# OK, How do I forward a picture I got on Facebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 29, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047 "2013-11-29T02:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047/1 "2013-11-29T02:44:12Z")
I’m technologically ignorant. I got a Facebook message from my cousin with a hilarious picture I’d like to pass on. But I don’t know how.:smack: Can Dopers give me some pointers? I feel so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047/2 "2013-11-29T02:47:58Z")
Pass it on to who? 1)All your facebook friends? -Hit the share button and then go to “Share on your timeline” from the pop up. 2)A specific friend -Hit the share button and then “On a friend’s timeline” and it’ll ask your which friend. 3)Via email or attaining a link is a bit trickier so I’ll start with those two options before I explain the other choices. ETA, before you forward this ‘Hilarious picture’ to all of your facebook friends that really don’t want to see it stop and think about if you really want to be that guy. At the very least, keep it to less then once a week. If you start doing this three times a day everyone is just going to hide you except all the other people that do it too. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047/3 "2013-11-29T02:52:25Z")
If you mean “forward via email”: I found if I clicked on it to make it near-full-screen, I could right click on it and select “save image as …” and save it locally. Then it’s just like any other file you can attach to an email. If you mean “forward via Facebook”, there’s a “SHARE” link underneath it. Then you can choose to put it on your timeline, share with friends, or in a private message. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047/4 "2013-11-29T03:00:31Z")
Thank you for your replies! I don’t want to forward it to everyone, but to a couple of specific people. Now I can do it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-forward-a-picture-i-got-on-facebook/675047/5 "2013-11-29T03:03:19Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > If you mean “forward via email”: I found if I clicked on it to make it near-full-screen, I could right click on it and select “save image as …” and save it locally. Then it’s just like any other file you can attach to an email. No need to do that for most pics. Just put your mouse over the picture to show the Options button. Click it and there will be a download link. You can just click it or even right-click and choose save as. The big exception is cover photos, for which doing it the way you say is the only option. Because cover photos are always public, there was as big kerfluffle about people downloading them, so Facebook disabled the feature. Profile photos, though also always public, did not get the same treatment, for some reason.