How To Lock Your Facebook Profile?

Open the Facebook app or go to Facebook.com and log in

Tap/click your profile picture (or your name) to open your profile

Tap/click the three dots ( ) or More options

Select View as

Check who can see your profile content

Go to Settings & privacy

Tap/click Settings

Select Privacy

Review settings for:

Who can see your posts

Who can see your future posts

Limit past posts

Who can send you friend requests

Who can look you up using your email/phone number

Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile

Set “Who can see your posts” to Friends (or Only me, if available)

Set “Who can see your future posts” to Friends (or Only me, if available)

Turn on “Limit past posts”

Restrict audience for your Stories (if applicable)

Review Profile information visibility (About, Work, Education, Places lived, etc.) and set to Friends or Only me where available

Remove or restrict people from your Friends list who you don’t want seeing your content

Check and adjust blocking/privacy settings for specific people (if needed)

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