How to make photos private on Facebook

Do you want to limit who can see your Facebook photos? You will need to start changing the privacy settings of your Facebook photos. This guide explains how.

Do you want to share your photos on Facebook without the whole world seeing them? Maybe you have some personal or confidential images that you don’t want strangers or (even some friends) to access. Maybe you want to keep a closer eye on the data you’re sharing online.

Whatever the reason, you can make your photos private on Facebook using various methods. In this article, we will show you how to do it for mobile and PC users. You’ll learn how to change the privacy settings for individual profile pictures, albums, and photos.

How to make individual Facebook photos private on PC or Mac

If you prefer to use Facebook on your PC or Mac, you can change the privacy settings for your photos using the website.

To make a single photo private on Facebook on PC or Mac:

Go to the Facebook website and sign in with your account.
Click on your name in the upper right corner and then click on your name to go to your profile page.
Then click Photos and click on any Photos of you either Your photos.
Find the photo you want to make private and click on it.
Click on the three points in the upper right corner and select edit audience.
Choose who can see your photo from the available options, such as Public, Friends, friends except…either Just me.
Click Made to save your changes.

Your photo privacy will be updated immediately.

How to make Facebook albums private on mobile

In the Facebook app for Android and iPhone users, individual photos take their privacy levels from the album they’re currently in. That means, to make individual photos or a group of photos private using the mobile app, you’ll need to put them in an album first.

If you don’t already have an album for your photos, you can create one and move it around. Alternatively, you can edit an existing album to change the privacy settings. Any changes to the privacy settings for that album will apply to all photos simultaneously.

You can create a private Facebook album using the Facebook app on Android and iPhone devices.

To create a private Facebook album using your mobile device:

Open the Facebook app and tap on your profile photo.
Tap on Photos and select albums.
To create a new album, touch create album on top.
If you’re creating a new album, give it a name, then tap Next when you finish. You will have to add images to it later.
When you are ready to edit the album, touch the three dots icon in the upper right corner and select Edit from the menu.
In it edit album select the current privacy level below the description box,
Select one of the privacy levels from the available options: Public, Friends, Friends except…, either Just me.
Tap back, then tap Made to save your changes.

How to make Facebook albums private on PC or Mac

If you’re using Facebook on your PC or Mac, you can also update an album’s privacy settings using the website. As with mobile users, the privacy settings you set for your album on a PC or Mac will apply to mobile users.

You may find it easier to manage your album’s privacy settings this way. If so, follow the steps below to get started.

To make albums private on Facebook on PC or Mac:

Go to the Facebook website and sign in with your account.
Click on your name in the upper right corner to go to your profile page.
Then press Photos and select albums.
To create a new album, click create album in the upper left corner and fill in the required details.
To edit an existing album, click on it, touch the three points in the upper right corner, then press edit album.
In the side panel, you can choose your privacy level: touch the current privacy level under the edit album label (eg. Just me).
Select a new privacy level from the options provided: Public, Friends, Friends except…, Specific Friends, Just meeither Habit.
Click Made to save your changes.
To save the album, touch Save in the lower left corner.

How to make profile pictures private on Facebook on mobile

Your profile photo is one of the most visible parts of your Facebook account. If you don’t want anyone but you (or selected people) to see your profile picture, you can make it private using the Facebook app.

To make your Facebook profile picture private on mobile:

Open the Facebook app and tap on your profile photo.
Tap Photos and select the Profile pictures album.
Find the profile picture you want to make private and tap on it.
Tap on the three dots icon in the upper right corner and select edit privacy.
Choose who can see your profile picture by selecting Public, Friends, Friends except…, Specific Friendseither Just me
Touch back to exit and save changes.

How to make Facebook profile pictures private on PC

You can also make your Facebook profile picture private by logging into your account using a web browser on a PC or Mac.

To change your Facebook profile picture privacy settings on PC or Mac:

Go to the Facebook website and sign in with your account.
Click on your name in the upper right corner to go to your profile page.
Select Photos > Albums.
Click on the Profile pictures album.
Find the profile picture you want to make private and click on it.
Select the three dots icon in the upper right corner and select edit audience.
Choose who can see your profile picture from these options: Public, friends except… either Friends.
Press Made to confirm the changes.

Manage access to your Facebook images

Making your photos private on Facebook is a great way to protect your privacy online and prevent unwanted people from accessing your personal or confidential photos. You can easily change privacy settings for individual photos, albums, and even your profile pictures using any Facebook-enabled device.

Do you want to go further to protect your privacy? You can turn off your Facebook active status to hide it when you’re online. If you want a rebrand, you might consider changing your Facebook username to something different (especially if you’ve had your account for a long time).

You can also download a copy of your Facebook data if you want to see what information Meta (the owner of Facebook) has saved about you.