Now likes are a good way of analyzing and determining how many people have seen and liked what you shared. Especially if you are an influencer and popular, it helps to determine the width of your popularity. However, counting likes affects your mental health more than you can imagine. Also, other people will be able to see who liked your posts which might feel like an invasion of privacy. This is where the feature to hide likes on Facebook comes to play. If you are unaware of how to do so, worry no more because with this article we have you covered.
How to Hide Likes on Facebook?
When it comes to hide likes on Facebook, they are two types. One of them is the post likes that we talked about in the introduction and the other one is the pages that you like on Facebook that you are interested in. We will talk about the second one later on. You can hide likes on Facebook by following the given steps:
1. Open Facebook and log into your account.
2. Click on the ‘Hamburger icon‘.
3. Select ‘Settings and Privacy‘ and click on ‘Settings‘.
4. Under Preferences, select ‘Reaction Preferences‘.
5. You will have two options as shown below.
6. If you want to hide the number of likes in other people’s posts, toggle on ‘On Posts from others‘.
7. If you want to hide the number only on your posts, toggle on ‘On your Posts‘ option.
8. Or, you can toggle both on to hide both.
9. Refresh your feed once you are done and you will find that the number of reactions on the post you earlier selected will not be shown.
In this way, you can hide likes on Facebook. The steps listed above are similar whether you use android, iOS devices, or computers. On computers, you will find the likes and reaction option in the left sidebar after you navigate to settings. Also similar: How to Hide Likes on Instagram?
How to Hide Liked Pages on Facebook?
As mentioned earlier, one of the likes to hide on Facebook is the pages you like. These likes of yours are easily visible to anyone on Facebook who stalk your profile. These things tell a lot about you and your interest and preferences which may feel like a tad bit invasion of privacy. Worry not because you can also hide liked pages on Facebook. Follow the given steps to do so:
1. Open Facebook and log into your account.
2. Click on the ‘Hamburger‘ icon.
3. Select ‘Settings and ‘Privacy‘ and click on ‘Settings‘.
4. Under Audience and Visibility, click on ‘Followers and Public content‘ option.
5. Click on the option to change your Page’s visibility as shown below.
6. Select the visibility you want. If you want the liked pages to be visible to only you, select ‘Only me‘ otherwise, choose the option you think is best.
Your liked pages will have been hidden according to your choice.
Conclusion
Hence, by using the steps mentioned above, you can now easily hide likes on Facebook. If you want to hide the likes of posts, follow the initial steps and if you wish to hide the pages you have liked from other people, follow the steps in the latter heading. Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts. Feel free to leave comments in case of any queries or confusion.
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