How To See Your Profile As Your Friend Would See

November 14, 2009

Every now and then, as a Facebook user, you update your photos and videos, comments here and there, set some settings on this and that and a whole lot of other things. You arrange things and manage your profile so that it looks nice not only to you but expect others to like it too. Have you ever wondered how your profile looks like to your friends or have you ever wanted to check out how a particular change or settings will effect the way your profile is shown to others?

Well, if your have then i will show you a way to do it. There is a feature in Facebook, which most people overlook and this option is just like a preview option.

1. Go to “Settings,” then “Privacy Options”

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2. In the privacy page, you will see a number of options. Select the “Profile” option.

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3. In the following page that loads, the “Basic” tab will be selected by default. Now, Under the “Basic” tab, you will see an option “See how a friend sees your profile” and a text box next to it.

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4. Type a friend’s name in the text box. When you start to type, Facebook will list the name of friends that matches the letters that you are typing. Select your friend from the list and wait.

5. Facebook will load your friend’s view of your profile and you can see them as your friend would see your profile. If you want to try another friend’s view without going back then, you can type the name in the text box pointed by an arrow in the image below.

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This is a very cool feature of Facebook. You can use this feature when ever you change your profile or make changes to your profile privacy settings. Use it and you’ll love it.

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