Next we will teach you how to tag your friendships on Facebook, a tool with which to add other users of the popular social network to your publications and photographs, so that know that they appear in photographs from others and be able to comment or share; or even ask that it not be labeled. In any case, below we will teach you how tag other users on Facebook in the official website and the official app for iOS and Android mobiles, a very interesting possibility with which to enhance your publications and reach more people. Don't miss our guide on how to tag in Facebook.
How to tag on Facebook
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Thanks to our tutorial you will know how to tag users on Facebook, both through the official website of the social network as through the official mobile application, available on iOS and Android.
How to tag on Facebook web page
Follow the steps below to tag someone in a Facebook photo:
- Access the official website From Facebook.
- Log in with your Facebook account if you do not have the automatic login.
- Click on a photo from one of your albums, or on a photo from your posts wall or on the wall of one of your friends.
- Click the Label icon in the shape of a label in the upper right corner of the image.
- Click on someone's face in the photo or anywhere in the image, depending on the tag you want to enter. Facebook may recognize some of the people in the photo and suggest tags for you.
- A text box will open in which you will have to write the name of the person you want to tag.
- As you type, suggested names of people will appear; choose the correct label.
- When you're done, click anywhere on the photo.
- The tag will have been saved and the person will receive notification that they have been tagged.
Follow the steps below to tag someone in a Facebook post:
- Write a new post in the status box of your profile.
- Under Create Post, click the Tag Friends option, the blue person silhouette icon.
- Your friends list will appear next to a user search box.
- Choose or write the person or people to tag.
- Write the comment on your publication and click on Publish.
- Your status will be posted and the tagged person or people will receive a notification that they have been tagged.
Follow the steps below to tag someone by writing their name on Facebook:
- Access the comments area of a post, photo or video.
- Start typing the name of someone you want to tag, with the first letter capitalized so Facebook knows you want to tag someone.
- A list of people who match what you type will appear.
- Select the person or people you want to tag.
- When you have entered the people to tag, click on Publish; Tagged users will receive notification that they have been tagged in that comment.
You may not be able to tag some Facebook users (people or businesses) due to their privacy restrictions.
How to tag in the official Facebook app for iOS and Android mobiles
Follow the steps below to tag someone in a Facebook photo:
- Access the official Facebook app.
- Log in with your Facebook account if you do not have the automatic login.
- Click on a photo from one of your albums, or on a photo from your posts wall or on the wall of one of your friends.
- Click the Label icon in the shape of a label in the upper right corner of the image.
- Click on someone's face in the photo or anywhere in the image, depending on the tag you want to enter. Facebook may recognize some of the people in the photo and suggest tags for you.
- A text box will open in which you will have to write the name of the person you want to tag.
- As you type, suggested names of people will appear; choose the correct label.
- When you're done, click anywhere on the photo.
- The tag will have been saved and the person will receive notification that they have been tagged.
Follow the steps below to tag someone in a Facebook post:
- Write a new post in the status box of your profile.
- Under Create Post, click the Tag Friends option, the blue person silhouette icon.
- Your friends list will appear next to a user search box.
- Choose or write the person or people to tag.
- Write the comment on your publication and click on Publish.
- Your status will be posted and the tagged person or people will receive a notification that they have been tagged.
Follow the steps below to tag someone by writing their name on Facebook:
- Access the comments area of a post, photo or video.
- Start typing the name of someone you want to tag, with the first letter capitalized so Facebook knows you want to tag someone.
- A list of people who match what you type will appear.
- Select the person or people you want to tag.
- When you have entered the people to tag, click on Publish; Tagged users will receive notification that they have been tagged in that comment.
You may not be able to tag some Facebook users (people or businesses) due to their privacy restrictions.
