If you further dig into your Friends Lists and Post Audience, you’ll see a “Friends Except” feature. What does it mean? What can it do? There is more to “Friends Except.” Let’s explore it and how to use it on Facebook. They’ll only see the information and posts you allow them to view. You can add or remove people from the “Friends Except” list multiple times.
Friends Except Setting
We have all kinds of friends on Facebook. We may wish to keep some of these friends close and share everything with them. At the same time, we may have Facebook friends with whom we want to maintain a distant friendship and hide some things from them. Thankfully, you can publicly share or privatize your posts on Facebook. Users can share their posts with a select group of people using the “Friends Except” button.
How To Use the Friends Except Button?
You can access the “Friends Except” button mainly in two parts of Facebook: the new (edit) post section and settings.
From the Create Post Button
The “Friends Except” button hides statuses and posts from one or a group of friends on Facebook. Here is how to access the “Friends Except” list while creating your post on different devices.
On the Facebook Mobile App
To restrict some friends from seeing your post on the Facebook mobile app, follow these steps:
On the Facebook Browser Version
To restrict some friends from seeing your post on the Facebook browser version, follow these steps:
From the Settings
You can also use the privacy button to add a group of friends to your “Friends Except” list.
On the Facebook Mobile App
Here is how to set all your future posts to “Friends Except” in Facebook settings on a mobile app: On the Facebook Browser Version Here is how to set all your future posts to “Friends Except” in Facebook settings on a browser version: Alternatively, you can select a few friends to view and interact with your posts. Use the “Specific Friends” button. You can also use the “Custom” button to exclude a friend(s) from seeing your posts or status.
A Wrap
The “Friends Except” list comes in handy if you want to hide certain information from one Facebook friend or a group of friends. When you use the option, you tell Facebook to block the selected friends from viewing a post or status. Also, you can use the “Specific Friends” or “Custom” options to hide your posts from your friends on Facebook.
