select “Activity Log.”
• Click on the filter icon and select “Posts You’re Tagged In.”
• Click the three dots next to any post you want to remove tag and select “Remove Tag.”
• To delete a past post, click on the three dots in the top right corner of the post and select “Delete.”

Be aware this does not completely erase evidence of past interactions, such as comments on the person’s posts or messages between you.

Remove Yourself From Their Posts

If the person has tagged you in any of their posts, you can remove the tag to disassociate yourself from it:

1. Go to their Facebook profile page.
2. Click on Photos.
3. Click on any photo you are tagged in.
4. Hover over the tag and click on “Options.”
5. Select “Remove tag.”

This will unlink you from the post without needing the original poster to remove the tag themselves.

Stop Messenger Communications

To stop someone from being able to message or call you on Facebook Messenger:

1. Open a conversation thread with the person.
2. Click their name at the top of the thread.
3. Select “Block Messages.”

This will prevent them from starting new conversations or contacting you without removing them as a friend on Facebook itself.

Change Who Can Message You

You can also adjust your overall messaging privacy settings to limit who can send you messages:

1. Go to your Facebook profile.
2. Click on the Messenger icon.
3. Click your profile photo in the top left corner.
4. Open “Privacy and Support” settings.
5. Click on “Message Privacy.”
6. Adjust the setting to “Friends”, “Friends Except…” or “Strict Filtering.”

This will control who can send you messages without blocking specific individuals.

Conclusion

Restricting someone’s access to your Facebook profile can help limit unwanted contact and protect your privacy. Make sure to monitor your settings regularly and customize restrictions for certain individuals when needed. Unfriend, block or limit past posts when dealing with harassing behaviors. Adjust broad privacy settings to control how easily others can find and interact with you on Facebook.