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How to quickly verify your Facebook privacy settings

Posted on February 27, 2026

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With Facebook privacy so often in the news these days, you’re probably concerned about keeping your own posts, photos and comments at least somewhat private.

To that end, you’ve probably tweaked your account’s privacy settings to make your personal information as private or as accessible to others as you feel comfortable with.

But are you really sure you have everything truly locked down to match your comfort level?

Well, there’s an easy way to find out… [Read more…]

Q&A: How do you hide mutual friends on Facebook?

Posted on February 25, 2026

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Question from Ellen: I read your post explaining how to hide my friends list from the public on Facebook.

I thought it was a good idea so I followed your instructions and hid mine, but I just found out that all of my friends can still see a list of the friends we have in common (i.e. our mutual friends).

The problem is I’m friends with several people who are jealous of one another and they get upset because I’m friends with those people too. And of course that makes ME upset.

How do I hide the list of our mutual friends from the people I’m friends with on Facebook? [Read more…]

This tip will make your Facebook account a lot more secure

Posted on February 23, 2026

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As you probably know, Facebook is a vast social media platform that offers numerous ways for people to interact with one another, and just generally have a good time.

One of Facebook’s most popular features is the ability to run third-party apps.

If you can think of something you’d like to do on Facebook, there’s probably an app that makes it possible. And many apps are indeed quite useful.

But there’s something you need to know about Facebook apps: Some of them can be quite dangerous. [Read more…]

Why you should never mention someone’s age on Facebook

Posted on February 16, 2026

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How many times have you seen something like this on Facebook?

“I’d like to wish my amazing husband John Doe a very happy 53rd birthday!”

Chances are, you see posts like this all the time.

Facebook makes it easy to wish loved ones and friends a happy birthday and elicit additional birthday greetings from lots of other folks.

But truth be told, it’s a very dangerous practice to mention the person’s actual age in the greeting because it’s an open invitation for identity theft. [Read more…]

Reminder: Messenger lets you ‘Unsend’ a message if you change your mind

Posted on January 30, 2026

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I receive lots of tech questions here at Rick’s Daily Tips, and there’s one question in particular that I receive time and again:

“If I delete a message I’ve sent to someone on Messenger will it be deleted from the recipient’s inbox as well?”

The answer to that question used to be no, but Meta changed that a while back.

Now when you send someone a message you have 10 minutes to change your mind and “Unsend” it if you want to. And it’s very easy to do. Just follow the steps below for the device you’re using. [Read more…]