You may get few or no likes at all if you are just starting out with this or your business page is new. Unfortunately, the higher the engagement, the more people are interested in your post. In order not to scare off your potential customers and followers, you can hide the number of likes on your posts or Facebook page, since they can be small at first.
This way, people tend to focus more on your value than on the amount of engagement. This linking strategy works for many Facebook influencers. Plus, it’s one way to reduce your digital footprint. In this article, I will show you how to hide likes on your business page and Facebook posts.
How to Hide Likes on Your Facebook Posts on iPhone or Android
If you hide likes on your Facebook posts, people won’t see the number of likes on them. This counter is only visible to you.
However, according to Facebook, this setting generally applies to your public posts. There is no such setting for individual posts. In addition, people can still see the number of likes for posts you share in Marketplaces, Groups, Pages, Events, and Stories.
Hide reactions to your posts through the Facebook app
- Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or Android.
- Tap your profile icon in the lower right corner.
- Scroll down and select Settings & Privacy → Settings.
- Click “Profile Settings”in the top left corner.
- Scroll to the Feed Settings section and click Reaction Settings.
- Turn on the In your posts toggle to prevent others from seeing reactions to your Facebook posts.
Hide reactions to your Facebook posts using a desktop web browser
- Click the profile icon in the top right corner.
- Go to Settings & Privacy → Settings.
- On the left sidebar, select Privacy.
- Then click Reaction Settings.
- Turn on the toggle to the right of your messages.
How to Hide Liked Pages on Facebook
If you are a leading voice or brand, you can also prevent others from viewing the pages you like. This can be handy so other companies or potential partners don’t think you’re biased. It is also useful for masking your hobbies and preferences from potential threat actors.
This option is only available on the Facebook website. Therefore, you need to access Facebook through a web browser in order to change it.
- Log into your Facebook account from any browser (preferably from your desktop).
- Click the profile icon in the top left corner (on the left sidebar) to open your profile. If it’s a Facebook page: You can go to your page by clicking your profile icon in the top right corner → View all profiles. Then select your page.
- Click More → Like.
- Click on the three horizontal dots in the “Like”section (to the right of “Like”).
- Select the Hide Section option. Advice. You can also select the categories of pages you like that you want people to see by clicking Change the privacy of your likes.
How to show pages you like
If you ever decide to change this setting and display pages you like:
- Click the Advanced dropdown → Manage Partitions.
- Check the Like box. Then click Save. The section with liked pages will again be visible to the public.
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Online privacy is now important to most people because information about your online activities can become public through social networks, browsers, applications and other means. Masking reactions to your post prevents people from seeing who has liked your posts. This way, potential attackers cannot see or track those who are interested in you or your brand.