Facebook Restricted List of friends – How to Restrict Friends On Facebook

Facebook Restricted List of friends is a feature that lets users to hide posts from certain friends on Facebook simply by adding them to this list. And there is no limit to the number of friends you can add to this this Facebook restricted list.

Meanwhile, a friend who has been restricted can still communicate with you via direct messages and you will be able to continue seeing their posts on your feed just as usual.

The only thing is that those friends in the restricted list will not be able to see certain posts you do not want them to see. After restricting them, go ahead and make your posts as usual and then select the friends privacy setting option for that post, and then be rest assured that those in the restricted list will not see such posts in addition to other who are not your Facebook friends.

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Having said, let us now look into Facebook restricted list properly and explore how to add friends to the list and also how to make posts after you have added at least one or more friends to the restricted list.

How to Restrict Friends on Facebook – Facebook Restricted List

Follow the steps below to add a Facebook friend to your Facebook restricted list;

1. Open your Facebook mobile app to enter your Facebook account or use your favorite browser to visit Facebook website.

2. Login your Facebook Account and go to the Facebook profile of the friend you want to add to your restricted list. You can use the search bar at the top of the Facebook app or website to search for their name.

3. Once you are on the friend’s profile page, look for the button that says “Friends” and tap or bring the mouse to it.

4. From the small menu pop-up or drop-down, click on “Edit Friends Lists” or “Add to Another List”. This text and menu patter will vary depending on whether you are using mobile app or Facebook website to do this. Do not worry, the functions are still same.

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5. From the categories of the list shown, scroll down to the bottom to see the one named “Restricted”. Tap on that one to add that friend to the Facebook Restricted list and that is very simple.

What Happens When You Add Friends to Facebook Restricted List ?

Facebook does not give notifications to the friends whom you add to Restricted list, thus there is no direct way they would know you have restricted them.

Meanwhile, Facebook restricted list and friend on the restricted list will still be your friends on Facebook, and they can still send you Direct Messages on Facebook inbox. They can still see such posts you made public, but they will NEVER see the posts you set to friends (and not public).

Public post are identified by the “globe icon” while friends post have the icon that looks like two people. Thus, when you make posts and set the post to public, your restricted friends will see them, but when you set the post to friends, then your Restricted list of friends will not see such posts.

How to Post on Facebook With a Restricted List

1. After adding at least one friend to your Restricted list, create a new Facebook post as per usual.

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2. Before you publish your post, make sure that the Friends (people) icon is showing. If the Public (globe) icon is showing instead, tap on it and select Friends.

3. Publish your post. It will now be view-able by all of your Facebook friends except for those that you’ve added to the Restricted list. Anyone on your Restricted list will automatically be unable to view posts you make for Friends from this point forward.