Facebook Privacy Settings To Keep Teens Safe

Accessing and Changing Privacy Settings

You can’t make changes to your teen’s Facebook page from your account. To access Facebook’s privacy settings on the desktop, have your teen open their Facebook page and then watch as you go through the privacy settings, explaining the importance of each one.

Adjust Privacy Settings for Your Teen’s Photos

Some photos, such as the current profile photo and cover photo, are always public. Privacy settings for other photos are set manually as they are posted, so get your teen in the habit of adjusting their photo settings when they post them by making sure photos are set to be seen by Friends and not Public.

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This section also offers the ability to limit who can see past posts, so if posts previously were public, they can be changed so that only friends can see them now. Select Limit Past Posts and select the Limit Past Posts option. Make sure you or your teen edits each of these settings to Friends or Only me and not Public or Everyone. You can only edit the privacy settings for photos in specific albums, including Cover Photos and Profile Pictures. If the photo was shared as part of an album, you need to change the setting for the entire album.

Change Privacy Settings on Individual Photos

To adjust privacy settings on individual photos with Facebook on the desktop:

Change Privacy Settings on Photo Albums

In most cases, if a photo was shared as part of an album, your teen will need to change the privacy settings for the entire album. To edit the privacy settings for a photo album using Facebook on the desktop:

Privacy Checkup in the Mobile App

If your teen prefers to use the Facebook mobile app, they can access the Privacy Checkup section by tapping the three lines at the bottom of the screen and going to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy Checkup. Most of the security settings in the app are accessible through the Privacy Checkup.