Facebook Hardening Guide

Click the profile icon on the bottom right hand corner of the screen

Click Settings & privacy

Click Settings

Follow the steps above and then click Accounts Center

Click Personal Details

On this screen, you can view and modify your contact information and your birthday. You also have the ability to manage your data.

You can also determine what would happen to your account in the event of a passing, and deactivate and delete your account.

Go back to the Accounts Center and click Password and Security

Click Change Password

Choose your Facebook account

Enter your current password and your new password. Re-type your password in the third field and hit change password to complete the process. Make sure to have the blue box checked off to ensure you are logged out of other devices, especially if someone else used your account.

Go back to the Meta Accounts Center and click Password and Security again

Click Two-factor authentication

Choose your Facebook account

Choose your authentication method and select next. BlackCloak recommends using an authentication app

After downloading the authentication app, scan the QR code or copy the randomly generated key, then click next

Enter the six digit code from the authentication app

NOTE: You may be asked to re-enter your password to complete the process. Once you do, click Continue

After that, the process will be completed. Click Done

Go back to the Password and Security section of the Accounts Center. Under Security Checks, click Where you're logged in

Here, you'll see every device that has logged into your account. If you see a result that does not look familiar, click on it

Click Log out

If you want to log out of multiple devices at once, scroll down and click Select devices to log out

Click on all the devices you want to log out of and click here

Go back to the Settings and Privacy page and click Privacy Checkup

Click How People Can Find You on Facebook

Here, you can begin to adjust your profile privacy settings. You can choose who can send you friend requests and whether you appear in search engines. Click continue

Click here

On this page, you can adjust who can send you a friend request, whether it's anyone on Facebook, or only people who are friends of your friends. Make your selection and click Save

Click Next

Click this button if you do not want your account to be shown in search engine results. Click Next to complete the process

You can also find these options in the Settings & Privacy page. Scroll down to Audience and visibility and click How people find and contact you

This page will also allow you to adjust who can send you friend requests and whether your profile will appear in search engine results

Go back to the Settings and Privacy page and click Privacy Checkup

This time, let's click Who Can See What You Share

Click Continue

You can adjust what profile information can be viewed by whom, including your birthday, relationship status, current city and your friend list.

You can choose whether each piece of data can be seen by anyone, your entire friends list, or you can adjust it so only select friends can access the information. You can also make it private by selecting Only me. Once you've made your choice, click Save

Once you are done on this screen, click Next

On this screen, you can choose who can see your posts, stories, past posts and reels

For all forms of content you post, you can choose to have anyone on Facebook see it, your friends, or friends that you choose. If you want a piece of content to be private, click Only me. Once you've made your choice, click Save

After you are done adjusting these settings, click Next

Next, you'll view any accounts that you've blocked. If there are specific accounts you want to block, click here

Click Add to blocked list

Look up any person/page you want to block. Once the correct option appears, click this button to block them

When you are going to post, click on this box

Here, you can adjust your settings to determine who can see your post. Make your selection and click done

In the Settings & Privacy section, scroll down to Audience and Visibility and click Profile and tagging

On this page, you can adjust who can post on your profile and who can tag you. Click here

Choose whether your friends can post on your profile, or if only you can do so. Make your choice and click Save

Now click here

You can choose who can see posts you are tagged in on your profile. Make your selection and click save

In your phone's settings, select privacy and security

Click location services

Find the Facebook app

Here, you can adjust when the Facebook app can access location services, as well as if it can access your precise location

Go to the Accounts Center and click Ad Preferences

Click Manage Info

Click here

Here, you can adjust settings on your profile to ensure advertisers can, or cannot, use your activity information to send targeted ads

On the previous page, click here

Click here if you do not want Meta to use your activity information to show you ads about Meta on other platforms