# How do others see me on Facebook

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019 "2011-02-03T14:14:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019/1 "2011-02-03T14:14:05Z")

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Is there an easy way to see what others see of my page on Facebook? I would love to see what my page looks like to both friends, friends of friends and, everyone else.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019/2 "2011-02-03T14:17:01Z")

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Settings -\> Privacy -\> Profile -\> “See how a friend sees your Profile”

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019/3 "2011-02-03T14:18:36Z")

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Account \> Privacy Settings \> Customize Settings \> Preview My Profile

This then shows how it looks to most people on Facebook. You can type in a name to see how it looks to a specific person.

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**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-others-see-me-on-facebook/570019/4 "2011-02-03T14:31:02Z")

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> [@Candyman74](#):
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> Account \> Privacy Settings \> Customize Settings \> Preview My Profile
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> This then shows how it looks to most people on Facebook. You can type in a name to see how it looks to a specific person.

Thank you. That worked perfectly.