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This wikiHow teaches you how to add friends to custom or built-in lists on Facebook, which you can then use to limit who sees your Facebook content. You will need to use the Facebook website on a computer to do this.
Steps
Part 1
Part 1 of 2:Creating a List
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1Open Facebook. Go to //www.facebook.com/ in your preferred web browser. This will open your Facebook News Feed if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address [or phone number] and password in the top-right side of the page.
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2Click Friend Lists. It's an option in the column on the left-hand side of the Facebook News Feed.[1] X Research source Go to source
- You may have to click See More here in order to show this option.
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3Click + Create List. This button is at the top of the Friend Lists page.
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4Enter a list name. Click the "List Name" box and type in your preferred name for the list.[2] X Research source Go to source
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5Click Create. This will create your friend list and open it.
- You can add friends to this list by clicking the "Members" text box, typing in a name, and clicking the related friend in the drop-down menu that appears.
Part 2
Part 2 of 2:Managing Your Friend List
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1Click Add Friends to List. This blue button will be in the middle of the Friend List page.
- If you want to add friends to a different list, click Friend Lists again, then click the list you want to edit.[3] X Research source Go to source
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2Select friends to add. Click each person you want to add to this list; you'll see a checkmark appear in the bottom-right corner of the person's profile picture, signifying that they're selected.[4] X Research source Go to source
- You may have to scroll down to select some friends.
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3Click Finish. It's a blue button in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will add your selected friends to your list.
- The friends won't appear on the list's page.
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4Click Manage List . It's in the upper-right corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.
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5Click Edit List. It's in the middle of the drop-down menu.
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6De-select friends you want to remove. Click each person whom you want to remove from the list; the checkmark in each person's profile picture will disappear as you do so.[5] X Research source Go to source
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7Click Finish. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will remove your selected friends from the list.
Tips
- You can add friends to your lists from the News Feed as well. Simply select a friend's name, wait for the pop-up box with their information in it to appear, select the Friends box, click Add to another list, and click the list you want to add them to.
- While you can't create friends lists in the Facebook mobile app, you can use any friends lists you create in the mobile app once they've been created.
Warnings
- When you select a friends list to use on a post, it will become the default for subsequent posts until you change it back.
Related wikiHows
References
- //www.facebook.com/help/190416214359937
- //www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-use-facebook-custom-friends-lists-to-organize-your-friends/
- //www.facebook.com/help/200538509990389
- //www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-use-facebook-custom-friends-lists-to-organize-your-friends/
- //www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-use-facebook-custom-friends-lists-to-organize-your-friends/
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1. Go to //www.facebook.com/
2. Click Friend Lists
3. Click Create List
4. Enter a name for your list.
5. Click Create
6. Click Add Friends to List
7. Click friends' names.
8. Click Finish
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