# how to turn off facebook news feed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768 "2009-12-28T03:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![doubled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768/1 "2009-12-28T03:49:30Z")

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I don’t want anyone else to see when I add a new person as a friend. But that actually comes up as a status message for all my ex-girlfriends to see now.  
How do I turn that off on facebook? It used to be obvious, but I can’t figure out how to disable it now. How do I change it so that no one sees that I added a new person in their news feed?

And a related question – how can I turn off the ability for other people to see my list of friends?

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**Author:** ![doubled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768/2 "2009-12-28T12:51:16Z")

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Wow. Does the lack of answers mean it’s no longer possible in facebook?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768/3 "2009-12-28T13:13:03Z")

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[How to hide your Facebook friends list](http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10416524-238.html)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-facebook-news-feed/522768/4 "2009-12-28T13:25:50Z")

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For your first question: it looks like you don’t have that option any more, meaning Facebook no longer allows you to control what makes it to a news feed.  
Another GQ thread with a similar question: [Has Facebook disabled this privacy setting?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545489)