Want to stay active on Facebook Marketplace but finding it difficult to stay private? Here is a guide that will help you a bit. In this guide we will discuss how one can hide their marketplace listings from friends. We shall also see what the marketplace on Facebook is and how it works for the people who have active accounts on messenger as well. Let us have a look ahead and see for ourselves.
How does Facebook Marketplace work?
Facebook Marketplace is a platform within Facebook that allows users to buy and sell items locally. It works largely like an online market where people can sell and purchase much like on a shopping website. Therefore, whether you are a seller or a buyer, it has it all for you. You can create a market listing depending on the things that you offer, and clients would come to you based on their requirements. Also, if you want your Facebook marketplace listing to stay hidden from your friends, you can do that with the help of settings on the platform.
How to hide marketplace listings from friends?
If you are serious about hiding marketplace listings from your friends, then you can follow these steps –
In a new listing
If you are creating a new marketplace listing, then you can follow these steps –
- Go to the Facebook Marketplace area and click on ‘Creating List’.
- Enter the listing details as it keeps on asking on the screen. Make sure you enter it correctly to avoid the hassle of editing or removing it later.
- Now look for the option to ‘Hide from friends’ which comes with a toggle. You can turn the toggle off to finally turn it off and hide the marketplace listing from your friends.
After this you can post the listing, and your listing won’t appear to your friends on Facebook. This is a safe way to go private about your matters like this on the platform.
In an existing listing
If you have already posted a listing and want to edit it to hide it from your friends, then you can follow these steps –
- Open your Marketplace account and find the listing that you would like to edit this time.
- On the post, click on the three dots on the side to view the editing options. Here, click on ‘Edit Post’.
- Here you can find the option of ‘Hide from Friends’ and you can turn the toggle on to hide that post from friends.
- Save your changes proceed to confirm your request and go private.
You can do this for as many posts as you like or simply alter the settings to keep your Facebook Marketplace listings private and away from your friends. However, other people on Messenger will still be able to access those listings. Therefore, it only goes invisible to the people who are added as friends on your messenger account.
