How to Make Profile Picture Private On Facebook 2019

This teaches you exactly how to alter your former Facebook account picture's personal privacy settings. While Facebook doesn't enable you to set your current account photo as anything besides public in order to help others determine you, you can make your previous Facebook profile images private.

How To Make Profile Picture Private On Facebook

Steps

1. Open up Facebook. Touch the Facebook application icon, which looks like a white "f" on a dark-blue background. This will certainly open your Facebook Information Feed if you're logged in.

If you're not logged into Facebook, enter your email address as well as password prior to continuing.

2. Touch the account symbol. It's a person-shaped icon at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will open your profile page.

On an iPad, you may find this symbol in the top-right corner of the display.

If you do not see the account icon, tap ☰ in the bottom-right edge of the display, then touch your name on top of the menu.

3. Scroll down and also tap See All Images. You'll locate this option below the list of pictures that's near the top of your profile web page.

4. Tap the Albums tab. It goes to the top of the display.

5. Faucet Profile Photo. This cd should be close to the top of the Albums tab. Your existing profile image will certainly be the album cover.

You may need to scroll to see this album.

6. Select an account photo. Tap the profile image that you wish to make private.

7. Faucet ⋯. It's in the top-right corner of the display. A pop-up menu will certainly show up at the end of the screen.

On an iPad, the food selection will drop-down from the ⋯ symbol.

8. Tap Edit Privacy. This alternative is in the pop-up food selection. Doing so opens a checklist of post personal privacy alternatives.

9. Tap Only me. It's in the "That can see your post?" listing of alternatives.

* If you do not see this alternative, initial tap More near the center of the display.

10. Tap Done. It remains in the top-right corner of the screen. Doing so saves your privacy setups, thus making your chosen account photo readable just by you.

If a friend of your own is marked in your account image, they can still watch the picture.