Is there a way to hide yourself from someone on FB that you're not friends with, so they can't find you if they search for you?

You can make most things in FB visible to friends only, and you can make it so that you can’t be found in Search. However the only way I know to hide your name is to use a false name.

There is an option on FB that allows you to not be searchable to anyone other than friends on the search menu and then there is another option to make is so that your only show up to you friends on other people’s friends list.

To make it so that you can’t be found in search by anyone, you go to privacy settings, then connecting on facebook (view settings). Then the first one is the setting for being searched for on facebook. You can set that to friends only, which would mean no one else could find you through a search.

She’s blocked. He clicked to block her. That’s why he can’t be found at all. Blocking is easy and simple and if he knew she was facebook stalking him, he probably did it because he didn’t want her in his business. Depending on his age, this can be appropriate and inappropriate. If he’s young enough to need monitoring, she needs to take away his computer privileges until he can share. If he’s old enough that his business is none of hers, she’s going to have to deal with it. In the meantime (if he’s young), if she creates another account she should be able to see what it is that he wants to hide as long as he has fairly open privacy settings (a mistake) and doesn’t have everything set to “friends only” (a better idea).

My own mother is on my friends list, but has no access to anything. I figured it was nicer than blocking her and lets her think she won without her actually being able to see anything or stalk me at all. Then again, 26 is more than old enough for your facebook to be safe from your mommy. And your boyfriend’s mommy who has the same restrictions. ;)

What @klutzaroo says could have been done as well. Blocking would be a much easier way to do it rather than going through the other privacy settings as well.

If this is such a problem, then why not just delete everything on FB that relates to you? start all over with a completely new identity. this would have to be in code, of course, and only given to your closest friends.

@john65pennington : i am not looking to do it for myself, just curious as to how it’s done.

@klutzaroo : he’s 17 so he’s almost out of her reach. they recently found out he was smoking pot, which is hard to control in a 17 year old but he was driving the family car, which was a no no with son smoking pot.

There is a setting called block or block list. You do this through the account settings. It is usually at the bottom of the screen. You type in names of people and that keeps them from finding you completely.

He blocked his mom hahah. :) It’s probably a good idea, sometimes you just don’t want your mom to be able to see your facebook.

If she’s really sneaky she should just make a fake profile with a pic of a hot girl from google search… then add her son. :)

Yes, kami-delete your profile! :)