September 20, 2011

Hiding Recent Activities (Wall posts, Comments, New Friends) On Facebook

Facebook added some upgrades recently that came with lots of privacy options but most people find it hard getting used to the new facebook settings. Posting comments on people's status updates and posting on your friend's wall leaves a trail on your wall and this makes it easy for others to track your facebook activities. Do you feel like hiding your posts on friends' wall and comments on people's status updates from your girlfriend prying eyes? Or you just want to keep your parent's nose off your facebook business? Maybe you're someone who loves being discreet and want to hide your facebook activities from stalkers on your friends list.

The screenshot above shows exactly what I wrote on others wall and my comments on their updates. Facebook also shows all your friending activities by default but you have total control on which information you share on your wall. Hiding your recent activities on facebook ensures your privacy and some people already know just how to get this done. The steps below are for those who are yet to get used to the new facebook privacy options.

To hide your comments, wall posts, friending activities, facebook likes and other recent activities, click the remove button right beside the post as shown below:


Select Hide all comment activity and confirm your option by clicking Hide all:

This hides all existing comment activities and future ones. The same goes for wall posts, facebook likes and friending activities too. The screenshot below shows just how to hide friending activities from your wall:


Just click remove (the tiny X button) on any post you wish to hide and select hide all to hide all posts similar to it.


In case you want to undo the changes you made and show your recent activities again, click on Edit Options at the bottom of your wall.


This box that pops up shows a list of posts you've hidden from your wall news feed.


Just click the remove button (X) to unhide any wall story you intend to show. Though this hides recent activities from your wall, it's not guaranteed that it's gonna hide it from your friend's news feed also but at least, no one gets to track you by just visiting your facebook wall. Consider sharing this post with your facebook friends if you find it helpful.




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64 comments:

Kingston says:

thanks for the tip. didn't know about it before

Anonymous says:

Makes a whole lot of sense. Great post

Anonymous says:

I did that but it doesn't work as expected. I've hid all my comments, likes, etc but it still appears on my friends' newsfeed but NOT on my wall. looks like there is a bug with facebook's privacy.

Andrew says:

Facebook privacy sucks. I hid the posts on my wall too but still showing on friends news feed. Thanks for the tip though

Anonymous says:

thanks for the tip. i feel safer cuz my girlfriend can't see everything :D

Precentor says:

Hey there, having trouble with UNhiding some things. I tried hitting the "edit" option down at the bottom but the hidden stories option doesn't have what yours does. Just app stuff I've blocked. :(

Help?

Don Caprio says:

clicking the 'edit option' button will definitely show stuffs you've hidden...unless there's a bug with your account.

Anonymous says:

Don, Not true. Mine also shows stuff I have blocked from showing on my page. However, I've already updated to Timeline, so that may be affecting what I see. Heads up if that's the case; your post will be obsolete in a week.

srsmonkey says:

It doesn't work to hide anything after the new updates 9-22-2011. I've hidden everything on my wall and friends can still see what I've posted on other people's status, including in the ticker.

Bouncer says:

It hides it on my wall, but it seems it's shows on friend's news feed. Thanks anyway.

Anonymous says:

just what I was searching for

Anonymous says:

my comments are also showing on friends newsfeeds. I won't be posting anything now until it gets fixed!

Clara says:

At least, no one gets to track me by looking at my wall. Thanks

Anonymous says:

u can just prevent people who r not your friends from subscribing to your actions but u cant prevent friends from watching every thing u do whatever its related to them or not so i hope they figure out anything to control accessibility to private events

Anonymous says:

click on Edit option at the bottom of your Wall as displayed when you click on your Profile, not the Edit options at the bottom of your Homepage/Newsfeed

Anonymous says:

How can i hide the activity where my friends make on THEIR friends pages?

Anonymous says:

Same problem as the person who said:

"I did that but it doesn't work as expected. I've hid all my comments, likes, etc but it still appears on my friends' newsfeed but NOT on my wall. looks like there is a bug with facebook's privacy."

SO Jay says:

Thanks for the tip, at least we now know there is privacy on facebook.

Unknown says:

So ... what if I don't want to hide activity from my friends, but I don't want it showing up on my 'Public' wall? Even though I set everything possible as 'friend only', looking at a public view of my wall still shows plenty of activity that seems impossible to hide, without hiding it from friends and non-friends alike!!

samuel says:

thanks for this tip bro.

Anonymous says:

I've hidden all my comments, wall posts, likes and other stuff from my wall but I can't unhide them. I went to the bottom of my profile to Edit options but
the Edit options on profile page only shows that I have hidden activities of my friends which I can see the x next to it. But where are all the other activities? I want to unhide all of them. Can you PLEASE help me out? I really need to solve this problem.. Thanks in advance!

Anonymous says:

Its just only hide all the activities in our own profile. Others can still see it

Anonymous says:

I pressed the X to unhide some recent activity ("I am now friends with...") and although it shows on my profile when I'm viewing it, it doesn't show when my friends are viewing my profile.

Anonymous says:

i keep clicking on the X to hide posts on NEWS FEED and they keep reappearing, even after clicking on HIDE WHY????? SO DARN ANNOYING!!!!

Anonymous says:

HELP PLEASE.....when I change my profile photo a notification on my wall timeline does NOT show, how do I change this so it comes up on my wall and in newsfeeds?

I have scrolled all the way down on my wall and clicked on 'edit options' but it tells me that I have not hidden anything, so I don’t know what to do! is there any way to fix this?

Don Caprio says:

I had the same problem with timeline and had to switch back to the old profile layout

Obinna says:

Nice tip. Thanks. Applied it on my wall.

Anonymous says:

i used "hide this action" to hide my comment activity and wall posts i make and it does not show up in hidden stories like you have in your screen shot.

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Don Caprio says:

@Poster 28. It should just as the screenshot shows exactly how I did it
@did xenon light. I definitely will post an update as soon as it's available. Thanks for visiting

Anonymous says:

This instruction is a cosmetic hide on the user's wall only and has nothing to do with privacy. Friends will still see the activities - which is why I use an addon which physically deletes ALL recent activities not yet deleted and must do this manually- however my iPhone app doesn't seem to publish stuff I do on it - no doubt this will change again

Anonymous says:

I don't mind at all that my friends can see my recent activity but I don't want the public to see it. I have all my settings to 'friends only' but non-friends can see still see what else i've been up to (comments on friends wall or theirs on mine...) So my status updates remain private but nothing else.

Johnson says:

@Poster 31. I would like to know that very addon you mentioned.
@Poster 32. With recent activities, I guess it's either you completely hide it from friends and non-friends or show it to both.

jars says:

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