Hide Your Number of Friends on Facebook on iPhone or iPad
This article teaches you how to change the privacy settings of your Friends list in order to hide it from everybody, using an iPhone or iPad. Facebook's mobile app does not let you do this, and you will have to use a mobile internet browser such as Safari, Chrome, or Firefox.
10 Second Summary
1. Open a mobile internet browser.
2. Go to www.facebook.com.
3. Tap on your Profile picture.
4. Scroll down and tap Friends.
5. Tap on the privacy icon (world, figurehead, or gear).
6. Tap More.
7. Select Only me.
Steps
- Open a mobile internet browser on your iPhone or iPad. You can use your device's native browser app Safari or a different browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Opera.
- Facebook's iOS app doesn't let you hide your number of friends. You have to use a browser on your device to log into Facebook.
- Go to Facebook on your browser. Type www.facebook.com in your browser's address bar and tap the blue Go button on your keyboard. Facebook will open up to your News Feed.
- If you aren't automatically logged into Facebook on your mobile browser, enter your email or phone and your password to log in.
- Tap on your Profile picture. Your Profile picture is located in the upper-left corner of your News Feed. Tapping on it will open your Profile page.
- Scroll down and tap Friends. This button is located next to About and Photos on the tabs panel below your Intro text and Featured Photos. It will open your Friends list.
- Tap the Privacy icon. This button is located in the upper-right corner of your Friends list. Depending on your current privacy settings, it could look like a world icon, a figurehead, or a gear icon. Tapping on it will open a pop-up menu titled Edit Friends List Privacy.
- If this button looks like a lock icon and indicates Only Me, your Friends list is already hidden from everybody.
- Tap More. This button is located next to three dots at the bottom of the pop-up menu. It will show you all of your privacy options for your Friends list.
- Select Only me. It looks like a lock icon. Your Friends list is now hidden from everybody and only available to you. Nobody can see your Friends list, or how many friends you have.
- Alternatively, you can select Friends. This option will make your Friends list available to your friends, but nobody else can see it.
