Facebook gives you the option to hide your Marketplace listings from your friends, often you have that you do not want your friend to know about, talking about some privacy here, Facebook doesn’t do that unless you specifically set your item to be hidden from your friends.
In this short tutorial you will learn how to hide Facebook Marketplace listings from friends and some other issues you should keep in mind.
Can you Hide Facebook Marketplace Listings from Your Friends?
Yes, Facebook Marketplace allows sellers to hide their listings from their friends but that only applies to Items and you can’t hide Vehicles, Properties, and Rentals.
1. Hiding a New Listing
To hide a new listing on your phone follow these steps
- Tap on the top right menu.
- Tap on the Marketplace icon. If you don’t see the Marketplace, tap See more.
- Tap on Sell at the top, then tap Items for sale.
- Fill in the details about your item.
- Tap on the button Hide from friends to hide your listing from friends.
2. Hide an Existing Listing
To hide an existing listing on the phone follow these steps
- Tap on the top right menu.
- Tap on the Marketplace. If you don’t see Marketplace, tap See more.
- Tap on the user icon at the top.
- Tap on the dots icon next to the listing you want to hide to see listing options
- Tap Edit listing.
- Tap on the button Hide from friends to hide your listing from friends.
Conclusion
There you have it, you can only hide listings for items category. but you can’t hide listings from the apartments, homes, or vehicles categories, it’s just Facebook policy right now.
Also, keep in mind that Creating a listing on the Marketplace won’t automatically post it on your timeline or notify your friends.