Let's see how to avoid being found by your mobile number on Facebook. And it is that Facebook allows us to find other people through your phone number; so much so, that the very social network He insists over and over again that let's enter our number phone number in our profile. Although it is a tool with some usefulness, especially at the security level of our account, it also allows other users to find us on Facebook through our phone number. For this reason, and thanks to this guide, we will teach you how to prevent anyone from finding us using our mobile number or, at least, that only people who are part of our group of friends in the popular social network. Next, how to avoid being found on Facebook through your mobile number.
Index of contents
- How to avoid being found on Facebook with your mobile
- How to avoid being found with your mobile in the Facebook app
- How to delete your mobile number on Facebook
- How to delete your phone number from the Facebook app
How to avoid being found on Facebook with your mobile
The first level of security to prevent anyone from finding us through our mobile number has to do with the limitation of users already added to our friendships. To do this, display the options menu Facebook through the down arrow icon located in the upper right corner of the screen and access the option Setting.
Already within the options of Setting from Facebook we must look for the entry Privacy located in the left column of the screen. Once inside and as part of the option How people can find and contact you, click on the option Edit of Who can search for you with the phone number you have provided?
When you click on the option Edit you can choose between:
- All
- Friends of friends
- Friends
So that through the option you choose they can find you through your phone number. Thus, if you want the maximum level of privacy you will have to choose Friends, while through the two other options you will expand the spectrum of users who will be able to find you in Facebook through your phone number.
How to avoid being found with your mobile in the Facebook app
You can also do the same through Facebook app for mobiles. Follow the steps below to prevent them from finding your mobile phone in the Facebook iOS and Android application:
- Click on it options icon located in the upper right corner of the Facebook app.
- Choose the option Settings and privacy and click on the option Setting.
- Now scroll to the section Privacy and click on Privacy Settings.
- Scroll back to How people can find and contact you; click on the option Who can search for you with the phone number you have provided?
- Now choose between All, Friends of friends either Friends.
How to delete your mobile number on Facebook
After limiting the privacy of our Facebook account through our mobile number (for those users who want to keep the mobile number linked to their Facebook account by security reasons), we can also choose completely remove our mobile from Facebook so that absolutely no one can find us through our mobile number.
To delete your mobile number from Facebook display the Facebook options menu through the down arrow icon located in the upper right corner of the screen and access the option Setting.
Once inside the different Facebook configuration sections, click on the section Mobile in the left column to access the mobile settings on Facebook. Within this menu click on the button Eliminate.
Facebook will ask you if you really want to delete your phone number linked to your Facebook account; click on the blue button Delete phone to move forward with the process of deleting your phone number on Facebook.
Finally, Facebook will ask you to write your password again to verify your identity. Enter your password and click on the blue button Send for permanently delete your mobile phone number from your account Facebook.
How to delete your phone number from the Facebook app
Again, you can also delete your phone number from the Facebook app for iOS and Android mobiles; follow the following steps:
- Click on it options icon located in the upper right corner of the Facebook app.
- Choose the option Settings and privacy and click on the option Setting.
- Now click on the option Personal information as part of the section Account settings.
- Your personal data will appear; click on your phone number to open related options.
- You will access the section Text message settings; here click on Current phone numbers and choose the option Eliminate of the number you want to delete.
- Finally, confirm your identity to confirm the deletion by writing your facebook password and click on Delete phone.
