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How to Hide a Facebook Friend From News Feed Without Unfriending Them
Over the past several weeks I’ve been asked by friends of mine how they can hide friends’ posts on Facebook without actually unfriending that person. Fortunately, this is a very simple procedure that takes only seconds.
Why Not Just Unfriend Them?
One may ask why you would have a friend on Facebook whose posts you can’t see? And if they are so annoying, why not just unfriend them? While I opt for the unfriend option often myself, there are times that hiding is a better route, especially when it comes to old friends and extended family members. During the political season, for example, many people tend to forget that not everyone shares their political views, and rant about their particular viewpoint. I’ve hidden many of those friends until after the election. Or you may have Aunt Martha who posts religious links all day long. I can’t tell you how many of my high school friends I’ve had to hide for one of those reasons. So there are lots of reasons why you may not want to actually unfriend a person whose posts you find annoying. The beauty of hiding their posts is that they don’t realize you no longer see them.
How to Hide a Friend From Your Newsfeed
The procedure itself is simple. Simply mouse over the person’s name, then mouse over the word “Friends.” This will pop up several options. The option “Show in News Feed” will be checked next to anyone you are currently seeing. Uncheck this option and your friend will magically disappear from your news feed, and they’ll have no idea that their annoying posts are being blissfully ignored.
Below is a screen capture of the option to hide a friend from your newsfeed.
This is just what I was looking for – thanks!
THANK YOU… Was getting wicked annoyed at the political stuff… Much appreciated… Worked like a charm… Didn’t realize it was soooo simple… Thanks a million…
The latest thing I’m seeing on Facebook is “Suggestions based on pages you like.” I can find no way to stop Facebook from inserting these things. If I say I like Page X, then articles that Facebook considers related to Page X might show up in my news feed.
I don’t want to see those suggestions. I can find no way to turn them off, so I’ve stopped awarding Likes to pages I like.
Oh, I’ve also utterly given up on signing up to any Facebook games, because I don’t like see their posts on my wall. Yes, I can set things up so that only *I* can see them, but I don’t need to be reminded that I captured The Magic Chicken in Magicville (or whatever the latest game craze is).
this is exactly i was looking for the same reasons.
Some of friends have been shairng accidents and bloody operations for general knowledge.
I could not see red screen at all.
Thanks:)
Hah I think everyone has friends like that on Facebook! Good luck!
I’ve DONE this with countless people, and they STILL show up in my newsfeed!! NOW WHAT??
I once got “Get Notifications” confused with “Show in Newsfeed”. Now that I corrected which one I checked/unchecked, it works correctly for me, as the author states.
Recheck each person for these two settings by hovering over the “Friend” button and selecting the proper option. Get Notifications is what creates an alert top left. I keep people on that that are really important to me, whom I do not want to miss any posting.
Newsfeed is what shows up on the wall of comments and posts.
Tha works to a limited extent. They still show up as “online” in your list of online friends. How can you hide them completely without actually unfriending them?
You can also hide friends from chat but going into the chat’s Advanced Settings and in the “Turn on chat for all friends except…” section, you can enter the person’s name there, too!
when you hide from newsfeed does this limit any other communication with that person, eg. can you send them a message and will they see it?
Yes you can still send them messages as usual.
Thank you thank you thank you…
You’re welcome welcome welcome!!
When you hide a friends posts on the newsfeedand timeline, do your other friends still see them ( ie: if they are not friends with my hidden friend)
Thanks, good post.
I believe everything else works as usual, but you just don’t see that friend’s posts in your timeline anymore.
Your friends never see your newsfeed and you can set who can see your timeline by going to your profile, clicking on the gears next to the Activity Log button, ans selecting Timeline Settings from the drop-down menu.
If I select certain friends to not show in my news feed, will my posts show in their news feed like normal? I don’t want my posts to suddenly disappear from them and they think I blocked them…I just don’t want to see their stuff anymore! Thanks!
They will still see you. They’d have to hide you in the same manner if they don’t want to see you.
Thank you SO much. There is an old childhood friend who at this time seems to *live* on FB and deposit every tiny thought pattern that pops up. It is so great to be able to hide this stuff without hurting his feelings. *cheer*
Those are the exact types of friends that prompted the writing of this article. Glad we could help!
Also, if you click on the “Settings” item below “Show in News Feed”, you can filter out specific types of posts, such as status, likes, game updates, etc., and still see that friend’s other posts on your newsfeed, by un-checking the unwanted items in the drop-down menu and keeping “Show in News Feed” checked.
Good tips – thanks for the addition!
I have unchecked he “show in newsfeed” and they still appear. The other problem I am having is I can not stop the likes and comments of people that have nothing to do with me. Any ideas?
Oh Thank You So Much! I’ve been scrolling around for days and couldn’t find anything. It would NEVER occur to me to have to go to the person’s page; I thought it would be (as it used to be) controlled from my Settings. I have “friends” who post four to five times a day; I don’t want to unfriend them b/c I do want occasional contact, but their choking up my feed with incessant posting is maddening. God bless you for posting this.
Hey we’re just glad you found it useful!