# How to hide comments on Facebook timeline? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188 "2012-06-05T19:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/1 "2012-06-05T19:25:57Z")
I recently got switched over to the timeline view on FB. I’d like to be able to hide comments I make on other people’s pages from my own timeline, but it doesn’t seem to work. There’s a little grey circle next to the comment, which, when I hover over it, says “Allowed on Timeline”. Googling suggests that if I click on that circle I will be able to choose “Hide from Timeline”, which would make sense, but in fact the only option when I click on it is “Delete comment”, which removes the comment from the page I posted it on as well as from my timeline. So, is this possible? If not, who thought displaying my comments to everyone or no-one, with no fine-tuning permissible, would be good for FB’s share price? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/2 "2012-06-05T19:34:07Z")
Try looking at it from your Timeline. Mine has an option to hide that particular comment or All Recent Activity from the Timeline. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/3 "2012-06-06T02:32:05Z")
Hmm I have the opposite problem. I want comments to show, but they don’t. I can see them on “All Activity” with the same grey circle and the same “allowed on timeline”. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/4 "2012-06-06T12:35:41Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Try looking at it from your Timeline. Mine has an option to hide that particular comment or All Recent Activity from the Timeline. That’s where I was looking at it. The grey circle is there but the only option is “Delete comment”. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/5 "2012-06-13T03:05:34Z")
I did some searching, and found 2 possible solutions: > **[Facebook: Hide or unhide recent activities](https://www.tech-recipes.com/internet/facebook-hide-or-unhide-recent-activities/)** > > By default, all of your recent activities will show up in your Facebook timeline or profile page. This means everybody in your list can see what you are doing on Facebook. If you want to hide those activities from your friends, this tutorial will... This one seems outdated, and I can’t open this page on my computer (but I can open it on my phone…) > **[Hiding Recent Activities (Wall posts, Comments, New Friends) On Facebook](https://www.doncaprio.com/hide-wall-post-recent-activity-facebook/)** > > Est. reading time: 2 minutes Are your comments showing up in the “recent activity” box, or as individual updates, like your status updates? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hide-comments-on-facebook-timeline/624188/6 "2012-06-13T05:00:40Z")
> **[Log in or sign up to view](https://www.facebook.com/notes/townsville-social-media-marketing/question-how-to-unhide-recent-activity-after-you-have-hidden-them-from-your-wall/215998321755330)** > > See posts, photos and more on Facebook. Has more comprehensive instructions. I think I hid my comments before Timeline, as a result now I both can’t see my comments, yet they’re not considered hidden by Timeline.