Teaching Facebook

To tag friends in activities that you do together, including Sports You Play, Activities, Education and Work:

1. Click the "Edit Profile" button in the top-right corner of your profile.
2. Select a section from the left-hand menu.
3. Enter the names of your friends in the "With" fields.
4. Click "Save Changes."

You can tag friends or pages in photos that you're able to view. If you tag a photo that was not uploaded by a friend, the person who uploaded the photo will need to approve the tag.

To tag a photo:

1. Go to the photo and click Tag This Photo under it.
2. Click on the person in the photo to tag them. Enter their name and press enter.
3. Click the Done Tagging link below the photo when you're finished.

To tag multiple photos in an album at once:

1. Go to the album.
2. Click the Tag Photos button at the top of the page.
3. Enter the name of a friend or page to tag.
4. Click each photo you want to tag with that name.
5. Click Save Tags when you're finished.
6. Repeat this process for each friend or page you’d like to tag.

Note: When you tag someone in a photo, that person's friends may also see, like, or comment on the photo.

There is no way to prevent your friends’ from tagging you on their profiles, however you can easily remove tagged items from your profile .

By default, you will be notified whenever friends tag you in their profiles. To adjust these notifications, go to the "Tags me on their profile" setting in your notifications settings.

To remove experiences or activities that you’ve been tagged in from your profile, click the "Edit Profile" button in the top-right corner of your profile and delete items as you normally would.

To remove your name from an experience or activity within friend’s profile, click the "Remove" link next to the item tagged with your name.

You can tag your friends in your Facebook status and other posts. This feature works when you share content at the top of your home page, your profile or your friends' profiles.

To tag a friend, type the "@" symbol. Select the friend you want to tag from the drop-down menu that appears. You can also tag Pages, events, groups or apps. If the menu appears and you don’t want to tag a name, just continue typing your post and the options will disappear. Note that you can also mention friends in comments using similar functionality.

Tagging allows you to more actively mention your friends and other things you are connected to on Facebook. It also lets you direct a post at specific people while still keeping the conversation open. Friends you tag receive a notification that you have tagged them and Wall story on their profile. They are also notified when someone else comments on the post they are tagged in. People who can see your post will be able to click the link to view the profile, Page, group or event you tag, but only if existing privacy settings allow this.

Anyone can tag you, but if someone you’re not friends with tags you, you’ll always receive a request to approve the tag before it appears on your profile.