How to Hide Birthday On Facebook

Do you get annoyed at people wishing you birthdays? Several old friends, you don’t talk to anymore suddenly appearing to wish you birthdays, making up for awkward hellos and even more awkward goodbyes? Not to worry, we’ve got your social anxiety covered. Here are detailed steps to hide your birthday on Facebook from your browser and mobile application.

On Desktop or Browser

Step 1: Open the Facebook website

Type www.facebook.com in your web search or Google. If you’re already logged in, it will redirect you to your homepage or Newsfeed. Otherwise, input your email address and password in the boxes at the login page’s top-right corner.

Step 2: Click your Name Tab

In the top-right corner of your homepage or Newsfeed, you will see your Username along with your profile picture. Click on your profile. This will direct you to your timeline.

Step 3: Click About on your Profile Page

You will see an “About” tab just below your cover photo on your personal profile page. Click on this tab.

Step 4: Click Contact and Basic Info in the About section

When you click About,it will give you a list of options in the browser’s left-side. From those options, select Contact and Basic Info option.

Step 5: Scroll down to Basic Information section

The Basic Information section is under the “Websites and Social Links” section. Scroll down to it, under which you will see Birth Date. Hover your cursor over your birth date (January 31 in this picture) to prompt the edit option to appear.

Step 6: Click the Edit option.

On the right-most corner of this line, you will see the Edit option. Click this option to open an editable format of your birth date.

Step 7: Click on the People shaped icon.

Click on the People shaped icon located in the immediate right to your birth date and year. This will open a dropdown menu. This menu consists of various privacy levels, which lets you hide your birth date from the group or people of your choice.

Step 8: Click Only Me in the list of options.

From this dropdown box, click Only me with the lock icon to its left. Other options that you can choose from range from public to custom. Only me ensures your birth date is visible to no one else.

Step 9: Click Save Changes to execute!

Don’t forget to click Save Changes located below the birth year to execute your change. Otherwise, it will not be set to “Only me.” And here’s how you can ensure that your birth date is hidden from everyone on your Facebook!

On Mobile Application

Here is a detailed instruction manual on how you can hide your birth date on Facebook through your mobile application.

Step 1: Install and Open Facebook

Install the application using your cell phone’s Play Store and open it when installed. Enter your email address and password when prompted to the login page.

Step 2: Tap your Profile Icon on the homepage.

You will see a person-shaped icon at the top of your screen (for Android users) or at the bottom of the screen (for Apple users). Tap at this icon, which will direct you to your profile page.

Step 3: Click Edit Profile on your profile page

Below your username and bio, you will see this panel of options. Tap on Edit Profile from this list.

Step 4: Click Edit your About Info

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen, where you will see Edit your About Infoin blue font color on the left side of the screen. Tap on this option.

Step 5: Scroll down to the Basic Info section

Scroll down to almost the middle of the page, where you will see a Basic Info panel. Your birth date and year are written in this option.

Step 6: Tap the Edit option

Click the Edit option located at the immediate right of the Basic Info text.

Step 7: Tap the Privacy Icon

Click on the Privacy icon, which is the people-shaped icon to the birthday’s right, in the same line.

Step 8: Tap Only me on the list of options.

Clicking the Privacy icon will open a dropdown menu from where you can choose any of the privacy options to show or hide your birth date and year. To hide it from everyone, tap on Only Me. This will ensure that your birth date is not hidden from everyone on Facebook.

Step 9: Hide your Birth Year using the same steps

To do similar for birth year, repeat Step 7 and 8 by tapping on the Privacy icon to the right of where Birth Year is written and choosing Only me from the dropdown menu that appears after it.

Step 10: Tap Save Changes to ensure execution!

Finally, do not forget to save your changes to execute the plan of hiding your birthday successfully. The Save button is located at the bottom of the screen on the right side.

And that’s how you can ensure your birth date and the year is hidden from everyone on your profile!

Last modification: December 15, 2020