Are you tired of birthday notifications cluttering your newsfeed? Or do you not want people to know your real age? Whatever the reason may be, it’s easier than ever to change or hide your birthday on Facebook! In this article, we’ll discuss the simple steps you can take to make sure that your birthday remains private. Keep reading and you’ll be surprised how easy it is to take control of your Facebook profile.
How to change or hide your birthday on Facebook
Hide your birthday on Facebook
Log into your Facebook account and follow these steps to hide your birthday.
- Click on your name in the top right-hand corner or navigate to your Facebook profile.
- Tap on About.
- Click on Contact and Basic Info.
- On the next page, scroll down to see your date of birth.
- Click the group icon to hide either your date of birth or year of birth.
- Select Only me from the audience list and your date of birth will be visible only to you.
- You can do the process twice to hide both your date of birth and year of birth.
And that’s it. Your date of birth is now hidden and visible only to you. Don’t forget, you can still customize it to make it visible to only a certain group of people, say your friends for example.
Change your birthday on Facebook
Before we show you how to change your birthday on Facebook, there are things you need to know first.
First, Facebook allows user to change their birthdays on the social media site once in two weeks. So if you’ve recently changed yours, you will have to wait until the two weeks are complete. Again, you are only allowed to change your birthday yourself a maximum of three times, for the fourth time, you will have to send a request to Facebook support, and they will change it themselves for you.
With that out of the way, follow the below steps to change your Facebook birthday:
- From your main profile, click your profile picture in the top right corner.
- Click About, then select Contact and Basic Info in the left menu.
- Scroll down to your birth date and click to the right.
- Use the dropdown menus to change your birthday and use the audience selector to choose who can see it.
- Click the box below your birth date to confirm your age.
- Click Save.
Wrapping Up
Changing or hiding your birthday on Facebook is a great way to take control of your profile. With just a few simple steps, you can make sure that no one will know your real age and that you won’t have any more unwanted birthday notifications cluttering up your newsfeed. So what are you waiting for? Take the steps today to ensure that your birthday remains private!
