We highlight your friend list.
By default, a changing selection of all your Facebook friends always appears under the Friends heading in the left column of your profile. This selection might include friends who you interact with the most in Wall posts, comments and mutually attended events. However, Facebook does not select friends to show based on whose profiles you choose to view or who you interact with over messages and chat.

Your family and relationship partner appear here, too.
If you choose to add family members or a relationship to your profile, those people will also be featured in the left column. Remember that you can always restrict who can see this information using the audience selector when you edit your profile.

Friends of friends can visit the Photos section of your profile (timeline), but whether they see the content here depends on the privacy settings you've chosen. To learn how to control your settings for content within the Photos section, click each content type:

• Your photo albums
• Videos you post
• Tagged photos or videos of you

Most of your Info section is controlled by the individual privacy settings that you choose for each field. (learn more) Your gender and networks are available to everyone because this info is essential to helping you connect with your friends and family. (learn more)

Friends of friends can visit the Notes section of your profile (timeline), but whether they see the content there depends on the selected audience for each note.

• You pick the audience for each individual note you write from the note itself (learn more).
• For notes that others write and tag you in, the audience is selected by the author. If you're not comfortable with a note you're tagged in showing up on your profile (timeline), you can untag yourself from that note.

By default, everyone can see the Friends section of your profile. To change this setting:

1. Go to your profile and click Edit in the top right corner
2. From the menu in the left column, click Friends and Relationships
3. Go to the Friends section and use the audience selector on the right side to control who can see your friends

You can also organize friends into smaller lists for your own use. These lists are not shown on your profile.

If you've upgraded to timeline, the new profile, get help here.

In order to get answers from people that know the most about the topic, questions and answers can be viewed by everyone and may be surfaced to people who can best answer the question. (Learn more about Facebook Questions)

The strip of photos along the top of your profile are the most recently tagged photos of you. To hide a specific photo from the top of your profile, roll over it and click the "x" in the top-right corner. This will not delete your photo — it can still be found on your photos page.

Please note: Your privacy settings have not changed. These photos will only be visible to the people selected in your "Photos and videos you're tagged in" privacy setting. This setting is located within the "Sharing on Facebook" section of your privacy settings.

People who are not allowed to view your tagged photos will see photos from your profile picture album instead. People who are not allowed to see either your tagged photos or your profile picture album will not see any photos at the top of your profile.

By default, everyone can see your friends. If you like, you can easily change this setting. You can also organize friends into smaller lists for your own use. These lists are not shown on your profile (timeline).

If you’re seeing a total number of friends that’s different from your real number of friends, it’s possible that some of them now have inactive accounts.

When someone’s account is inactive, it means that person can’t be seen or found on Facebook. Even though he or she is still counted as your friend, they won’t appear on your friend list anymore. This could happen when someone deactivates his or her account, or when someone’s account is disabled by Facebook.

1. Go to your profile and click Edit in the top right corner
2. From the menu in the left column, click Friends and Relationships
3. Go to the Friends section and use the audience selector on the right side to control who can see your friends

You can also organize friends into smaller lists for your own use. These lists are not shown on your profile.

If you've upgraded to timeline, the new profile, get help here.

If you’re seeing a total number of tagged photos, videos, or notes that’s different from the real number of things you’re tagged in, it’s possible that friends who had tagged you now have inactive accounts.

When someone’s account is inactive, it means that person — and the photos, videos, or notes they uploaded — can’t be seen or found on Facebook. Even though his or her tags are still counted, they won’t appear on Facebook. An account can become inactive if someone chooses to deactivate it, or if the account is disabled by Facebook.

Yes; however, no information is shared outside of your public information.

You control what parts of your profile (timeline) people see via the audience selector, and the Privacy Settings Page offers general controls to manage the rest of your privacy on Facebook.

If you want to see how your profile (timeline) looks to most people on Facebook, use the View As tool when you’re editing your information. Please note that you may see a different version of the site than others when you perform searches from your own account. You will always be able to find yourself in search because you can always view your own profile (timeline). However, people who do not have this permission will not be able to find your account.

Please keep in mind that you will see a different set of options than other users when searching for your account or viewing your profile. Since you cannot add yourself as a friend, the "Add to Friends" link will not appear.

You will always be able to see the links for "View Profile," "Send Message," and "View Friends" when you find your own account, but these options may not be available to every other user depending on your privacy settings. Also, please remember that although you will never see the option to message or poke yourself on your own profile, other users will see this option.

If you have adjusted your Search settings on the Privacy Settings page, these changes will be reflected properly when other users search for your profile.

Only you and your friends can post to your Wall. To block people from posting to your Wall:

1. Go the Account menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Privacy Settings.
2. Next to the How You Connect heading, click Change Settings.
3. From the dropdown menu next to “Who can post on your wall?” choose Only Me.

Note: Friends can comment on posts they can see, including posts on your Wall even if you have restricted who can post to your Wall. If you want to totally block individuals from posting to your Wall - including commenting on posts from others - you'll need to also limit them from seeing friends' posts on your Wall.

If you've upgraded to timeline, the new profile, get help here.

You can approve anything you’re tagged in (photos, updates, posts, and checkins) before it goes on your profile (timeline). To turn on Profile (Timeline) Review, go to Account > Privacy Settings > Manage How Tags Work > Change Settings > Profile (Timeline) Review.

If you have Profile (Timeline) Review off, then tags from friends are automatically approved. Whether you have Profile (Timeline) Review on or not, tags from nonfriends require your approval before they go on your profile (timeline).

Before you post, look at the audience selector. Use the dropdown menu to choose who you want to share a post with.

 Public (Maximum audience for adults)

 Friends of Friends (Maximum audience for minors)

 Friends (+ friends of anyone tagged)

 Custom (Includes specific groups, friend lists or people you’ve specified to include or exclude)

You'll see this tool wherever you share content, whether it’s a status update or information on your profile (timeline).

The tool remembers the audience you shared with the last time you posted something and uses the same audience when you share again unless you change it. For example, if you choose Public for a post, your next post will also be Public unless you change this audience when you post.

If you want to change who you’re sharing with, open the dropdown menu and choose a different audience. Remember: anyone you tag in a post, along with their friends, may see the post.

To make it clear who you’re sharing with at all times, the audience you select appears along with whatever you are saying, every time you share. You can also use the audience selector to change who you are sharing with after you post something.

When someone adds a tag of you in a post or photo, it's visible to:

1. The audience they chose for the post or photo
2. You and your friends (if the audience they chose is set to Friends or more)
3. Anyone else tagged in the post, and potentially their friends

Content you’re tagged in shows up on your profile (timeline). If you’d like, you can:

• Remove posts from your profile (timeline)
• Turn on the option to review posts before they appear on your profile (timeline)
• Remove a tag
• Use the Profile (Timeline) Visibility setting to exclude some people from seeing tagged posts of you on your Wall (timeline)

1. Go to your profile and click Edit in the top right corner
2. From the menu in the left column, click Friends and Relationships
3. Go to the Friends section and use the audience selector on the right side to control who can see your friends

You can also organize friends into smaller lists for your own use. These lists are not shown on your profile.

If you've upgraded to timeline, the new profile, get help here.

Anyone who can see a post can like or comment on it. That means:

• People in the audience you choose for the post
• Friends of anyone that's tagged in the post

There is no way to prevent your friends’ from tagging you on their profiles (timelines), however you can easily remove tagged items from your profile (timeline).

To remove experiences or activities that you’ve been tagged in from your profile, click the Edit Profile button at the top of your profile and delete items as you normally would.

To remove your name from an experience or activity within friend’s profile, click the Remove link next to the item tagged with your name.

The only people that can see the story about your comment are those who can see the content you commented on. For example, if you commented on a photo that only you and your friend can see, only you and your friend would be able to see the story on your Wall (timeline).

If someone created a Facebook profile (timeline) pretending to be you and you don’t have a Facebook account, please file a report.

1. Click the Edit Profile button at the top right corner of your profile.
2. Next to each profile field, use the audience selector to pick an audience for that piece of information.
3. To change the audience for a piece of info, open the dropdown menu next to it and choose from Public, Friends or Custom. If you choose Custom, you can name specific friends to include or exclude from the people who see your info.

Note: You won't appear in the list of people who like a Page to non-friends if you only allow your friends to see your page connections. However, if you post something to the page or comment on a post on the page, then your post or comment (including your name) will be visible in search and to others who view the page.

If you've upgraded to timeline, the new profile, get help here.