How to Facebook Me: Privacy Controls for Stories You Share on Facebook

When I share something, how do I choose who can see it?

Before you post, look at the audience selector. Use the dropdown menu to choose who you want to share a post with.

Public

Friends

Only Me

Custom

You'll see this tool most places you share content, whether it's a status update or information on your timeline.

In most places, the tool remembers the audience you shared with the last time you posted something and uses the same audience when you share again unless you change it. For example, if you choose Public for a post, your next post will also be Public unless you change this audience when you post.

If you want to change who you're sharing with, open the dropdown menu and choose a different audience. Remember: anyone you tag in a post, along with their friends, may see the post.

To make it clear who you're sharing with, the audience you select appears along with whatever you're saying, most places you share. You can also use the audience selector to change who you are sharing with after you post something.

Note: When you post to another person's timeline, that person controls what audience can view the post.