How Sharing Works

Want to manage who sees your posts or photos? Learn more about choosing an audience, using tags and adding location to posts and photos on Facebook.


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How do I know who can see things I share?

If you don’t remember who you shared with or changed your mind about who to share with, you can check the audience inline, right next to the post. Just review the icon that shows you which audience you picked:

 Public

 Friends of Friends

 Friends (+ friends of anyone tagged)

 Only me

 Custom (Includes specific groups, friend lists or people you’ve specified to include or exclude)

The audience selector is next to each post you make. 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.

You can go back and change the audience for any post you made by clicking the menu to pull down your options. Learn more about your audience options. 

 

Can I change the audience for something I share after I share it?

Yes, you can use the audience selector to change who can see stuff you share on your timeline after you share it. Keep in mind, when you share something on someone else's timeline, they control the audience for the post.

 

What's the difference between Everyone and Public?

We changed Everyone to Public to make it even more clear who you're sharing with when you select this audience. The setting still means the anyone on the internet can view this content, and any of your past Everyone posts are still visible to the same audience.

 

Get more answers in the Help Center.

Source: Facebook.