Teaching Facebook

To remove a post or story from your Wall:

1. Hover your mouse over the story or post in question.
2. Click the "x" button that appears to the right of your post.
3. Select "Remove Post" from the dropdown menu.
4. Click "Remove Post."

This box allows you to update your status and share photos, videos, links and other application content. Things you share will appear as posts on your profile, and can appear in News Feed. (To control whether or not specific people have the option to view your stories, you can change the privacy settings for each piece of content you post.)

When you create content, a story is posted to your Wall. We also generate a News Feed story so that the next time your friends log into Facebook, they see the content you shared on their homepage. You can control the visibility of these stories by following our instructions:

1. Choose the "Privacy Settings" option in the Account drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Select "Customize settings" in the "Sharing on Facebook" section.
3. Look for the "Things I share" section. A drop-down menu allows you to choose who can view the content that you post to your wall.

1. Go the Account menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Privacy Settings.
2. Next to the Manage Settings for How You Connect heading, click Change Settings.
3. Select your preference from the dropdown menu next to “Who can see Wall posts by others on your profile?”

Note: People you restrict from seeing Wall posts from others will not be able to post to your Wall.

Something you post on your friend’s Wall is part of your friend’s profile, so it will depend on the privacy settings your friend has selected. If you want to write something to your friend privately, don’t post it. Send a message instead.

You cannot completely turn off Recent Activity stories; however, you can:

• Prevent people from seeing certain Recent Activity stories on your profile by editing individual privacy settings.
• Remove Recent Activity stories by clicking the "Remove" button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it.

When a friend posts on your Wall, your mutual friends will see a story in their News Feeds.

For example, if Dave is friends with both John and Julia, he will see a story in his News Feed when John writes on Julia's Wall. But if Dave is only friends with John, none of John's wall-to-wall conversations with Julia will appear on Dave's homepage.

The only people that can see the story about your comment are those who can see the content you commented on. For example, if you commented on a photo that only you and your friend can see, only you and your friend would be able to see the story on your Wall.

At this time, you cannot approve Wall posts before they are posted to your Wall. However, you can always delete specific unwanted posts or control the visibility of your friends' posts by following these steps:

1. Choose the "Privacy Settings" option in the Account drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Select "Customize settings" in the "Sharing on Facebook" section.
3. Look for the "Things others share" section. A drop-down menu allows you to choose who can view the content that friends post to your Wall. If you don't want people to post on your Wall, uncheck the box next to the "Friends can post to my wall" option.

Only you and your friends can post to your Wall. When you post something, you can control who sees it by using the audience selector. When friends post, whether people can see it depends on your privacy setting selection.

To change your selection for who can see friends’ posts on your Wall:

1. Go the Account menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Privacy Settings.
2. Next to the Manage Settings for How You Connect heading, click Change Settings.
3. Select your preference from the dropdown menu next to “Who can see Wall posts by others on your profile?”

If you’d like to disable your Wall completely:

1. Go the Account menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Privacy Settings.
2. Next to the Manage Settings for How You Connect heading, click Change Settings.
3. From the dropdown menu next to “Who can post on your wall?” choose Only Me. This setting means that you will see your Wall, but no one else will.

You can write on a person's wall if you are friends with them. However, users may opt to restrict their Privacy Settings to prevent people from posting on their wall.

You can post to groups or pages as soon as you have connected to them: Click the "Like" button for pages, or (request to) join a group.

It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook. Please carefully follow the steps provided:

1. Run anti-virus software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove these harmful programs and keep your information secure.
   • For Windows:
     http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx
   • For Apple/Mac OS:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
2. Reset password: If you know your password and would like to change it, you can do so from the Settings tab on the Account page. If you don’t remember your password, you can reset it by clicking here. Be sure to use a different password than you use for other sites or services, made up of a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length. Do not use words found in the dictionary.
3. Never click suspicious links: It is possible that your friends could unwillingly send spam, viruses, or malware through Facebook if their accounts are infected. Do not click this material and do not run any ".exe" files on your computer without knowing what they are. Only log in to legitimate pages with the Facebook.com domain. For example, "www.facebook.example.com" is not a legitimate Facebook page, but "www.facebook.com/example" is a legitimate Facebook page because it has the "facebook.com" domain. When in doubt, you can always just type in "facebook.com" into your browser to return to the legitimate Facebook site. Also, be sure to use the most current version of your browser as it will contain important security warnings, protection features, and may warn you if you have navigated to a suspected phishing site. You can also find more information about phishing and how to avoid it at http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html and http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html.
   

We might show you a post by another user if your friends have liked or interacted with it, and we believe you might find it interesting as well. We only show you someone's posts if they indicated in their Privacy Settings Public (anyone) or Friends of Friends are allowed to view it.

While you cannot completely turn off Recent Activity stories, you can prevent other people from seeing certain types of stories.

To prevent people from seeing a Recent Activity story about a profile change you make (e.g., changed relationship status):

1. Go to your privacy settings.
2. Click the "Customize Settings" link within the "Sharing on Facebook" section.
3. Update the individual sections to the privacy level that you desire. For example, if you want to change your relationship status but do not want anyone to view a Recent Activity story about this change, customize your "Relationships" setting to "Only Me." Note: If you choose the "Only Me" setting, you will still be able to view a Recent Activity story about your relationship change, but no one else will.

To prevent people from seeing a Recent Activity story about your likes, activities and other connections:

1. Go to your privacy settings.
2. Click the "View Settings" link beneath "Connecting on Facebook."
3. Update "See your likes, activities and other connections" to the privacy level that you desire. Note: Anyone you restrict here will not be able to view your likes and activities on your profile Info tab.

For stories that are about content you do not own (e.g., comments you make on other peoples' statuses), Recent Activity stories only appear to people who are allowed to view the original content that they are about, based on privacy setting chosen by the person who posted the content. Remember that you can remove any Recent Activity story by clicking the "Remove" button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it.

Your photos and videos are grouped together in the Photos section of your profile. You can get there by selecting the "Photos" filter under your profile picture.

To view videos you uploaded: Look for the "Your Photos" section. Click the "See All Videos" link in its top right corner.

To view videos you are tagged in: Look for the "Photos and Videos of You" section. Click the "View Videos of You" link in its top right corner.

To make commenting faster and easier, we've removed this button. To comment on a post, just press your enter or return key. If you want to create a new paragraph or line break within your comment, press shift+enter on your keyboard.

It’s possible that your friend unknowingly pasted a malicious script into their address bar. Instead of showing you what it advertises (ex: who viewed your profile), these scripts create events and pages from your account or send your friends spammy links.

Tell your friend to close their internet window or log out of Facebook to end the attack and secure their account.

If your friend did not paste text into their browser, it's possible that malicious software was downloaded to their computer or that their login information was phished. Tell your friend to visit the Phishing and malware section of our Help Center to secure his or her account.