Facebook’s default setting allows anyone to view your profile, posts, images, and other related information. While this is helpful for friends or people you may know, it is a data gold mine for strangers and stalkers. Fortunately, Meta provides various privacy options and tools to prevent strangers from seeing your Facebook account.

You can prevent your Facebook account from appearing in search results. This is a great way to ensure strangers and stalkers cannot find your account easily, even if they have your name and other personal details. Secondly, you should make all your Facebook posts private, so no one outside your friends list can see them.

Alternatively, you can consider creating a Facebook account without your phone number or email for complete privacy.

How to Stop Strangers From Seeing Your Facebook Account

Facebook can do more than connect you and your loved ones through messages. If you value privacy and security, you might want to hide your Facebook profile from strangers. One of the best ways of doing this is by making sure your Facebook profile does not appear in search results.

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Click your profile icon.
3. Select Settings and Privacy section.
   
4. Click on Settings.
5. Select Privacy on the left sidebar menu.
6. Click on the edit button across Who can look you up using the email address you provided?
7. Choose Only me or Friends.
   
8. Click on the edit button across Who can look you up using the phone number you provided?.
9. Choose Only me or Friends.
10. Click on the edit button across Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?
    
11. Uncheck the box beside Allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile, and you’re done.

How To Make Your Facebook Profile Unsearchable on Android or iPhone

You can make your Facebook profile unsearchable from your phone by following the below steps.

1. Launch the Facebook app on your device.
2. Tap your profile icon.
   
3. Select the gear icon on the top right corner of your screen.
4. Tap How people find and contact you under the Audience and visibility section.
5. Select Who can look you up using the email address you provided?
   
   
6. Tap either Only me or Friends.
7. Go back and select Who can look you up using the phone number you provided?
8. Choose either Only me or Friends.
   
9. Go back and select Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?
10. Turn off the toggle.

How To Restrict Strangers From Seeing Your Facebook Posts

When you publish something on Facebook with the privacy options set to “Public,” anyone on Facebook can see and respond to it even if they’re not on your friends’ list. It allows random people to discover, view, comment, like, or share your public posts. They might also be able to view your photos and other publicly accessible information.

Before you delete all your Facebook posts, you might want to try limiting the visibility of your posts. This is another way to stop strangers from seeing your Facebook account.

1. Go to your account by clicking your Profile icon.
2. Select Settings and Privacy.
3. Click Privacy.
   
4. Click the edit button for Who can see your future posts?
5. Select your audience.
6. Once done, click Close.
   
7. Click the edit button across the Limit the audience for posts you’ve shared with friends of friends or Public?
8.  Select Limit Past Posts, and you’re done.

If you believe someone is still stalking you, consider blocking them on Facebook.

How To Limit Visibility of Your Facebook Posts on Android or iPhone

Limiting your posts on Facebook is helpful to “limit” who can see your past posts. As a result, you can ensure that only the people you know can see them. If you use your Android or iPhone, here’s how you can do it.

1. Launch the Facebook app on your device.
2. Tap the gear icon on the top right corner.
   
3. Select Posts under Audience and Visibility.
4. Tap Who can see your future posts.
5. Choose your default audience.
   
6. Go back and tap Limit who can see past posts.
7. Select Limit Past Posts, and you’re done.

Do note that this will only restrict the visibility of your future Facebook posts.

Protect Your Privacy

Maintaining control over your data is essential to protect your identity and have a better user experience. And with this guide, you can be confident that no stranger can stalk or use your data. Plus, you don’t have to deactivate your Facebook Messenger or profile to achieve this.