Privatise

1. Tap the menu icon at the bottom of the screen.
2. Scroll down to settings and Privacy.
3. Click ‘Settings’
4. Scroll to ‘Audience and visibility’.
5. Click on ‘Followers and Public content’, ‘Posts’, ‘Stories’ and ‘Reels’, ‘Profile and tagging’.
6. Work through these sections so only friends can see everything.
7. Click ‘Profile Details’.
8. Change everything to friends only. Contact details such as email and phone number should be ‘only me’.
9. For each individual picture, change to ‘only me’.
10. All profile pictures will stay public for scammers to steal if you don’t do this.

Temporarily Deactivate

1. Log in from a computer (not mobile device).
2. Click your profile picture in the top right corner.
3. 3. Select ‘Settings and Privacy’
4. Click ‘Privacy’
5. Click ‘Settings’
6. Click ‘Deactivation and Deletion’.
7. Choose ‘Deactivate account’.
8. Click ‘Continue to account Deactivation’ and enter your password to confirm.

Your Facebook account is now deactivated, and your profile and information will no longer be visible to other users. Keep in mind that your data will still be saved, and you can reactivate your account later by logging in with your email address and password.

Change your Profile Link

1. Log in from a computer (not mobile device).
2. Click your profile picture in the top right corner.
3. Click Settings and Privacy
4. Click Settings
5. Click Account Centre
6. Click your profile

Edit your information

1. From 3 options: Name, User Name, Profile picture
2. Click ‘User Name’ (this link (URL) is attached to your profile)
3. Change your link details
4. A green tick will appear when an unused link detail is found.
5. Repeat information for ‘Name’ so that past scammers cannot find you.

Your profile should now be untraceable to past scammers. Be aware of any new requests.