People create Facebook account for the first and not realizing their birthday notification will be sent to all their Facebook friends, whether the person is a mutual friend or not. Birthdays are special days and it good to spend it with close friends not the public unless you feel like a celebrity wanting unknown people to wish you. For security purposes, it better to lets close friends receive such notifications not everyone on Facebook. In order to stop this public notification, I will show to how to turn it off and also choose who to see the notification.
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These steps can be done on mobile and desktop, check out east step below:
For Mobile Users;
1 Tap on ‘Setting & Privacy’ category on the menu on the homepage.
2 On the ’Setting’ page, scroll down and locate ‘Audience and Visibility’.
3 Tap on ‘Profile Details’ in the option and locate basic info.
4 Tap on ‘Edit’ to change your birthday to ‘Only Me’ or ‘Mutual Friends’.
For Desktop Users;
1 On the top right on your Facebook homepage, click profile picture.
2 From the option, click on ’Setting & Privacy’ category.
3 Find ‘Audience & Visibility’ in the ‘Settings’.
4 navigate to profile details and click on ‘Basic Info’.
5 A pop up will appear, click on ‘who sees your Birthday’ and click on ‘Change visibility on Facebook’ and choose ‘Only me.’
Is There Any Risk In Showing Birthday On Facebook?
In this technology and Ai generation, it can be risky because these are vital information and some bad person can use it to impersonate you. Since you have your pictures and other info like education, someone can create an exact profile on another platform and fraud people. And when people search on Facebook, they will think it you because of the same name, birthday and pictures.
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Here are some few reasons why Facebook ask for such info:
1 Facebook use birthday info to know the kind of advertisements to show on your news feed.
2 Employers may use it a medium to verify your information and also monitor you.
Summary
So these are the easy steps to show your birthday to the public on both mobile and desktop.
