How to unhide Someone on Facebook story

If you have a Facebook friend who updates his or her status with incredibly uninteresting topics and with too great a frequency, there is a way to remove this person's posts from your News Feed without the awkwardness associated with unfriending or blocking the person in question. You can hide a friend's updates, which removes them from your News Feed but keeps them on your friends list. They'll never know they've been hidden. And the process is simple to reverse, should you want to unhide the offending friend and add their updates back to your News Feed.

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Facebook is a well-known social media application which connects billions of people. Check here the step-by-step guide to hide your story from specific people on Facebook.
How to hide your story from specific people on Facebook:
How to change your story privacy settings on Facebook:
What happens when you hide a story from someone on Facebook?
How do I restore stories on Facebook of someone I muted?

To hide a Facebook friend (or news source or band or anything you've friended or liked that appears on your News Feed), simply click on the small, gray X that appears when you mouse over a status update. You'll then be able to hide that particular post or, more usefully, hide all posts by that friend.

No offense, Dan; just using you as an example (as far as you know). To hide updates from an offending entity, click on the X that appears when you mouse over a person's, an app's, or a page's update. Matt Elliott/CNET

Hiding someone or something from your News Feed is easy enough--maybe too easy. If you accidentally hid someone or intentionally hid someone but then missed their frequent, boring status updates, it's easy to unhide that person--if you know where to look.

To unhide a friend, an app, or a page, call up this pop-up window by clicking the Edit Options link at the bottom of your News Feed. Matt Elliott/CNET

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the News Feed page, and click the Edit Options button. In the resulting pop-up window, you can click the gray X to unhide any previously hidden friend, app, or page.

You can change your privacy settings by clicking on the Accounts tab in your Facebook account.

Click on Privacy Settings to control what you share and with whom you choose to share. You can set privacy controls for individual friends, or create groups. You may have some friends who post too many status messages, and you don't want too much information turning up on your Home Page new feed. You don't want to unfriend or block them permanently, but you do want to hide their posts. The good thing is that you can customize and change your privacy settings on Facebook at any time.

If you chose to hide a friend on Facebook, the decision is always reversible. To unhide a friend, scroll down on your Home Page until you get to the bottom. Click "Edit Options" to remove a friend from the Hide list. This will reinstate the option of seeing their status updates.

By India Today Web Desk: Facebook is a well-known social media application where people can upload their photos, videos and share their status with other Facebook users. It connects billions of its users on a common platform. By signing up on Facebook, you can communicate and stay connected with people across the globe. You can share your photos, videos, and post status to keep your friends updated about your life. You can follow your favorite celebrities or pages or watch videos you like.

It even allows its users to change their story settings and even hide the story from specific people. Here is the step-by-step guide to hide your story from 0 specific people on Facebook.

How to hide your story from specific people on Facebook:

Open the Facebook app on your iOS or Android phone.
Now set your story, private friends.
Then tap on hiding story from.
Tap to select the people you'd like to hide your story from.
Finally, tap on Done or at the top, then tap on Save.
If you've placed someone on your restricted list, they won't be able to see your story.

Note: Any changes that you make to your story privacy settings will apply to any photos and videos currently in your story, in addition to those that you add going forward. You can change these settings at any time.

How to change your story privacy settings on Facebook:

Open the Facebook app on your iOS or Android phone.
Now add a photo or video to share your story.
Then your story in the bottom right, click on the audience selector:

Public: Your Facebook friends, followers, and people you've chatted with on Messenger will see your stories. Anyone who follows you can see your story, but only people you're friends with can reply.
Friends: Only your Facebook friends will see your story on Facebook and in the Messenger app. Your Messenger connections will not see your story.
Custom: You can select specific people who will be able to see your stories.

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Edited By:

Megha Chaturvedi

Published On:

Apr 18, 2021

What happens when you hide a story from someone on Facebook?

Anyone who follows you can see your story, but only people you're friends with can reply. Friends: Only your Facebook friends will see your story on Facebook and the Messenger app. Your Messenger connections will not see your story.