How Privacy Works with Graph Search

Graph Search helps you find people, places and things—and explore Facebook in a whole new way.

Your privacy choices determine what’s searchable

With Graph Search, you can look up anything shared with you on Facebook, and others can find stuff you've shared with them, including content set to Public. That means different people see different results.

 

People :

 

You can find people based on things they've shared with you, including their interests and profile info.

You'll see results for friends who share their city with you, people whose city is set to Public, and suggested results based on info shared with you.

Try searching for "People who live in my city" in English (US) ▸

 

Photos :

You can find photos you and your friends have posted or been tagged in.

Others will see any photos they can see on Facebook, including photos hidden from timeline.

Try searching for "Photos of me" in English (US) ▸

 

Places:

 

Discover things like restaurants and music through your friends and connections.

Try searching for "Restaurants my friends have been to" in English (US) ▸

 

 

When will Graph Search be available?

To help make sure you have a great experience with Graph Search, we're starting with a limited beta program for English (US) audiences first. If you'd like to be among the first to try it when it's available in your area, please join the waiting list.

As you get started, remember that you can always review stuff on Facebook that relates to you, change the audience for your own content, and ask others to remove photos or other posts:

• See how Graph Search helps you explore Facebook
• Visit your Activity Log to help manage what shows up in search
• Learn more in the Help Center

 

Top Help Center Topics

Who can see my photos and photos I’m tagged in?

Your photos and photos you’re tagged in are visible to the audience they're shared with, as well as people tagged in the photo and their friends they choose to add. Keep in mind, photos and posts hidden from your timeline are still visible to these people other places on Facebook, such as in news feed and search.

To adjust who can see photos you’ve uploaded, change the audience or remove them. If you were tagged in a photo you don’t like, you can remove the tag or ask the person to take it down. To see and review posts you’ve hidden from your timeline, go to your activity log. 

Who can see what I've liked on Facebook?

People can see and search for what you've liked if you have shared that info with them on Facebook.

To manage who you share this info with, go to the Likes section of your timeline. Click Edit to manage who can see the things you've liked.