How to Hide a Facebook Story from Someone

Facebook is the most likely place to find all of your friends and even distinct relatives than any other social media platform. That is why it is a good idea to avoid sharing all of your Facebook stories with everyone on your friend list.

Facebook allows users to conceal stories from certain users. This is how you can utilise it.

HIDE SOMEONE'S FACEBOOK STORY

You'll need to adjust an option in the Facebook app to exclude particular friends from seeing all upcoming stories. Take the actions outlined below.

Step 1: Open Facebook on your iPhone or Android.

Step 2: Tap on the hamburger menu.

Step 3: Scroll down and select Settings.

Step 4: From Audience and visibility, tap on Stories.

Step 5: Go to the Story Privacy menu.

Step 6: Select ‘Hide story from’.

Step 7: Unlike Instagram and Snapchat, Facebook will not display the whole list of your friends here. You can conduct a search for an individual and add them to the story's exceptions.

You will see all the friends from whom you wish to conceal information. From now on, whenever you publish a new storey on the social network, certain contacts will be unable to view it in the Facebook or Messenger apps.

There is another way to access the privacy settings for Facebook stories. This is significantly simpler than following half of the hundreds of steps above.

Step 1: From your Facebook feed menu, select Create story button.

Step 2: By tapping on the Settings gear at the top, you'll be taken immediately to the Story privacy menu.

You can use the Hide storey from option to make selected friends' Facebook stories disappear.

SHARE STORIES ONLY WITH A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS

This is very similar to the Close Friends function on Instagram. When you have thousands of Facebook friends, it can be challenging to eliminate a few dozen of them. Rather than that, you can create a small group of friends on Facebook and share your tales exclusively with them. What you need to do is as follows.

Step 1: Open Facebook and select Create Story option.

Step 2: Tap on the Settings icon at the top and open Story privacy options.

Step 3: Tap on Custom and you will find a friends list from the following menu.

Step 4: Choose which friends you wish to share all Facebook stories with.

After you've made modifications, your Facebook storey will remain hidden from the rest of the world (except your selected friends from the custom menu).

If you've activated the 'Always share to Instagram' toggle, all of your Instagram followers will see your published Facebook stories. If you'd want to use the similar privacy feature on Instagram, see how to hide a storey on Instagram.

UNHIDE A FACEBOOK STORY FROM SOMEONE

You can unhide a storey from someone on Facebook if you have a change of heart.

Step 1: From the Facebook home menu, select Create story and tap on the settings icon at the top.

Step 2: Select 'Hide storey from' and uncheck the list of friends.

At the top, click Done, and you're ready to begin sharing your experience with everyone.

HIDE STORY FROM SOMEONE – FAQS

What Happens to Current Facebook Stories?

Your current Facebook stories remain unaffected by the change. You need to delete the current story and upload it again. Only then the story will hide from selected friends.

Can Hidden Users See My Facebook Posts?

You are only hiding Facebook stories from friends. Your same friends will continue to see your posts, pictures, and other details on Facebook.

Will My Friends Get Notifications When I Hide Facebook Stories from Them?

Hiding a story from someone is strictly a privacy add-on. Your friends won’t get any notification about the move. Your friends can make a guess when they don’t see your Facebook story for a long time.

Will I Remain Friends With Them?

Yes, you will remain friends with all the users, whether you hide them from story viewing or not. This means these people can see your profile, upload photos, and reach you via Facebook Messenger.

REMAIN ANONYMOUS ON FACEBOOK

There can be times when you don’t want to share the latest vacation pictures with all your friends on Facebook. You can either exclude some friends from your stories or go ahead and create a close circle to share all the Facebook stories with them only. How are you planning to use this neat privacy add-on on Facebook? Share your preference in the comments below.