Because the Gifts application was created by Facebook, you will not be able to completely remove it from your account. However, you can remove all integration points for it. This will remove Gifts from your bookmarks, and remove any profile tabs or boxes. It won't prevent users from sending you gifts, but only your friends can send you gifts. To do this, please take the following steps:

1. Select the "Edit" link from the Applications menu in the bottom left corner of any Facebook page.

2. On the following page, find the Gifts application and click "X".

3. In the window that appears, click "Remove" to confirm the removal of that application from your profile, bookmarks, and the Applications page.

I don’t see the Gift Box on my profile.

To display this application on your profile again, click on the "edit" link next to Applications in your left navigation column. Next, click "Edit Settings" to the right of the application’s name. Change the "profile" privacy option for this application to any setting other than "No one" and the application should reappear on your profile.

However, your Gift Box will not be visible if you have not received any gifts. If you haven’t received any gifts yet, the Gift Box will be visible once you have received a gift.

If you are the official representative of an organization, business, celebrity, or band, you can create a Page here.

Only the official representative of an organization, business, celebrity, or band may create a Facebook Page. The Page creator can then add other representatives to help them manage the Page. Each Page admin will be able to update and edit their Pages from their own accounts.

If you would like to create a Facebook presence for a celebrity or organization and you are not officially authorized to do so, we suggest you create a Facebook group instead, as these may be created and maintained by any user.

You can access your Page by typing your Page name into the search bar in the top right corner of the any Facebook page and selecting it from the drop-down that appears.

Alternatively, you can click "Advertising" at the bottom of any Facebook page, and then click the "Pages" tab on the following page.

The process to upload music using the Facebook Music Player application has changed.

In order to upload music to your Page using this application, you will need to provide an electronic signature to an agreement that confirms that you either own the copyright to the content you will be uploading or that you are authorized by the copyright owner to upload that copyrighted content to your Page.

In order to access this agreement, please attempt to upload a song through the Facebook Music Player application.

The name I’d like to create a Page for is blocked. How can I create a Page for this artist, brand, or business?

Only the official representative may create a Page for an artist, brand, or business. If you are the authorized representative, you will need to contact us from an address associated with this artist. If you're not able to create your desired Page, please contact us through the form linked from the error message you see.

If you aren't the authorized representative and would like to create a space for fans of a certain topic or figure to share their thoughts and opinions, we suggest you create a Facebook group.

There’s already a Page for the artist, brand, or business I represent. How can I gain access to it?

Only the official representative may create or gain access to a Page for an artist, brand, or business. If you are the authorized representative, you will need to contact us from an address associated with this artist. If you're not able to create your desired Page, please contact us through the form linked from the error message you see. Please submit this form with all requested information.

I don’t have a Facebook account. Can I still create a Page?

Yes, you can create a business account. To create a business account, follow the steps below:

1. Create a Facebook Page by clicking here.
2. After entering the required information, you will be prompted to log in to an existing Facebook account or create a new one. If you do not currently have a Facebook account, please select "I do not have a Facebook account."
3. Enter your email address and date of birth.

I can’t find the "Create Page" button.

To get started, please click here.

To confirm that a user is authorized to create a Page, we require an electronic signature. The name you enter as your electronic signature should match the name on your Facebook profile. If you do not currently have a Facebook profile, please enter your real first and last name.

Once you have filled out your Facebook Page and are ready to show it to the public, you need to "publish" your Page to have it display on the site to all users.

While your Facebook Page is "unpublished," you will see a dialog at the top of your Facebook Page indicating that your page is not currently visible to users. There is a link there to ‘publish your page’. This will instantly set your Facebook Page to ‘published’ and make it visible to all users. You can also set your Page to "published" from the Edit Page while editing your Facebook Page.

You can set your Facebook Page to "unpublished" at any time. Setting your Facebook Page to "unpublished" will hide it from all users, including your supporters. Your Facebook Page will only be visible to the administrators of the Page while it in unpublished. Your Page will not be visible to users until you set it back to "published".

You can set your Page to "unpublished" in the Settings section of the Edit Page for your Facebook Page.

It’s not currently possible to edit the name of a Page. If you would like to change your Page name, you will need to delete your Page and recreate it. The Facebook team isn't able to change Page names for you.

To delete your Page, please click on "Edit Page" and then on "Delete Page" at the top of the page.

To appoint other users as Page Admins, take the following steps:

1. Select the "Edit Page" option when you are viewing the Page you currently administer.
2. Scroll down to the list of current admins on the bottom right column and click "Add."
3. Choose the names of any people from your Friend List that you would like to add as Admins. If the individual you wish to invite to admin your Page is not presently a member of Facebook, simply type their email address in the "Add Admins via Email" field. They can then register for the site and will be able to accept the admin request as soon as they join Facebook.
4. Click the "Add Admins" button.

The friends you select will be able to help you manage your Page. Every Admin can manage the Page from their own Facebook account using the Page Manager application.

The information fields that are available for you to write in are determined by the Page category that you selected when you first set up the Page. You aren't able to change the category of your Page after you've created it, so if you would like different fields, you'll need to delete your Page and create a new one.

No, once you provide the final registration information for creating a user profile, you cannot revert back to your business account.

If you convert your business account into a user profile, you will still be able to manage all the Pages and Socials Ads you’ve created by clicking the Ads and Pages link in the left hand navigation menu entitled 'Applications'. The fans of your Pages will not have visibility or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name. However, if you wish to restrict your privacy so that other Facebook members cannot find you in search or add you as a friend, you can do so by clicking on "privacy" at the top any Facebook page.

If you click on the "Create Your Profile" button, you will be asked to provide additional information to allow you to transform your business account into a personal account. You will be required to enter your full name, a security question, and an answer to your security question. Once this final registration step is completed, these changes cannot be reverted. You will then permanently have a personal account on the site.

If you convert your business account into a personal account, you will still be able to manage all the Pages and Socials Ads you’ve created by clicking the "Ads and Pages" link in the left hand navigation menu entitled "Applications." The fans of your Pages will not have visibility or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name. However, if you wish to restrict your privacy so that other Facebook members cannot find you in search or add you as a friend, you can do so by clicking on "privacy" at the top any Facebook page.

Friend Lists provide organized groupings of your friends on Facebook. For example, you can create a Friend List for your friends that meet for weekly book club meetings. You can filter your view of each list’s stream of activity separately on the home page. Friend Lists are easy to manage and allow you to send messages and invites to these groups of people all at once.

To create and customize your own Friend Lists, please follow these steps:

1. Click the "Create New List" that appears beneath the filters on the left side of your home page or your Friends page. Or, click the "Create New List" button from the "All Friends" tab of the Friends page.
2. Type the title of your list and hit enter.
3. Add friends to the list by typing their names into the "Add to List" field or selecting them from the list.
4. Select "Create List" to store your changes.

In addition, if you have more than two Friend Lists, you can easily add or remove friends from lists by using the drop-down menu that appears next to their names on the "All Friends" tab of the Friends page.

You can use Friend Lists to create different privacy levels for different groups of your friends. This allows you to selectively open more of your profile to the people closest to you. From the Profile Information section of your Privacy Settings page, clicking "Customize" will open a field for "Hide this from these people." Adding a friend or Friend List name here will hide the information in question from these people when they view your profile.

If you add a user to more than one Friend List, and those Friend Lists have conflicting privacy settings, the more restrictive of the privacy settings will always be respected.

If you enter three or more friends as an exception, you’ll have the option to create a new Friend List to group these people. You can create, edit and delete Friend Lists from your Friends page.

You can add someone to a Friend List when you send him or her a friend request. That way, if they confirm your request, they will be automatically placed into the designated Friend List and will follow all of the privacy settings you have set for the Friend List.

To add someone to a Friend List when you send a friend request, please follow the steps below:

1. Click "Add to Friends."
2. Select "Add to List."
3. Use the drop-down menu to select a Friend List that you have already created or select "Create List…" if you want to make a new Friend List for this person.
4. Click "Send Request."

If you create a Friend List during the request process, the Friend List will be permanently stored on the Friends page. You can always go to the Friends page to edit the list.

To prevent users on this list from seeing certain content, please follow the steps below:

1. Click the "Privacy Settings" option in the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Go to the Profile Information section.
3. Select any Profile privacy setting and click "Customize."
4. Enter the name of your limited profile friend list in the "Hide this from these people" section to restrict these users from viewing the profile content you selected.

To add someone to a Friend List when you accept their friend request, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the friend request.
2. Use the drop-down menu to select a Friend List that you have already created. If you want to make a new Friend List for this person, type the name of a new list in the "Create List" field.
3. Click "Confirm."

If you create a Friend List during the confirmation process, the Friend List will be stored on the Friends page. You can always go to the Friends page to edit the list.

To edit the name of a Friend List, take the following steps:

1. Select the list you want to edit.
2. Click the "Edit List" button at the top of the page.
3. Click "Edit Name."
4. Type the new list name into the field and click "Save List."

To send a message to a Friend List from your Inbox, select the "Compose" button and enter the name of your Friend List into the "To" field. Since the maximum number of recipients is always 20, you will not be able to send a message to any Friend List that contains over 20 people.

When you send a message to a Friend List, the message will show all the recipients' names, but the title of your Friend List will never be visible to other members of Facebook.

When on the invite page for a group or event, you can enter the name of your Friend List into the field on the right. After selecting the Friend List you want to invite, the friends that qualify to be invited will appear in the invitation queue. Please note that a friend may not qualify to be invited if he or she is not a member of the network a group is registered under.

You are able to customize which friends and Friend Lists are (or are not) allowed to view your content. To use these options, select the "Privacy Settings" option from the "Settings" drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page. You can also review and edit your Friend Lists from the Friends page.

To add someone to your Limited Profile list, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Friends page.
2. Click on the "Limited Profile" Friend List in the left sidebar. If you do not see a "Limited Profile" friend list in this section, you can create one by clicking the "Make a New List" button and then naming the list.
3. Click "Edit List."
4. Type your friend’s name into the "Add to List" field. You must be friends with a person to add him or her to the Limited Profile list.

To prevent users on this list from seeing certain content, please follow the steps below:

1. Click the "Privacy Settings" option in the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Go to the Profile Information section.
3. Select any Profile privacy setting and click "Customize."
4. Enter the name of your limited profile friend list in the "Hide this from these people" section to restrict these users from viewing the profile content you selected.

Unfortunately the name of an event cannot be changed after it has confirmed guests. If you have decided that you don't like the name for your event, you can always apologize to guests using the event Wall.

To access the Events application, use the bookmark in the Applications menu at the bottom left of the page. If you do not see an Events bookmark in the menu, type "Events" in the search box at the top of the page and follow the link that appears. While using the application, you will see the option to bookmark it in the bar at the bottom of the page. You may adjust the order of your bookmarks at any time by dragging them within the Applications menu.

Keep in mind that you can also access individual upcoming events by typing their names into the search box and following the direct link that appears.

In order for an event to appear in the Events section of a group’s page, you will need to set the group as host of the event from the Edit Event page. In order to do this, you will need to be the admin of both the group and the event. You may always request admin status from a current admin. Please note that an event can only be hosted by one group.

You will need to be a member of a group before you can add content to it. Also, a group admin may change the setting for who can post photos, videos or links to a group at any time. If you do not see a link to add a certain type of content, it is likely that this setting has been recently adjusted.

To access the Groups application, use the bookmark in the Applications menu at the bottom left of the page. If you do not see a Groups bookmark in the menu, type "Groups" in the search box at the top of the page and follow the link that appears. While using the application, you will see the option to bookmark it in the bar at the bottom of the page. You may adjust the order of your bookmarks at any time by dragging them within the Applications menu.

Keep in mind that you can also access individual groups by typing their names into the search box and following the direct link that appears.

At this time, it’s not possible to edit a Page category. If you would like to change the category, you will need to delete your current Page and create another one under the correct category.

Unfortunately, due to safety and security reasons, we do not allow admins to change the name of their Page. This policy is in place to prevent abuse and ensure that users are not fans of Pages that they wouldn't have fanned originally.

If you click on the "Create Your Profile" button and fill out the additional information, you will create a personal account to correspond with your business account. Once this final registration step is complete, these changes cannot be reverted. Deactivating your personal account will cause you to loose access to any Pages and Social Ads you've created.

After you have created a personal account, you can manage all the Pages and Socials Ads you’ve created by selecting "Ads and Pages" from the Applications menu, which is located on the bottom right side of your home page. The fans of your Pages will not be able to view or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name. However, if you wish to restrict your privacy so that other Facebook members cannot find you in search or add you as a friend, you can do so by clicking on "privacy" at the top any Facebook page.

There is currently no way to take away admin status from the creator of a Page. However, Page admins can add or remove other admins by following these steps:

1. Click the "Edit Page" link below the Page’s photo.
2. On the right hand side, click the "Add" link in the Admin section.
3. Select the friend you would like to add as an admin.

You can still update Fans by following these steps:

1. Navigate to your Page.
2. Click "Edit Page" beneath the profile picture.
3. Scroll down to the "Promote Your Page" section, located beneath
"Insights" and above "Admins" on the right column.
4. Click "Send an Update to fans."

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When you visit the Ads Manager you'll automatically default to the "All Campaigns" view. You can search for a specific ad or campaign by name in the search box or navigate to it through the appropriate campaign page.

You'll know you're on the correct page by its identification in the upper left corner. You will see "Campaign:" or "Ad:" and then the name of your campaign or ad.

To edit multiple campaigns or ads, simply check the boxes to the left of the rows you'd like to change. Above the list of campaigns or ads, you'll see a button with the option to "Edit # Rows". Click this button and you'll see that you can now make changes to many items at the same time. When you're finished, click "Save".

To make changes to your campaign's daily budget from the "All Campaigns" view, click on the budget amount for the campaign you'd like to change. A pop-up box will appear that allows you to modify your daily budget. When you've made your desired changes, click "Save".



Alternatively, you can click the checkbox to the left of any campaign you’d like to edit. Above the list of campaigns, you’ll see a button with the option to "Edit # Rows". Click this and you’ll be able to change the name, status or budget of any checked campaign. When you’re finished, click "Save".



From the individual campaign view, you can make changes to the campaign’s budget by clicking "edit" next to the "Daily Budget" listed at the top of the campaign details.



Please be aware that all changes made to a campaign will affect all the individual ads within that campaign. However, you can also make changes to your ads one at a time. To do this, click on the title of the campaign you’d like to manage. On the resulting page, you’ll be able to make changes to individual ads.

Changes should be effective within a few minutes. Any ad charges you've already accrued that day will be included in your new budget so as not to overcharge your account.

You can view and change the run dates of your campaign by clicking through to the individual campaign and changing its settings at the top of the page.



The start date for the campaign will be autofilled based on the date and time you began your campaign. Please note that if you select "No end date", your campaign will run until you choose to stop it. If you'd like your campaign to stop automatically on a certain date, be sure to set that date in these options. However, note that completed campaigns can't be restarted, so if you're going to want to run a campaign intermittently, you may want to manually pause and restart it as needed.

To make changes to a campaign, click on the option you'd like to edit (name, status, or budget). When you've made your desired changes, click "Save".

Alternatively, you can click the checkbox to the left of any campaign you'd like to edit. Above the list of campaigns, you'll see a button with the option to "Edit # Rows". Click this and you'll be able to change the name, status or budget of any checked campaign. When you're finished, click "Save".

You can also make changes to your ads one at a time. To do this, click on the title of the campaign you'd like to manage. On the resulting page, you'll be able to make changes to individual ads.

To delete a campaign from the All Campaigns page, simply click on the status of the campaign you'd like to delete and choose "Delete" from the drop down menu. When you're finished, click "Save".

If you would like to delete multiple campaigns you may do so from the All Campaigns page. Choose the campaigns you'd like to edit by clicking on the radio buttons to the left of each campaign. Above the list of campaigns, you'll see a button with the option to "Edit # Rows". Click this button and you'll see that you can now make changes to multiple campaigns at the same time. Then click on the status of the first campaign and select "Delete" from the drop down menu. Hover your mouse to the right of the field. You'll see a blue button with up and down arrows. Click on the down arrow to fill in the creative rows you've chosen. When you're finished, click "Save".

Search for your ad by the ad name in the search box or navigate to it through the appropriate campaign. You'll know you're on the correct page by its identification in the upper left corner. You will see "Ad:" and then the name of your ad.

If your campaign is currently paused, the ads in the campaign cannot be unpaused until the entire campaign is active again. To resume the campaign, click the "edit" link next to the campaign status, and set it to "Active". You should then be able to resume the individual ads.

To make changes to an ad's maximum CPC or CPM bid from the campaign view, click on the bid amount for the ad you'd like to change. A pop-up box will appear that allows you to modify your bid. When you've made your desired changes, click "Save".



From the individual ad view, you can make changes to the bid by clicking "edit" next to the bid listed at the top of the page in the ad information box.

You can stop or restart your ads by editing the "Status" at the top of the ad's page, or clicking on an ad's status when viewing in the Ads Manager's campaign view. "Deleted" ads can never be restarted, while "paused" ads can, so pause your ads if you may want to run them again. To restart paused ads, simply change their status back to "Active".

If your entire campaign is currently paused, you won't be able to restart individual ads. First unpause your campaign in order to run these ads again.

When you run your ad you will only be charged for the number of clicks you receive (CPC) or the number of impressions of your ad that are displayed (CPM). Paused or deleted ads will not accrue new charges.

When you choose to edit an ad, you'll be taken to the ad creation page with the ad creative, targeting, scheduling and payments fields pre-populated with your existing ad settings. The changes you make will replace your existing ad. Once you submit your changes, your ad will stop running until the new version has been approved by the Facebook Ads Team.

Ad edits cannot be undone. If you'd like to change your ad back to a previous version, you'll need to edit it again and make the desired changes.

If your ad was disapproved by the Facebook Ads team, please review the reasons given at the top of your Ads Manager and in your email. For most disapproval reasons, you'll see the option to edit your ad. Please make any necessary corrections and resubmit your ad for review again.

You can create a group by going to the Groups application and clicking "Create a Group" in the upper right corner of the page. On the following page, you will be able to add descriptive information about your group. All groups require a group name, description and group type. Click "Create Group" when you are finished.

After you have added this information, you will then be able to control settings related to your group’s privacy and add a group picture. You can change these settings at any time by clicking "Edit Group" on the group’s main page.

You can control the membership of a group you admin by following the "Edit Members" link on the group’s page. Note that you will not be able to remove the group creator even if you are an admin. If you do not see the option to remove a specific member of your group or to set the member as an admin, please submit a report to Facebook here.

As a group officer, your name and title will appear on the group's page. Officers have no additional privileges beyond regular members. Only group admins can edit group information, add and remove members, and appoint other admins and officers.

To become an admin, you will need to request this status from a current admin. You can also assume this role if you are a member of a group for which there is no current admin.

While regular members of a group will not be able to search within the list of group members, any group admin should be able to find a member by entering a full name into the search box on the Edit Members page. If you are unable to find a particular member using this process, please submit a report to Facebook here.

A group administrator, or admin, controls the membership and content of a group. Admins can send messages to the group, appoint other admins and edit group info and settings. They can also remove current members and other admins.

After creating a group, you will automatically be listed as both an admin and the group's creator. Any admin can add additional admins to a group by using the "Make Admin" button next to each member's name in the member list or on the Edit Members tab.

Any admin can add officers to a group by going to the Edit Group page and selecting the Officers tab. After clicking "make officer" next to a group member's name, the option to enter a specific position title will appear. Officers have no additional privileges beyond regular members. They are unable to send messages to all members or remove members. Officers' names and positions are displayed on the group's page.

Be sure to verify that you are a current administrator of this group. If your name displays in the "Officers" section only, even with a title of "admin," you are a group officer. While officers’ names and titles display on the group page, officers remain regular group members and do not have editing privileges. If you wish to become admin of this group, you will need to request this status from a current admin. They will be able to make this change using the button next to your name on the member list.

People from any network can join a group if the group's creator has listed its network is "Global." This option is set when the group is created and cannot be edited later. Global groups can have members from any network. When someone is in the same group as you, this does not allow them to see any more profile information than your privacy settings allow.

Unfortunately, you cannot edit the network of a group once it has been created. In order for your network-specific group to be a global group, you must create the group again.

You can invite people who do not have Facebook accounts to join your group if the group is set as global, but they will not be able to join until they register for Facebook.

Click the "Invite" tab on the "Edit Group" page and list your friends’ email addresses in the box labeled "Invite People via Email." Next, click "Send Invitations" to send email invitations to these people.

In order to join the group, they will need to register for Facebook. Instructions for joining Facebook will be included in the email they receive.

To change your date of birth:

1. Navigate to your own profile by clicking "Profile" at the top of any page.
2. Click on the "Info" tab.
3. Click on "Edit Information" at the top.

If you are under 18, please click here.

If your friends do not have any upcoming birthdays, you will not see a Birthdays section on your home page. In addition, we will never show your own birthday in this box, but rest assured that we will notify your friends of your upcoming birthday if your privacy settings are set to allow them to view it.

Please also keep in mind that you may be unable to see some notifications depending on a user’s privacy settings. You can update the visibility of your birthday while editing your profile.

We will never show you a notification for your upcoming birthday on the right side of the home page. Rest assured that we will show the notification on your friends' home pages, if you have allowed your birthday to be visible from the "Basic" tab of Edit My Profile.

You now have a variety of application settings to fine-tune your interactions with applications on Facebook. To get started, click on the "Applications" button at the left end of the Chat bar at the bottom of any Facebook page. In the menu that appears, click on the "Edit" link and you’ll be taken to the Edit Applications page, where you will see:

1. Bookmarks. Edit the settings of your bookmarked applications.
2. Authorized. Edit the settings of applications that you have used and allowed to access your information.
3. Wall Permissions. Determine what types of stories you want to appear related to these applications.
4. Additional Permissions. Adjust an application's ability to email you or access your data while offline (for example, a friend of yours might want to use an application with you even while you're not logged in to Facebook).
5. External Website Settings. Change your settings for external websites here.

You can edit your settings for a particular application from the Application Settings page. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click on Applications at the left end of the bottom menu.
2. Select "Edit" at the top of the menu that appears. This will take you to the Application Settings page.
3. Click "Edit Settings" to the right of the application in question.
4. Select the "Additional Permissions" tab to authorize or de-authorize additional permissions for the application in question.

You can also access your application settings from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.

Facebook has several features in place to limit the potential for abusive or annoying behaviors on the site. One of these features is a cap on the speed and frequency at which a user sends messages to other users while using the Inbox.

Please note that even if all of your conversations were legitimate interactions with friends, our Inbox message service is not a chat client and should not be treated as such. As a recommended alternative, we suggest that you check out the Facebook Chat feature, which allows you to exchange real-time messages with your confirmed Facebook friends.

To start using Facebook Chat, click the Chat icon in the bottom right corner of any Facebook page, and choose the "Go Online" option. You can start a conversation with any confirmed Facebook friend by clicking on their name in the "Online Friends" list. Once you send a message, your friend will receive an alert at the bottom of their screen, and they can reply by typing in the conversation box provided.

Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages. While you may not have been purposely trying to commercially solicit other users, repeatedly sending the same message or making the same post is a violation of Facebook’s Terms of Use and is considered a very serious offense.

To protect our users from spam and other unsolicited commercial messages, Facebook has imposed stringent guidelines that flag when a user repeatedly sends or posts the same message, even if you were simply trying to organize a group or event.

Facebook has several recommended alternatives that can ensure these situations don’t arise again. If you were trying to organize an event and were sending out all of the information in messages, we suggest you create a Facebook Event by going to the Events page and then clicking "Create an Event." You can then fill in all the necessary information for the event and invite all your friends using the invite feature within the event. You can also utilize the "Message All" feature, which allows you to message all guests that have RSVP’d ‘yes’ to the event.

If you were trying to promote your group by posting a link to join it in a message, on a wall, or in a discussion board, this can be construed as spam. We suggest making your friends administrators of this group so that they can invite their friends using the Invite functionality built into the group. You can do this by clicking on "Edit Group Members" and then on "make admin" next to the users’ names. Each admin can invite his/her own friends to the group.

If you think your account was disabled by mistake, you can send an appeal to Facebook.

Be sure to write from the email address associated with your disabled Facebook account. This step must be completed in order to verify account ownership.

Please include the following account information in your email:

• Full name
• Date of birth (month/day/year)
• Login email address
• Any additional information or questions

You can send this information to Facebook by clicking here.

Note that sending multiple emails will not result in a faster response. Once you submit your initial request, it is placed in a queue and responded to accordingly. We appreciate your patience.

You can keep up with what's happening on Facebook Platform in a number of places. You can read the Developer blog (or subscribe to the RSS feed), the Platform Status Feed (or subscribe to its RSS feed), and the weekly Push Changes articles for announcements, changes, and other important bulletins. Also, the Facebook Platform profile also provides updates.

You can update the "User Support" email address under "Contact Information" on the "Basic" tab of your application's "Edit Settings" page. To change who appears as the developer of your application please see the "Application Information" section of the edit page of your Application Profile page.

If there are any other developers currently listed on your application you'll need to ask them to add you as developer from the application's "Edit Settings" page.

If there are no longer any developers listed on your application, we can only restore applications to the account that originally created them and where there is currently no listed developer. If your account is the original creator and there are no other listed developers on the application, please fill out the developer help form and provide the application IDs of the applications you would like to re-claim as well as the user ID of your Facebook account.

You can choose to include a "Become a Fan" link when you create a Facebook Ad for a Page. This will allow users to connect with your Page directly from the ad, without interrupting their Facebook experience. They'll still be able to click on your ad and view the Page directly as well. To set up ads with a "Become a fan" link, click "Promote Page with an Ad" when viewing any Page you manage, and this option will be automatically added to the ad creative. Alternatively, you can create ads with this fan link when you choose to advertise your Page through the normal ad creation page.

If you'd like to advertise an Event you've created on Facebook, you can now also choose to let users RSVP directly from the ad. To do so, simply choose to advertise your Event from the Event page itself, or from the ad creation page as above.

You can choose to include an RSVP link when you create a Facebook Ad for an Event. This will allow users to connect with your Event directly from the ad, without interrupting their Facebook experience. They'll still be able to click on your ad and view the Event directly as well. To set up Event ads with an RSVP link, click "Promote Event with an Ad" when viewing any Event you manage, and this option will be automatically added to the ad creative. Alternatively, you can create ads with this link when you choose to advertise your Event through the normal ad creation page.

If you'd like to advertise a Page you manage on Facebook, you can now also choose to let users "Become a fan" directly from the ad. To do so, simply choose to advertise your Page from the Page itself, or from the ad creation page as above.

As with all Facebook Ads, you will bid for Facebook Ads for Pages and Events on a per-click (CPC) or per-impression (CPM) basis. The specific criteria for what counts as a "click" on each type of ad is described below.

Ads for Pages
If you choose to bid and pay per click (CPC), your clicks will include clicks on the title, image or ad body, as well as clicks on the "Become a Fan" link. When a user becomes a fan of your Page through the ad, that action will also be reported as an "Action" in your Facebook Ad reports. You won't be charged if a user clicks on his friends’ names appearing with the ad.

Ads for Events
If you choose to bid on a CPC basis, this will include clicks on your title, image, or ad body, as well as "Yes" and "Maybe" RSVPs through the link on the ad. You won't be charged when a user clicks on his friends’ names appearing with the ad, or for incomplete or "No" RSVPs.

If you choose to pay per thousand impressions (CPM), you will be billed when your ad is shown on the site, regardless of whether the user interacts with it.

If you choose to promote your Page or Event with an ad, we require you to use the Page or Event name as your ad title. If you'd like to change the title of your ad, you won't be able to include friend actions with your ad. We require advertisers use the name of their Page or Event as their ad title so that users are clearly aware of what they're engaging with when they become a fan or RSVP to an Event from within the ad.

You can add or change a profile picture in any of the following ways:

• To set a photo that you or a friend has already uploaded to Facebook as your profile picture, select "Make Profile Picture" at the bottom right when you are viewing the photo.
• To upload a picture that you have saved on your computer, move your mouse over your profile picture and click the pencil icon. Select "Upload a picture" from the drop-down menu and follow the on-screen directions.
• To take a new profile picture using your webcam, move your mouse over your profile picture and click the pencil icon. Select "Take a picture" from the drop-down menu and follow the on-screen directions. If you choose to take a picture using your webcam, you may first have to allow your Flash player to access your webcam.

You can edit the thumbnail version of your profile picture at any time by moving your mouse over your profile picture, clicking the pencil icon, and selecting "Edit Thumbnail." If you wish, you can also remove your profile picture by moving your mouse over your profile picture, clicking the pencil icon, and selecting "Remove your Picture."

If you are having trouble adding or changing your profile picture, please note that you cannot upload a photo if it is more than three times as tall as it is wide. If you are still experiencing this problem, please report the issue here.

You can share a Facebook photo with any of your friends on Facebook by clicking on the "Share" link located under a photo or photo album. Please note that in order to send a photo to a friend in a Facebook message, the photo needs to exist either in a Facebook album or elsewhere on the internet. If it exists elsewhere on the internet, copy the URL (web address) of the photo and paste it into your message to that person, and a preview of the photo will appear. If the photo does not exist on the internet, upload the photo to one of your Facebook albums. Then, click the "Share" link below the photo to send a link and preview of the photo to your friend. For instructions on how to upload, please see the answer above.

Identify the people in your photos by tagging the images. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Photos page and select "My Photos."
2. Click on the "Edit Album" link of the album that you want to tag.
3. Click on a person’s face in the photo and then select their name in the box that pops up. If their name is not in the box, you can type it in the text field.
4. Repeat this process for everyone in the photo that you would like to tag. If you need to tag yourself, select "me."
5. After you have finished tagging your photos, click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page.

Please note that when you tag a friend in a photo, it will be accessible from the "View Photos of" link beneath their profile picture.

You can also tag someone else’s photos while browsing them. To do this, click on "Tag This Photo" from the actions listed under the photo.

You can identify people in your photos by tagging the images.

To tag your photos, please follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Photos page and select "My Photos."
2. Click the "Edit Album" link of the album that you want to tag.
3. Click on a person’s face in the photo and then select their name in the box that pops up. If their name is not in the box, you can type it in the text field. If you need to tag yourself, select "me."
4. Repeat this process for everyone in the photo that you would like to tag.
5. Click "Save Changes" when you are done.

Please note that when you tag a friend in a photo, it will be accessible from the "View Photos of" link beneath their profile picture. You can also tag someone else’s photos while browsing them. To do this, click on "Tag This Photo" from the actions listed under the photo.

To remove the tag from a photo that someone else has uploaded and tagged you in, simply view the photo, and then choose "remove tag" at the bottom next to your name. The photo will no longer be linked to your profile. Please note that if you tag a user in a photo that you did not upload, you cannot remove or edit the tag. Only the owner of the photo and the tagged user will be able to do so.

Please note that you can set your notifications so that you always know when someone tags you or one of your photos. If you wish to remove a tag made on a photo that you uploaded, please select the "remove tag" link when viewing the photo.

To edit your album privacy, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the photo album.
2. Click the "Edit Photos" link at the top of the screen.
3. Select the Edit Info tab.
4. Update your album privacy.

Please also take note that if the photo resides in an album you do not own, then the owner of the album will need to adjust the album privacy. This may affect the visibility of photos in "View More Photos of Me" under your profile picture.

You can also access the photo album privacy settings by going to your Privacy Settings page, clicking "Profile Information," and then choosing a setting next to "Photo Albums."

To adjust the Wall permissions for the Photos application and allow or prevent it from publishing stories on your Wall, please follow these steps:

1. Select "Application Settings" from the Settings drop-down menu at the top right of any page.
2. Click "Edit Settings" to the right of the Photos application.
3. In the Edit Photo Settings box, select the Wall tab.
4. Change the setting to allow or restrict the application from publishing stories.

To access the Photos application if you do not see it in the Applications menu, type "Photos" into the search box at the top of the page and follow the link that appears. While using the application, you will see the option to bookmark it in the bar at the bottom of the page. You may adjust the order of your bookmarks at any time by dragging them within the Applications menu.

You can also edit the settings for an application at any time by selecting "Application Settings" from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of the page.

You can change the privacy settings for all of your photos by clicking on "Application Settings" from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of every Facebook page.

You can edit the privacy settings of a particular album by navigating to the album, clicking "Edit Photos," and then "Edit Info."

To change the privacy settings of photos you are tagged in, click "Privacy Settings" from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of every Facebook page, followed by "Profile Information." Choose a setting next to "Photos and Videos of Me."

When you are viewing your album, you will see a "public link" at the bottom of the page. Sending this link to friends or posting it on a website will allow everyone who clicks on it to view that album. Remember, this link will always work, even if you add photos or change your album privacy settings.

Anyone who can view your profile will be able to view your profile pictures. If you want to remove any of your profile pictures, you can do this by moving your mouse over your profile picture and selecting the "Change Picture" link that appears in the upper right-hand corner.

Photo album privacy differs from the Photos profile privacy setting on the Application Settings page. The latter setting only controls who can see the Photos tab or box on your profile.

To edit your photo album privacy, just go to the Photos tab at the top of your profile. On this tab, select the "Album Privacy" link in the photo albums section, edit the setting for each album, and click "Save Settings." You can also adjust the album privacy setting every time you create a new album.

Keep in mind that some people may be able to see your albums even when they cannot view them on your profile if your album privacy settings are open. These less restrictive settings include "Everyone," and "Friends of Friends." Please note that the "Everyone" privacy setting allows anyone on Facebook to view the album if they are linked to it.

To change the order of photos in a specific album, follow the directions below:

1. Go to that album and select "Edit Photos."
2. Click on the Organize Photos tab.
3. Drag photos into the order in which you would like them to appear.
4. Click "Save Changes" when you are finished rearranging them.

The album with the most recently added photo is displayed first. To change the order of albums, upload a new photo to the album you want to be listed first. You don't have to keep the photo; you can delete it and you'll still see that album first.

You can remove one of your photos while viewing it by clicking on the "Delete This Photo" link located beneath the photo. You can also delete photos from the "Edit Photos" tab. The delete option is also underneath every thumbnail.

If you want to delete an entire album, you can do so by clicking on the "Edit Photos" tab when viewing the album and then selecting "Delete Album."

To remove the tag from a photo that someone else has uploaded and tagged you in, simply view the photo, and then choose "remove tag" at the bottom next to your name. The photo will no longer be linked to your profile. Please note that if you tag a user in a photo that you did not upload, you cannot remove or edit the tag. Only the owner of the photo and the tagged user will be able to do so.

To add photo captions, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Photos page and select "My Photos."
2. Click the "Edit Album" link of the album that you want to add captions to.
3. Add captions in the box to the left of each photo.
4. Click "Save Changes" when you are done.

The best way for you to ensure that images are accessible for everyone is to include a caption with your images. The caption will allow you to briefly describe the image and will ensure that users who are unable to see the image have an alternative text description of the image.

You can identify people in your photos by tagging the images.

To tag your photos, please follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Photos page and select "My Photos."
2. Click the "Edit Album" link of the album that you want to tag.
3. Click on a person’s face in the photo and then select their name in the box that pops up. If their name is not in the box, you can type it in the text field. If you need to tag yourself, select "me."
4. Repeat this process for everyone in the photo that you would like to tag.
5. Click "Save Changes" when you are done.

Please note that when you tag a friend in a photo, it will be accessible from the "View Photos of" link beneath their profile picture. You can also tag someone else’s photos while browsing them. To do this, click on "Tag This Photo" from the actions listed under the photo.

To remove the tag from a photo that someone else has uploaded and tagged you in, simply view the photo, and then choose "remove tag" at the bottom next to your name. The photo will no longer be linked to your profile. Please note that if you tag a user in a photo that you did not upload, you cannot remove or edit the tag. Only the owner of the photo and the tagged user will be able to do so.

Please note that you can set your notifications so that you always know when someone tags you or one of your photos. If you wish to remove a tag made on a photo that you uploaded, please select the "remove tag" link when viewing the photo.

You can tag anyone in a photo, regardless of whether they have a Facebook profile. While tagging your photos, if you type in the name of someone who is not on your Friend List, you have the option of listing their email address. When you are done tagging, they will receive an email that provides a link to the image. They will be able to see the photos in which they are tagged, but nothing else on the site unless they register.

To tag another person’s photos, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the "Tag This Photo" link when you are browsing someone else's album. 2. Click on a person's face in the photo.
2. Select their name in the box that pops up. If their name is not already in the box, you can provide it. If you need to tag yourself, select "me."
3. Repeat this process for everyone in the photo.
4. Click the "Done Tagging" button at the top of the page once you've finished entering your tags.

To remove the tag from a photo that someone else has uploaded and tagged you in, simply view the photo, and then choose "remove tag" at the bottom next to your name. The photo will no longer be linked to your profile. Please note that if you tag a user in a photo that you did not upload, you cannot remove or edit the tag. Only the owner of the photo and the tagged user will be able to do so.

Please note that you can set your notifications so that you always know when someone tags you or one of your photos. You can control this setting from the "Notifications" tab on the Account Settings page.

View the photo and click the "remove tag" link next to your name. It will no longer be linked to your profile.

Remember that you can only tag your friends. If you are having problems with someone constantly tagging you in embarrassing photos, just remove them as a friend (from the Friends page).

If you don't want the photo to be shown at all, please talk to the person who posted it. They should be respectful enough to remove unwanted photos. Unfortunately, Facebook CANNOT make people remove photos that do not violate our Terms of Use.

If your city or town does not appear after typing it into the City/Town field on the Edit Event page, please submit your request here.

You can edit the time of an upcoming event that you admin by going to "Event Info" tab of the Edit Event page, changing either the start time or end time, and clicking "Save."

An email notification about the change will automatically be sent to the guest list. It is only possible to change the time of an event if its end time has not yet passed.

Due to restrictive search privacy, an event administrator’s name may be listed in black text and will not appear under the "Admins" section of the guest list. To contact this admin, you will need to use the event Wall or discussion board. If they remain unresponsive and you wish to gain admin status, you will need to create a separate event for this purpose.

You can change the default setting of your Publisher Control from the Privacy page using the following steps:

1. Select "Privacy Settings" from the Settings dropdown at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Click "Profile Information."
3. Click the "Change Settings" button and enter your password.
4. Adjust your Publisher default settings from the "Posts by Me" drop-down menu.

By selecting the "Customize" option in your Publisher Control, you can specify who is able and not able to view the content that you publish. When you choose "Customize," a dialog will appear. From the dialog, you can select or deselect certain networks, friends, and Friend Lists. Keep in mind you can create, edit, and manage Friend Lists from the Friends page.

For any content that you can edit (e.g., photo albums, videos, or notes), you can retroactively change the Publisher Control setting by finding the content you wish to edit and then changing the privacy setting.

For content that can't be edited (e.g., status updates or links), you cannot change the Publisher Control after you click "Share." Instead, you can delete the content from your Wall, which will remove it from your friends' home pages. To delete a post, hover over it on your Wall and click the "Remove" button. You can then republish the same content with the correct privacy controls.

Note that retroactive steps you take to change the setting or remove the content won’t prevent any further distribution off of Facebook that may result from the prior privacy setting enabling others to have access to and share the content.

To edit your profile, first go to your profile.

1. Select the Info tab.
2. Click "Edit Information" at the top-right.
3. Update information in the available fields.
4. Click "Save Changes."

When viewing your own profile, scroll over the blue title bar at the top of any profile box. If you are allowed to move the section, your mouse cursor will turn into an icon that points in four directions, and you can move the profile box up, down, left, or right. If the icon only points up and down, you can only move the profile box vertically.

When you see this icon, click the mouse and hold down. Drag the section around your profile until it’s in the spot you desire. If you are not able to move a section into a certain position, you will see an on-screen notification. Please note that your profile picture and sections on the Info tab can never be moved.

To add your relationship anniversary to your profile, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Info tab of your profile.
2. Select the "Edit Information" link.
3. In the Relationship Status field, use the drop-down menu next to "Anniversary" to select your anniversary date.
4. Select "Save Changes" when you are finished.

Note that you must first be in a relationship with someone on Facebook in order to select an anniversary date.

To add family members to your profile, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Info tab of your profile.
2. Select the "Edit Information" link.
3. In the Family field, use the drop-down menu to select the relationship you are adding.
4. Type your family member’s name. If you are entering children that are not on Facebook, you can include their dates of birth.
5. Click "Add another family member" to add more relatives.
6. Select "Save Changes" when you are finished.

Please note that your family member will need to confirm this relationship before their name appears as a blue link on your profile.

Anyone who is allowed to see the Family and Relationship sections of your profile will be able to view family members you list on your profile. To edit your Family and Relationship privacy setting, just visit the Profile Information section of your Privacy Settings page.

To change the privacy settings on each video you have uploaded, follow the steps below:

1. Select a video that you have uploaded.
2. Click "Edit this Video" beneath the video.
3. Choose a setting next to "Privacy."
4. Click "Save" when you are done.

To edit the privacy of videos tagged of you, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the "Privacy Settings" link in the Settings drop-down menu.
2. Select "Profile Information."
3. Choose a privacy setting next to "Photos and Videos of Me."

To record a video on your friend’s Wall, follow the steps below:

1. Go to your friend’s profile.
2. Select "Add Video" from the Publisher bar.
3. Record a video.
4. Click "Post."

You will need a webcam and a computer that has the latest Adobe Flash Player installed.

To post a video from YouTube or another video site on your friend’s Wall, follow the steps below:

1. Go to your friend’s profile.
2. Select "Share Link" from the Publisher bar.
3. Type a link from an external site into the bar.
4. Click "Preview."
5. Make changes if necessary and click "Post" when you are done.

There are four main ways to post external content, like videos, to your profile:

1. Click "Share Link" in the Publisher on your profile. Type a link from an external site into the bar and select the "Preview" link. Make changes if necessary and click "Post."
2. Go to the Links page, type a link from an external site into the box in the right sidebar, and click "Post." Make changes if necessary and select "Post."
3. Find "Share on Facebook" links on partner websites. Clicking on those links will generate a Share Box in a pop up window, where you can select "Post to Profile" and click "Post."
4. Go to the Links page and drag the "Share on Facebook" bookmarlet to your browser’s bookmarks bar. Whenever you are on a site and find something you'd like to share, click on the bookmarklet, select "Post to Profile, and click "Post."

When viewing or editing any of your videos, click the "Delete" link at the bottom of the page.

All of the videos tagged of a particular user will be accessible via the "View Videos of" link located below their profile picture. As always, you have the option to remove the tag for any videos that you’ve been listed in by viewing the video and clicking on the "remove tag" link next to your name.

View the video and click the "remove tag" link next to your name. It will no longer be linked to your profile.

Remember that you can only tag your friends. If you are having problems with someone constantly tagging you in embarrassing videos, just remove them as a friend (from the Friends page).

If you don't want the video to be shown at all, please talk to the person who posted it. They should be respectful enough to remove unwanted videos. Unfortunately, Facebook CANNOT make people remove videos that do not violate our Terms of Use.

If you see a video on Facebook you own the copyright to, select the "Report" option below the video and click the "Is this your copyrighted content?" link. You’ll be directed through the reporting process.

Alternatively, you can report content that you own the copyright to from the Copyright page.

You can view your ad as well as all the statistics related to the ads you have created on the Ad Campaigns page of the Ads Manager. On this page you can change your cost per click or CPM at any time while your ads are running, pause or unpause your ads, and delete your ads.

You will not see your ad actually running on Facebook unless you are a member of the target audience that you selected for your ad. Additionally, even if you are a member, you aren’t guaranteed to see your ad. This doesn't mean your ad isn't running, just that our system has determined that other ads would be more relevant to you. As long as you are seeing impressions reported in your ad statistics, this means your ad is running and can be seen by users.

To change the start/end dates of your campaign, simply click the "edit" link next to the ad campaign in question. You should then be able to edit the dates, or set your ads to run continuously. When creating your ad, please keep in mind that you cannot create ads for a date that is more than 30 days in the future.

When you choose to edit an ad, you'll be taken to the ad creation page with the ad creative, targeting, scheduling and payments fields pre-populated with your existing ad settings. The changes you make will replace your existing ad. Once you submit your changes, your ad will stop running until the new version has been approved by the Facebook Ads Team.

No, once you've edited an ad, the new version will replace the previous version. If you think you might like to run an older version of your ad again, you might want to "Create a Similar Ad" instead of editing the ad.

When you choose to create a similar ad, you'll be taken to the ad creation page with the details of your existing ad already filled in. This is not the same ad, but a new ad with the same details filled in. You can make changes to any field of this ad, and it will be submitted for review by the Facebook Ads Team. Your original ad will not automatically be paused or stopped, but you're welcome to do this if you no longer want the older ad to run on the site.

If you think you might want to run an older version of an ad again, or would like to run similar ads simultaneously and compare their performance during the same period, you might want to create a similar ad, since this will preserve the old version while creating a new one.

If you know you won't run your older ad again, or want continuous reporting before and after you change your ad, you might want to edit the ad so that the new version will replace the old.

Some settings are changing with the recent updates to Facebook privacy, but Facebook’s commitment to providing you control over your information is not. Here’s a summary of what’s changing:

• The Privacy page has been simplified, and in that process, some settings have been consolidated.
• A privacy control has been added to the publisher at the top of your home and profile page. This allows you to set privacy on individual posts. For example, you could post a status to Everyone or only to Friends. Learn more on the Publisher help page.
• Instead of having networks for regions (eg., Australia or New York City), people’s locations are now listed in the "Current City" or "Current Region" field of their profiles. This means if you use the "Friends and Networks" privacy setting, the networks part only applies to work and school networks.
• A basic set of information is publicly available, meaning it’s visible to anyone that’s able to navigate to your profile, applications you use on Facebook, and websites you connect with via Facebook. This information includes your name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend list, and Pages. Any additional information (eg., photos or videos) will only be exposed if your privacy settings allow it.

Keep in mind that anyone who navigates to your profile will be able to view your publicly available information and information you’ve made visible to Everyone. While you do have the option to hide your Friend List from being visible on your profile, it will be available to applications you use and websites you connect with using Facebook. In addition, your profile picture appears in places you make comments and posts. You can always change your current profile picture or lower your search visibility if you choose.

Though cities and regions are no longer considered networks, they still appear in your profile. If you were previously affiliated with a regional network, this location is now listed in the "Current City" or "Current Region" field of your profile. You can edit this information by hovering over the "Contact Information" section and clicking "Edit."

If you restricted any of your privacy settings to "My Networks and Friends," then only confirmed friends and people that are in shared networks (high school, college, or work) can see this content. If you’d like to open your content to a broader audience, you can always edit your settings from the Privacy page.

Minors (anyone under 18) who use Facebook have a slightly different experience with privacy than adults. Both adults and minors have publicly available information (name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, Friend List, Page) that will appear when people navigate to their profile and may be accessed by applications that they use. Adults and minors both appear in search results on Facebook.

However, the "Everyone" setting works differently for minors than it does for adults. When minors set information like photos or status updates to be visible to "Everyone," that information is actually only visible to their friends, friends of friends, and people in any school or work networks they have joined. Additionally, minors do not have public search listings created for them, so they do not appear in outside search engines until they have turned 18.

Applications you use and websites you connect to can access your publicly available information (name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, Friend List, and Pages) and any information that you share with "Everyone." If an application needs any more information beyond that, it will ask your permission.

Publicly available information includes your name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend list, and Pages. This information makes it easier for friends, family, and other people you know to connect with you.

Publicly available information is visible to people visiting your profile page, and Facebook-enhanced applications (like applications you use or websites you connect to using Facebook) may access this information. It does not allow people without Facebook accounts to contact you.

Your social ad settings have been moved to the Account Settings page, which you can access from the "Settings" drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page. From here, click the Advertising tab to change your settings. No changes have been made to the settings themselves, they’ve just moved to a new location.

Click the "Privacy Settings" option from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page. Then select the appropriate section to change your settings.

You can edit your settings for a particular application from the Application Settings page. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click on Applications at the left end of the bottom menu.
2. Select "Edit Applications" at the bottom of the menu that appears. This will take you to the Application Settings page.
3. Click "Edit Settings" to the right of the application in question.

Application privacy settings allow you to determine which applications can generate stories for your Wall and your friends’ News Feeds, appear on your profile, appear in your list of bookmarked applications, and send you email notifications or take additional actions. Please note that certain applications might not offer all of these options. Also keep in mind that you can remove an application’s association with your account at any time by finding it in the "Authorized" section of the Applications page and clicking "Remove."

Click the "Account Settings" option from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.

Click the "Account Settings" option from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page. Select the "Notifications" tab.

You can control who can add you as a friend or send you a message by following these steps:

1. Click the "Privacy Settings" option in the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Select "Contact Information."
3. Change the setting to control who can add you as a friend and who can send you a message.

Facebook created public search listings in 2007 to enable your friends to find you off of Facebook. When people search for you through a public search engine (eg, Google or Bing), they may see your public search listing. Your public search listing includes publicly available information (your name, profile picture, current city, gender, networks, friend list and pages). Please note that your Friend List will only appear in your public search listing if you allow Everyone to view this information.

In addition, any other information that you have made available to everyone using the Everyone privacy setting can be accessed by public search engines.

Your public search listing will only be available if you have the "Allow Indexing" box checked on the Search section of the Privacy Settings page. If you uncheck this box, people who do not yet use Facebook won’t be able to find you. Allowing your friends to find you both on and off of Facebook may make your experience more meaningful.

Whether or not a story is displayed is determined by the privacy setting of the content itself. For example, only people who are permitted to see your "Family and Relationship" information would be able to see a story about you changing your relationship status. Similarly, if someone would otherwise be able to see a particular photo and comments, they would also be able to see the story about you making a comment on the photo.

Restricting your own content will prevent stories from being published, but keep in mind you cannot control the privacy of other people’s content (such as a friend’s photo album). If you want to remove a particular story, simply click the "Remove" button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it.

To edit your default Notes privacy setting, go to the Profile Information section of your Privacy Settings page and choose a setting next to "Posts by Me."

To edit the privacy of an individual note while editing the note, just select your preferred privacy setting from the "Who can see this?" drop-down menu near the bottom of the page.

To add photos to a note:

1. While you are writing or editing a note, click "Choose File" below the body of the note.
2. Click "Browse" to find and upload the image you want from your computer. Once the image is uploaded, you will be given the option to write a caption. The photo will then be assigned an identifier, like "Photo 1."
3. Move this identifier text to the place in the text where you would like the image to appear. Next to the photo thumbnail, you will have the option to determine how you want the image aligned on the page (centered, right, side of the page, etc...)
4. Click the "Publish" button when you are finished, or "Save Draft" to make more changes in the future before publishing your note. To view drafts at a later date, click the "My Notes" link on the Notes main page, and then click the "Drafts" tab.

When you are writing or editing a note, there will be an option on the right side of the page to "Tag people in this note." Type one of your friends' names in the box, and then select that person's name to tag them. We will also suggest possible matches based on a quick scan of the text. If you want to tag yourself in the note, simply type your name or "Me."

By default, anyone who can see your notes can comment on them. To edit this setting, click the "Edit notes privacy" link located in the right column of the Notes main page. On the following page, select your preferred privacy setting and click "Save."

To edit a note that you have already written, click "Edit Note" below the note's title. Once you have finished editing the note, be sure to click "Save." A story will not appear on your profile page when you have edited a note.

From the Notes About Me page, click on the title of the note you don't like. On the right side of the page, under "In this note," you will see your profile photo and name. Simply click "remove tag" under your name. The note will no longer lead to your profile.

The News Feed is not a real-time stream but based on an algorithm determining popular and interesting content. Factors include how many friends are commenting on a certain piece of content, who posted the content, and what type of content it is (e.g., photo, video, or status update).

To see what other changes have been made to the home page, please click here.

The "Edit Options" link will only appear if you have hidden something in your News Feed or Live Feed.

Yes, you can change your daily budget at any time. Please allow up to 15 minutes for the system to implement your budget change.

The amount you've already spent that day will be include in your new budget. We'll never charge you more than your daily budget; if you've already spent more than your new budget at the time you change it, your ads will stop running until the following day.

It's only currently possible to set a daily budget for your ads, not a monthly or total budget. You can change your daily campaign budget, or pause or delete your ads from within your account at any time. We will never charge you more than your current daily campaign budget, and paused or deleted ads won't accrue any new charges.

You can view your current email address and add or delete addresses from the Settings tab of the Account Settings page. Your Facebook email notifications will only be sent to the address you designate as your "Contact Email," so be sure this information is accurate.

To change your contact email, just click the "change" link next to Email. Select any other email address you have listed on your account and click the "Change Contact Email" button to finish.

If you would like to add another email address to your account, just enter that new address in the open field next to "New Email." Once you confirm the address, you can go back and set it as your contact email.

Pages will receive News Feed distribution for various actions fans take on the Pages. Users will see these stories and can click through to the Page and can then become of fan of the Page. Alternatively, if a user sees a Page he likes on a friend’s profile, he can visit the Page by clicking on the Page’s profile photo. He can also search for the Page by name, either within Facebook or from a global search portal. On the Page, he can click on the "Become a Fan" button in the upper right hand corner.

To remove a fan, please follow the steps:

1. Click "See all" under the Fans section
2. Select the "X" next to a user's name
3. Click "Remove."

As a Page admin you can select who is able to search for and become a fan of your Page. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Click the "Edit Page" link beneath the Page’s photo.
2. Click the pencil icon in the Settings section and select "Edit" from the drop-down menu that appears.
3. Make country and/or age restrictions.
4. Click the "Save Changes" button.

The "Find Us on Facebook" badge provides your business a way to promote your Page off of our website, and help direct your customers to your presence on Facebook. This Badge can be applied in-store or on location, on the web, and in print collateral. You can learn how to create a badge for your Page from the "Promotion Guidelines" link, in the "Promote your page" section when you are editing your Page, or by clicking here.

Facebook Pages come pre-installed with custom functionality for each Page category. These are the applications and information fields Facebook believes will be most relevant to the category you have selected when creating your Page. For instance, a Band Page comes pre-installed with a music player, video player, discography, reviews, tour dates, and a discussion board.

To control settings and add content to applications, click "Edit Page" when you view your Page. You will see applications currently available, as well as a link to add more at the bottom of the page.

It is easy to remove any application you no longer want to appear on your Facebook Page. You can either click on the "X" in the top-right corner of the application’s box in your Facebook Page. Or, on the "Edit Page" for your Facebook Page, you can click the "X" in the upper right corner of an application in the Applications section of that page.

If you want to re-add an application that you removed, go to the Application Directory and search for the name of the application. Click through to the application page, and select "Add to Page" in the upper right part of that page and then select the Page you’d like to add the application to from the drop down menu next to "Add this application to."

Any applications you aren't seeing on your Page in the new format have probably been moved to one of the tabs on the Page, such as the "Photos" or "Boxes" tab. You can click the pencil icon in the upper right corner of most application boxes and choose to move these applications to another tab. Rest assured old applications have not been removed from your Page in the new format.

To change which tab fans or non-fans will see first when arriving at your Facebook Page, first click the "Wall" tab on your Page, then click the "Settings" link that appears below the blue "Post" button.

You'll need to create events under the "Events" tab on your Page in the new format. If you already have events on your Page, this tab should already be showing.

If you haven't yet created events through your Page, you will first have to add the "Events" tab to your Page. To do so, you can click the "+" sign at the top of the Page Publisher and choose the "Events" option. You should then see a new tab called "Events" from which you can create and edit Page events.

To change the tab which shows by default on your Page, simply click the "Settings" button which appears below the blue Share button on your Wall tab. Then, adjust your settings appropriately.

Only the official representative of a public figure, brand, or organization is permitted to create a Facebook Page. We block a variety of Page title terms to prevent the creation of fake, unauthorized, or otherwise abusive Pages.

If you are the authorized representative of your desired Page subject, please contact us through the form linked from the error message you see when trying to create the Page.

If you aren't the authorized representative and would like to create a space for fans of a certain topic or figure to share their thoughts and opinions, we suggest you create a Facebook group.

In order to use a different currency for Facebook Ads, you'll need to create a second advertising account in the new currency within your existing Facebook account. To do so, visit the Settings tab in your Ads Manager and click the "edit" link next to your listed currency, then follow the steps to create a second account. You can maintain up to two advertising accounts within your Facebook Ads Manager, under a single login.

After you create your new account, you will have the option to copy your existing campaigns and ad settings to the new account and currency. The ads in your original account will automatically be paused and your daily spend limit will be reduced to the minimum.

It's not possible to change the currency of a particular account once it's set. Rather, you can maintain up to two different accounts, each with a different currency, within your Facebook account. Once they're set up you won't be able to change the currencies associated with those accounts.

All Pages are eligible to claim usernames if they have more than 25 fans.

Usernames were created to make it easier for Facebook users to identify their profile and share with others. As a public figure, business or brand with a Page on Facebook, your username should be straightforward and easy to remember. Facebook encourages you to consider the following when creating a username for Pages:

• Create a username that is as close as possible to your public figure or business name (e.g. AshtonKutcher, PizzaHut).
• If you own the rights to a given name, make it your username so that others cannot obtain it.
• Usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (".").
• Choose a username you will be happy with for the long term. Usernames are not transferable.
• Your username must adhere to Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

No. Once you have claimed a username by clicking the "Confirm" button, it is not possible to edit it, or to transfer your username to a different account on Facebook. Additionally, when an account is removed from the site, its username will not be made available to other users for security reasons.

If you wish to report that someone’s username infringes your rights, please fill out our username IP infringement form. For all other reports of intellectual property infringement, including Page names, please click here.

At this time, generic words are not available as usernames. Facebook encourages all users and Page administrators to create a username that closely matches the true identity of their name or business.

Only stories about public gifts may appear on your wall, just like when you post on someone's Wall. The gift itself will not be displayed on your wall, but a story saying that you've sent a gift may appear. You can edit your wall privacy settings to prevent these stories from being published to your wall.

You cannot delete a gift that you have already sent. Only the recipient can delete the gift. If the gift you sent is a public gift, you can change the privacy setting on the gift from public to private.

You can only change a gift from public to private. Once a gift is private, it cannot be made public. To make a public gift private, click on the 'Make it Private?' option on the gift in the recipient's Received Gifts page, accessible by clicking on the 'See All' link in the recipient's Gift Box.

• To join a college network, you need to have a valid school email address. If you've already graduated, college alumni email accounts work too. You must be able to access this email address to confirm your affiliation. Join a college network from the Networks tab of the Account Settings page, which can be accessed from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of every page.
• To join a high school network, you must be a current high school student. If you have a school email address or an invitation from another member of your high school network, you will be able to affiliate during sign up. Alternatively, you can sign up for the site as an unaffiliated high school user. You will be asked to list your high school's name. Once you are on the site, you will need to be approved by a classmate in your high school network in order to join it. If you do not successfully affiliate with a high school network within sixty days, you will not be confirmed into the network and it will be removed from your account.
• To join a work network, you need to have a work email address from a supported company. This will put you on a network with your coworkers. Join a work network from the Networks tab of your Account Settings page, which can be accessed from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of every page.

You can add a new network by going to the Networks tab of your Account Settings page and following the steps provided. Please note that you will have to validate your affiliation with college and/or work networks via an authenticated email address. Facebook allows you to be a member of up to five different networks. For example, transfers and grad students can be part of networks at two different schools; recent college grads can be affiliated with their school and their place of work.

Note that joining a new network will by default make your profile visible to other members of that network. If you would like to restrict your profile privacy, you can do this on your Privacy Settings page. Joining a new network will not change previous settings for content you’ve added like photos, videos, etc.

You can join multiple networks, but you will have to choose one to be your primary network. Your primary network should be whichever network you feel most connected with. Note that your primary network will appear next to your name, and will influence which search results you see first. For example, if you belong to the NYU network and the Harvard network, and select NYU as your primary network, your name will appear as John Smith (NYU) to other users. Similarly, when you search for something, results from NYU will appear first, followed by results from the Harvard network, and then from other networks.

You can change your primary network by going to the Networks tab of your Account Settings page. Simply click on the "Make Primary" link to the right of the network that you want to identify yourself with the most.

The price of gifts changed to reflect a change in the value of the credits used to purchase gifts. Credits are now 10 for $1 USD. Most gifts in the gift shop now cost 10 credits instead of 100.

Your balance was updated to reflect an increase in the value of each credit. Credits are now 10 for $1 USD. Most gifts in the gift shop now cost 10 credits instead of 100. For example, if you had 300 credits, you now will have 30 credits and would still be able to buy 3 gifts.

Facebook introduced a credit-based purchasing model for the Gift Shop to allow for more flexibility in how virtual gifts are valued. This enables us to introduce variable gift values over time, so that users can give gifts with different values and express different levels of significance.

With Facebook Ads for Pages and Events, you may see stories about actions your friends have taken on Facebook attached to ads you see. For example, you might see a story about a friend becoming a fan of a Page related to the ad you're seeing. Similarly, your friends might see stories about you that relate to the ads they're seeing. Such stories will only be shown to friends, and will adhere to any privacy settings you've set for your account.

You can see examples of these kinds of ads here.

Facebook does not give third party applications or ad networks the right to use your name or picture in ads. The ads you see running within application pages are served by ad networks outside of Facebook, and not by Facebook itself.

You can report concerns you have about the content or behavior of any platform application directly to the developer of that application by going to the application's About page and clicking "Report Application" at the bottom of the page, or by clicking "Report" at the bottom of any canvas page within the application.

Please note that your privacy settings for Facebook Ads do not control application behavior, but we will take action on applications that violate our Terms of Use or SSR.

You can edit your ad privacy settings through the "Settings" tab at the top of any page within Facebook, or by clicking here.

You can reset your password by clicking here. If you know your password and would like to change it, you can change it from the "Settings" tab on the Account page.

You can change your login email address at any time in the Settings tab of the Account page. Please note that you can log in with any email address you have added to your account. However, if you no longer have access to an email address associated with your Facebook account, you will need to contact your email service provider in order to regain access to that address.

If you forgot your password or would like it reset, click here to reset your password.

If you’re still unable to log in or change your login email address, click here.

If you are having trouble accessing an existing account on the site, please do not create another account, as this is a violation of our Terms of Use and may delay resolution of the issue.

You can change your password from the "Settings" tab on the Account page.

Please note that any of the email addresses associated with your account can be used as login email addresses. You can add or edit your email addresses from the Settings tab of the Account page. If you are having trouble accessing an existing account on the site, do not create another account, as this is a violation of our Terms of Use and may delay resolution of the issue.

Facebook sends a notification to every email address associated with an account when someone has been able to register one of the addresses on the account. This happens when a person clicks on a link sent to the email address when creating a new account, or when adding the address to an existing account.

If you still own the email address in question, you can add it back to your account by going to the "Settings" tab on the Account page and following the same process. You may want to change the password for the email address, as someone else may have been able to access it in order to confirm the contact change.

If you no longer own the address, you will not be able to add it back to your account. If you still own the email address but are unable to access it, please contact your email provider for assistance with regaining access to the address.

You can change your username from the Settings tab of the Account Settings page. Scroll down to "Username" and click "change." Then follow the on-screen directions. Keep in mind you will only be able to change your username once.

You may not be able to claim a username for several reasons. Usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period ("."), for example -- john.smith55. It is important to note that a period (".") does not count as a part of a username; therefore, names like johnsmith55, john.smith55, john.smith.55, etc. all constitute the same username. Usernames also must be at least 5 characters long. Usernames are not case sensitive. Facebook also prevents certain words from being included in usernames. It is not possible to copy a username that someone else has already claimed.

If Facebook has indicated that your username cannot be claimed, you will need to select a different one. You will see a green checkmark indicating that a potential username is available before you actually claim it.

No. A period (".") does not count as a part of a username; therefore, names like johnsmith55, john.smith55, john.smith.55, etc. all constitute the same username.

People have to click on the "Confirm" button to finalize their selection. After that time, it cannot be changed.

We think there are many options for users to choose a username that represents their identity. But we also wanted to help our users avoid potential disputes concerning usernames that may be protected by intellectual property rights. In order to do that, we have encouraged rights owners to contact us if they want to reserve/protect certain names.

We've taken steps to limit this behavior. Only those who created accounts before username availability was publicly announced at 3 p.m. on June 9, 2009 will be eligible during the first wave, which lasts until 11:59 p.m. On Sunday, June 28, 2009. After 11:59 p.m. Users will be required to have a verified Facebook account, which may require mobile phone authentication. This decision was made to prevent people from creating new accounts just to take advantage of reserving a username. We've also reserved certain names that have been brought to our attention in an effort to help third parties protect their intellectual property and other rights. We also have a strict no transferability policy. If we determine that usage of a username is for squatting, that username will be reclaimed by Facebook.

If your account was compromised and a username was selected without your consent, please report the issue here.

Please make sure that the email associated with your account is secure. If you're having trouble logging in with your normal email and password, try resetting your password using the link on the login page. An email will be sent to you with steps for completing the process. If the email on your account has been changed, or if you are unable to access your profile, please send include information about the account in your report so we can look into it further and hopefully restore access.

You can control who is allowed to see specific elements of your profile from your Privacy Settings page, which you can access by selecting the "Settings" link at the top of every Facebook page.

To remove a particular Wall story:

1. Hover your mouse over the right corner of the Wall story
2. Click the "Remove" button

To control the types of content that can be seen on your Wall:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the Settings drop down menu
2. Click on the "Profile Information" link.
3. Update the "Posts by Me" and "Posts by Friends" sections to your desired privacy level. For example, if you only want your friends to be able to see your Wall, simply adjust the settings for both of these options to "Only Friends."

To turn off Wall stories published by specific applications:

1. Go to the Application Settings page from the Settings drop down menu.
2. Click the "Edit Settings" link next to the application you would like to edit.
3. Select the Additional Permissions tab in the box that appears and uncheck the box next to "Publish recent activity to my Wall."
4. Click the "Okay" button.

Facebook allows you to block many News Feed and Wall story types, but it does not allow you to block all of them.

To prevent certain content that you update on your Profile from appearing on your Wall, such as your work information or relationship status:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the Settings drop down menu.
2. Click the "Profile Information" link.
3. Click on the "Change Settings" button and enter your password.
4. Update the "Personal Info," "Religious and Political Views," "Family and Relationship," and "Education and Work" sections to the privacy level that you wish by clicking on the lock icon next to them. For example, if you do not want your friends to see changes that you make when updating these areas, simply make these visible to "Only Me," by selecting the "Customize" option.

If you want to remove a particular Wall story, simply click the "Remove" button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it. Removing the Wall story does not prevent a News Feed story from being generated.

Remember, other users can only see Wall stories about these actions if they have permission to see them elsewhere on the site. For example, if you create a secret event that they are not invited to, they will not see a story about it. If someone is viewing your profile and they are not allowed to see your photo albums, they will not see any Wall stories about you adding photos.

By default, your Wall is visible to anyone who can see your profile. You can restrict who can post to your Wall or view what is posted on it by going to the "Profile Information" section of the Privacy Settings page and editing your "Posts by Me" and "Posts by Friends" settings.

The "Wall-to-Wall" link is only available for people who are permitted to see the profiles of both individuals. This link allows you to see the history of Wall posts between two people. While it cannot be removed, you can restrict who can view this link on your profile by editing your Wall privacy. To do this, go to the "Profile Information" section of the Privacy Settings page and scroll down to "Posts by Me," and "Posts by Friends" sections.

Facebook allows you to prevent certain types of stories from being published about yourself. It’s important to remember that you can select a privacy setting for every post that you make. Whenever you share something, look for the lock icon. Clicking on it will bring up a menu that lets you choose who will be able to see your post, from Friends, to Friends of Friends, to Everyone, to even more Customized options that let you hide posts from certain people or friend lists.

To prevent certain content that you update on your Profile from appearing on your Wall, such as your work information or relationship status:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the Settings drop down menu.
2. Click the "Profile Information" link.
3. Click on the "Change Settings" button and enter your password.
4. Update the "Personal Info," "Religious and Political Views," "Family and Relationship," and "Education and Work" sections to the privacy level that you wish by clicking on the lock icon next to them. For example, if you do not want your friends to see changes that you make when updating these areas, simply make these visible to "Only Me," by selecting the "Customize" option.

There are three ways you can filter your Wall:

1. [Your Name] + Friends. This default filter displays your own Wall posts, posts made by your friends, and stories generated by your activity on Facebook.
2. Just [Your Name]. This filter includes any posts that you have made to your Wall and stories generated by your activity on Facebook.
3. Just Friends. This filter displays all posts that your friends have made on your Wall.

If you would like to prevent certain stories from being published about you on your Wall, visit the "Profile Information" section of your Privacy Settings page.

To prevent certain content that you update on your Profile from appearing on your Wall, such as your work information or relationship status:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the Settings drop down menu.
2. Click the "Profile Information" link.
3. Click on the "Change Settings" button and enter your password.
4. Update the "Personal Info," "Religious and Political Views," "Family and Relationship," and "Education and Work" sections to the privacy level that you wish by clicking on the lock icon next to them. For example, if you do not want your friends to see changes that you make when updating these areas, simply make these visible to "Only Me," by selecting the "Customize" option.

It’s important to remember that you can also control which stories appear on your Wall every time you share content. When sharing something, look for the lock icon. Clicking on it will bring up a menu that lets you choose who will be able to see your post.

You cannot remove your primary credit card without first making another verified credit card the primary card. To see the card that you have listed as your primary credit card or to change primary cards, go to your Ads Manager and then the ‘Billing’ tab. From this tab, click on ‘Funding Sources.’ From this tab, you can see all credit cards listed on your account, and make any verified credit cards your primary card.

The number of notifications or requests that an application can send for a user is adjusted daily based on the effectiveness of the notifications and requests. This is based on several factors included how many users mark a notification as spam or ignore a request. As user feedback changes, allocations change accordingly.

When we introduced the new stream format, the new focus of the Feed forms (for both applications and Facebook Connect sites) was the ability for users to add personal messages to each story when they shared the story. Because users can add their own message to each individual story, the "always publish" feature no longer applies, so we decided to remove the checkbox for "always publish".

Going forward, we recommend you use Feed forms whenever appropriate in your application as it’s a great chance for a user to add a personal message as they are sharing in the stream. If the user already adds a personal message within your application, you can pre-default that in the Feed form with the user_message parameter.

If Feed forms are not appropriate for your application, or if users are taking actions many times and would like to skip the feed forms, you can publish stories directly to users’ profiles using the stream.publish method. In order to use this method, users must first grant the publish_stream extended permission. With this method, you can pass a user message and should only do that with messages the users have directly typed into your application.

The Publisher lets you share content on Facebook. It is located at the top of both your home page and on your profile. Both locations offer the same functionalities.

Typing in the Publisher text box and clicking "Share" updates your status. Clicking inside the text box displays additional types of content that you can share:

• Link (add a web address to external content)
• Photos (upload a photo, create an album, or take a webcam photo)
• Video (upload a video or record a webcam video)
• Note (add from Facebook’s Notes application)
• Import (add external blogs or RSS feeds)
• Gifts (add from Facebook’s Gift Shop)

Once you have added content, you will still need to click "Share" in order to publish a story. To exit the submenu for a specific type of content, simply click the "X" in the upper-right corner of the Publisher box.

The Publisher also allows you to select a privacy setting for every post you make. After clicking inside the text box, or attaching your content, look for the lock icon next to the "Share" button. Clicking on it will bring up a menu that lets you choose who will be able to see your post, from Everyone, to Friends, to Friends of Friends.

If you type in the Publisher box and then add content (e.g., a link or a video), the text will appear as a comment above the content you have shared. It will not appear as a new status update or replace your current status.

Additionally, you can:

• Go to the Links page, enter a URL from an external site into the box in the right sidebar, and click "Post." Make changes if necessary, and select "Post."
• Find "Share on Facebook" links on partner websites. Clicking on those links will generate a Share Box in a pop up window, where you can select "Post to Profile" and click "Post."
• Go to the Links page and drag the "Share on Facebook" bookmarlet to your browser’s bookmarks bar. Whenever you are on a site and find something you'd like to share, click on the bookmarklet, select "Post to Profile, and click "Post."

To edit the title or description of a link you're posting, simply click on the preview of the title or description that you see after you click on "Preview" and before you click on "Post."

If a preview is not displaying correctly for your URL, you may need to contact the webmaster of the site you are trying to share to check whether it meets Facebook's requirements.

In order to generate a Share preview successfully, a website must include the following three meta tags in its source HTML:

< meta name="title" content="Article headline here" />
< meta name="description" content="Article summary here" />
< link rel="image_src" href="http://www.example.com" />

Please make sure that this site includes these tags in the section of its HTML. Also, note that these tags are case-sensitive and URLs must be absolute. For more information, review the "Making sure Share Preview works" section listed here.

If you have determined that this site includes all of the necessary metatags but it is still not generating the correct preview, please submit a report here.

To ensure that links are published when you click "Share", please verify that you have allowed the Links application to publish these stories. To check, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Application Settings page, accessible from the Settings tab at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Click "Edit Settings" to the right of the Links application.
3. Click the Additional Permissions tab.
4. Make sure that the "Publish to streams" box is checked.

Additionally, please make sure that your "Status and links" privacy setting allows your friends to view your status and shared links. You can adjust this setting from the "Profile" section of your Privacy Settings page.

Unfortunately, this functionality is not currently available. It is not possible to edit the description of a shared link after it has been posted.

Please report this issue here.

From the Developer application click on the name of the application, click "Edit Settings", and then click "Remove" next to the name of the developer you'd like to remove or type the name of a friend you'd like to add as a developer. If you're trying to remove yourself and you are the only listed developer, you will not be able to remove yourself. You'll need to delete the application (see "How do I delete an application I created?").

From the Developer application click on the name of the application you'd like to delete and click "Delete Application" in the bottom right corner.

Each week before the weekly push goes live, we release the code to beta.facebook.com to give you a chance to test your applications against the upcoming code push. The beta tier is usually available on Mondays, and push occurs on Tuesday afternoons/evenings.

You are most likely in Sandbox mode. You can disable Sandbox mode from the Advanced tab of your application's "Edit Settings" page.

"Can I use callMethod in Java? I use old Facebook libraries which don't have these functions (stream.get, stream.publish), and for some reason I can not find the way to specify the function that I want to use. I try to use callMethod function and I have problem with IFacebookMethod class which has MethodName() function without parameters. I can't set method name for instance."

You should be able to, depending on its implementation. Is there now way for you to specify the method name as a string? Alternatively, the Java community would love for someone to update the client library with these new methods if you choose to do so.

To prevent flash from obscuring everything in the browser, set the flash parameter "wmode" to opaque or transparent versus the default window mode. A full explanation to the window modes can be found at http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=e5141

Using a trademarked term in your application violates section I.13 of the Platform Guidelines. More details on trademarked terms and specific policies are outlined in I.13.

Facebook’s trademarks include but are not limited to FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK LOGO, F LOGO, FB, WALL, POKE and 32665, or any trademarks or terms confusingly similar to Facebook’s trademarks, in any way that may suggest that Facebook is affiliated with, endorses, or sponsors the developer or the developer’s application.

Visit facebook.com/copyright.php for more information about copyright procedures and infringement.

To let your confirmed Facebook friends know that you are available to chat, click the Chat icon in the bottom right corner of your browser window when signed into Facebook and choose the "Go Online" option from the window that appears. You can click the "Go Offline" link at any time to stop receiving messages through Facebook Chat.

To go offline for a Friend List, click the white circle to change the status bar from green to grey. Going offline for a particular Friend List will not remove that Friend List from appearing in your Chat window.

In order to select which Friend Lists appear in Chat:

1. Click on "Chat" in the bottom tool-bar.
2. Select "Friend Lists."
3. Click the name of the list you would like to show or remove.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 as needed for each list.

To create a Friend List in Chat:

1. Click on "Chat" in the bottom tool-bar.
2. Click on "Friend Lists."
3. Beneath "Create a new list" at the bottom of the tab, enter the name of the list you wish to create and hit "enter."
4. Once your new List is visible in your Chat window, drag the names of people you want to include into the list.
5. Alternately, move the mouse near the name of your Friend List, and click "edit" to add multiple friends to the list at the same time.

To remove someone from a Friend List in Chat:

1. Click on "Chat" in the bottom tool-bar
2. Move your mouse to the Friend List you would like to edit
3. Click "edit"
4. In the window that comes up on the screen, click "Selected" to see who is currently on that Friend List
5. Click on the person you wish to remove in order to take them off the List

The Gift Shop was recently redesigned to deliver more ways for people to share gifts that are meaningful, useful, and fun with friends. Instead of having all gifts displayed within one box, you can now browse gifts more easily, the way you might in a mall. The new "mall style" design allows you to shop for gifts by categories, including sports, virtual gifts, charities, real gifts, e-cards, and music.

We will be rolling these changes out to everyone in the coming weeks, so don’t worry if you don’t see them. Note that music gifts and real gifts are currently limited to users located in the US only. All other gifts are available to users worldwide. We are working on expanding music and real gift options to those outside of the US as soon as possible.

Some users are experiencing this duplicate tagging. If you would like to submit a report, please click here.

If you are using Firefox, you have probably changed your browser settings to block Facebook images. To resolve this problem, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the "Tools" menu.
2. Choose "Options."
3. Click on the "Content" tab.
4. Across from "Load images automatically," click "Exceptions."
5. Highlight the Facebook URL.
6. Click "Remove site."
7. Close the Exceptions window.
8. Click "OK."
9. Restart your browser.

If you don't see an "Options" selection in the "Tools" menu, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Go to the "Firefox" menu.
2. Choose "Preferences."
3. Click on the "Content" tab.
   
4. Across from "Load images automatically," click "Exceptions."
5. Highlight the Facebook URL.
6. Click "Remove site."
7. Close the Exceptions window.
8. Click "OK."
9. Restart your browser.

If you continue to experience this problem, please submit your report to Facebook here.

Please make sure you are using an unedited version of the image. Editing the photo using third party software may cause it to upload incorrectly or fail to upload entirely.

Please also make sure that the length or width of the photo you are uploading is not over three times longer than the other dimension.

Please note that we only support the uploading of .jpg, .gif, .bmp, and .png files.

The maximum file size is 15 MB.

Please make sure that you have the latest version of your browser installed and have also updated to the latest version of Java. If you continue to experience problems, please report this issue here.

This issue is due to your application settings being too restrictive. In order to resolve the problem, please follow these instructions:

1. Select Applications Settings from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of every Facebook page.
2. Click "Edit Settings" to the right of the Photos application.
3. In the Edit Photos Settings pop-up box, select the Profile tab.
4. Adjust the privacy setting to something other than "Only Me" and then click "Okay."

Photo album privacy differs from the Photos profile privacy setting on the Application Settings page. The latter setting only controls who can see the Photos tab or box on your profile.

To edit your photo album privacy, just go to the Photos tab at the top of your profile. On this tab, select the "Album Privacy" link in the photo albums section, edit the setting for each album, and click "Save Settings." You can also adjust the album privacy setting every time you create a new album.

Keep in mind that some people may be able to see your albums even when they cannot view them on your profile if your album privacy settings are open. These less restrictive settings include "Everyone," "All of My Networks," "Some of My Networks" and "Friends of Friends." Please note that the "Everyone" privacy setting allows anyone on Facebook to view the album if they are linked to it.

In order to add a photo to the Profile Pictures album, you must upload that photo as your current profile picture.

For more instructions on how to upload a profile picture, please click here.

Facebook's ad system employs an algorithm that estimates the best performing ad based on a variety of factors, including the historical performance of the ad and its bid. The bid necessary to win our ad auction will fluctuate as our system learns more about your ad based on its actual performance, and as the pool of competing ads changes.

You may need to adjust your bid over time to keep your ad competitive in the auction. We also encourage advertisers to experiment with different ad creatives and targeting over time to keep their ads fresh and interesting to users.

With Facebook Ads for Pages and Events, you may see stories about actions your friends have taken on Facebook attached to ads you see. For example, you might see a story about a friend becoming a fan of a Page related to the ad you're seeing. Similarly, your friends might see stories about you that relate to the ads they're seeing. Such stories will only be shown to friends, and will adhere to any privacy settings you've set for your account.

You can adjust your profile privacy settings from the Profile Information section of the Privacy Settings page, which you can reach by selecting the "Privacy Settings" option from the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.

You can view and edit your profile privacy settings from the Profile Information section of the Privacy Settings page. You may want some profile fields, like Interests, to be visible to everyone, and other profile fields, like Birthday, to be visible to only your friends. To allow you flexibility, these individual profile fields are governed by their own privacy settings.

Note that when people click on your search listing, they won’t be able to see all of the information in your profile. They will be able to view your publicly available information. Any additional information that they can view when they click on your search listing is determined by your profile privacy settings.

Contact information refers to who can see your contact information (email address, mobile phone, etc.), as well as what options people have when they find you in search results (ie, the ability to add you as a friend or send you a message).

To view and edit your Contact Information settings, go to the Contact Information section of your Privacy Settings page. Select who can see each type of information from each corresponding drop-down menu. If you choose the "Customize" option for any piece of information, you can hide content from specific friends or Friend Lists.

When you create a group, you can completely control its privacy. There are three different access levels:

1. Open: For "global" groups, everyone on Facebook can view the group and join. If the group is exclusive to a specific network, only the people in that network can view the group or join it. All content (e.g., photos, videos and discussions) is visible to anyone viewing the group.
2. Closed: For "global" groups, everyone on Facebook can see the group, but the administrators must approve all membership requests or personally send invitations. If the group is exclusive to one network, only people in that network can view the group or join it. Only group members can view its Wall, discussion board, and photo or video content. Non-members can view its Info and Recent News. If you are not a member, you will not receive stories about closed groups.
3. Secret: These groups cannot be found in searches or be viewed by non-members. The name of the group will not display on the profiles of members. Membership is by invitation only. Non-members will not receive stories about secret groups.

Group administrators can change these options at any time by clicking "Edit Group" below the group photo.

Unfortunately, you will not be able to send a second group invitation to the same friend. Please tell the user to contact us directly from the login email address associated with their account. They should also make sure to include the full name and web address (URL) of the group.

To remove the ban on a person that you blocked from a group, follow the steps below:

1. Go to a group that you administrate.
2. Click the "Edit Members" link.
3. Select "Blocked."
4. Select "Remove Ban" next to the name of the person you no longer wish to block from the group.
5. Click "Remove Ban" in the window that appears.

To block a person from a group, follow the steps below:

1. Go to a group that you administrate.
2. Click the "Edit Members" link.
3. Select "Blocked."
4. Click the "Block People" link.
5. Enter the name of a person you want to block and click "Find."
6. Select the person and click "Block."

You can join any open group that is set as global or that is limited to one of your current networks. You can search for groups by typing a name in the Search field at the top of the page, and then filtering the results to show only groups by clicking the Groups tab. Alternatively, you can browse groups by category from the Groups main page. To become a member, click the group's name, and then click "Join this Group" under the group picture on the right side of the screen.

Some groups require admin approval for you to join. If you try to join these groups, you will have to wait for an admin to confirm your request before you can join the group. Admins can change the settings for who can join a group at any time, and can also block specific people from joining a group.

Certain groups on Facebook require an invitation in order to join. You cannot request to join these. Only an invitation from a group admin will give you access.

The Related Groups section is a list of groups that have the most group members in common with the group that you are viewing. Group admins can choose whether to display this section from the "Customize" tab of the Edit Group page.

Due to restrictive search privacy, a group administrator’s name may be listed in black text and will not appear under the "Admins" section of the member list. To contact this admin, you will need to use the group Wall or discussion board. If they remain unresponsive and you wish to gain admin status, you will need to create a separate group for this purpose.

To block a person from an event, follow the steps below:

1. Go to an event that you administrate.
2. Click the "Edit Guest List" link.
3. Select "Blocked."
4. Click the "Block People" link.
5. Enter the name of a person you want to block and click "Find."
6. Select the person and click "Block."

To remove the ban on a person that you blocked from an event, follow the steps below:

1. Go to an event that you administrate.
2. Click the "Edit Guest List" link.
3. Select "Blocked."
4. Select "Remove Ban" next to the name of the person you no longer wish to block from the event.
5. Click "Remove Ban" in the window that appears.

You can create an event by going to the Events page and then clicking "Create an Event" in the upper right corner of the page. From here, you can customize the event, edit its privacy settings and invite guests. Please note that you must include an event name, host, type, time and location. You can also create an event from the Publisher on your Home page or profile.

To invite people to your event, first click "Invite People to Come" beneath the event's photo.

1. From the "Guest List" tab of the Edit Event page, simply begin typing the name of the person you wish to invite in the box in the upper right. Facebook will suggest possible matches from your Friend List. You can also invite your friends quickly by scrolling down the Friend List provided and checking the boxes next to the names of the people you want to invite. When you are done adding names to this list, make sure to click the "Send Invitation Emails" button to complete the process.
2. If you have friends that are not on Facebook, you can invite them by entering their email addresses into the box on the "Guest List" tab of the Edit Event page. You can also look up your friends' email addresses using Facebook's Friend Finder.
3. As an Event admin, you can invite more people or edit the guest list at any time from the Events page.

You can invite any of your Facebook friends, and any friends that are not on Facebook by entering their email addresses into the box on the Guest List tab of the Edit Event page.

You can invite people to an event who do not have a Facebook account. From the Guest List tab of the Edit Event page, list your friends' email addresses (separated by commas) in the box labeled "Invite People who are not on Facebook via Email" and click "Add". Click "Send Invitations" to complete the process.

By receiving this invitation, they will be able to view the event information and RSVP. They will not be able to see any other Facebook pages unless they create an account.

When you create an event, you are automatically listed as an admin. Admins have the ability to invite more people to the event, appoint other admins and edit event content. Any admin can add more administrators to an event by clicking the "Edit Guest List" link on the event's main page. Next to the name of every person who has RSVP'd as attending, there is an option to "Make Admin."

If an admin has listed a valid street address on the Edit Event page, people will be able to view a map and directions to the event’s location by clicking "View Map" below the event’s location. An admin can add an address or change the current address after an event has been created.

Event admins can select whether photos can be added to an event. To enable photo posting, click "Edit Event" on the event’s main page and then select "Enable Photos" under the Customize tab. If photos are enabled, the admins have the choice to allow either all event invitees or only other admins to post them.

If you are allowed to add photos, you can do this by selecting "Add Photos" from the main page of the event. You can select up to five photos to add at a time or move photos to the event from any photo albums you already have on Facebook.

If this is an open event, the photos will be visible to everyone who views it. The photos posted on closed and secret events are only visible to other people who were invited. Admins also have the ability to remove photos that they do not want to be associated with their event.

Event admins can select whether videos can be posted to an event. To enable video posting, click "Edit Event" on the event’s main page and then select "Enable Videos" under the Customize tab. If videos are enabled, the admins have the choice to allow either all event invitees or only other admins to post them.

If you are allowed to add videos, you can do this by selecting "Add Videos" from the main page of the group. You can add video that you have posted on Facebook, upload a video from your computer, or record a new video. If this is an open event, the videos will be visible to everyone who views it. The videos posted on closed and secret events are only visible to other people who were invited. Admins also have the ability to remove videos that they do not want to be associated with their event.

An event is deleted once all of the admins remove the event from their Events lists. This can be done on the Event Profile itself or on the Events page. Alternatively, an admin has the option to cancel an event. A "Cancel This Event" link can be found on the Event page. If you cancel the event, an email will be sent to everyone who was invited. You have the option of writing a personal note that explains why you are canceling the event.

An admin can remove anyone from an event who was sent an invitation, except the event’s creator. Under the Guest List tab of the Edit Event page, sort names based on the type of RSVP using the "Show" drop-down menu. Click "Remove" next to the person you’d like to remove. You will also have the option to permanently block someone from an event.

People you remove will not receive a notification that they have been removed. They will not receive future messages or notifications from the event, and it will no longer appear on their Upcoming Events list.

If you have a webcam attached to your computer you can use it to add a new profile picture. To use the webcam:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Hover your mouse over your current profile picture and click the "Change Picture" link that appears.
3. On the following page you will have the option to use a webcam if one is available.
4. Click the Camera button at the bottom of the preview image.
5. Smile.
6. Select 'Save Picture' once you are satisfied with the image.

If you want to delete an old profile picture, first view the album by clicking on your current profile picture. When you are viewing the album, you should see an option for Edit Photos at the top of the page. On the edit page, you are given the option to delete any of the images, as well as to tag them or add captions. Once you delete the photo, no one will be able to see it when they view your profile picture album.

The "Thumbnail Version" of your profile picture is used in certain places around the site, such as the upper left hand corner of your application (e.g., photos) pages. To adjust what part of your profile picture serves as the thumbnail, hover your mouse over your current profile picture and click the "Change Picture" link that appears. Next, select the "Edit Thumbnail" option.

If you’d like to move an application in your Boxes tab to another position in your Boxes tab, click and hold the top of the application’s profile box and drag it to a new position on the page. An outline of a new available position will appear as you move the box – release the box over the outline to change the position.

If you’d like to move an application from your Boxes tab to the left-column of your Wall or Info tab, click the pencil icon at the top-right of the application’s profile box. From the following menu, select ‘Move to Wall tab.’ The application will now appear in this column. You can move the application back to the Boxes tab by clicking its pencil icon again and selecting ‘Move to Boxes tab.’ Please note that not all applications will support left-column placement.

You can pick which applications appear on your profile by clicking ‘Applications" at the bottom of any Facebook page, and selecting "edit." From the "edit" page, you will be able to change the visibility of each application on your profile by clicking the "Edit Settings" link.

There are three ways to block someone:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page and click "Block List." Enter the name or email address of the person you want to block in the appropriate field and click "Block."
2. If you cannot find someone using the Person search field, try going to their profile page. You can block them by navigating to the "Report this Person" link at the bottom of their profile page. Once you click this link, check the "Block this person" box and then click "Submit."
3. Lastly, please note that you can block someone through the "Report" link located next to messages in your Inbox.

People will not be notified when you block them. If you are unable to block someone using any of the methods listed above, it is possible that they have left Facebook or have restricted their privacy settings.

If you cannot block someone and would like to prevent them from viewing your profile, you can adjust your Privacy Settings accordingly. For more information on editing your Privacy Settings, click here.

If you are having trouble finding the person you want to block, note that you can also block someone by submitting their email address. Go to the Privacy Settings page and click "Block List." Enter the email address of the person you want to block in the Email field and click "Block."

If the email address you submit is associated with an account, that user will be blocked from viewing your content. If the email address is not associated with an account, then the user will be blocked if they open an account in the future. Unfortunately, for privacy reasons, we are unable to provide information about any accounts that may be associated with a blocked email address.

If you cannot block someone and would like to prevent them from viewing your profile, you can adjust your Privacy Settings accordingly. For more information on editing your Privacy Settings, click here.

You can do this by clicking Remove next to their name from the bottom of the Privacy Settings page. Please note that this will not automatically add them to your friends list. Instead, you will need to search for them and send them a friend request if you wish to become friends.

We want Facebook to remain an environment where people can connect and share comfortably. Cyberbullying is defined as the use of any new technology to harass or intimidate someone and is considered to be abusive behavior from minor to minor, while cyberharassment typically involves adults. There are steps you can take to prevent this kind of behavior if it occurs.

Accept Friend Requests Safely

In order to prevent harassment from strangers, be careful to accept friend requests only from people you know in real life. Also, remember to report any messages or profiles that look suspicious. Facebook is based on a real-name culture, and fake profiles are regularly disabled when they're reported to us. Please also keep in mind that only confirmed friends can post to your Wall or contact you via Facebook Chat, so if you're worried that someone will make inappropriate posts or send offensive messages, just ignore that person's friend request.

Use the "Block" Feature to Stop Abusive Behavior

A block prevents specific people from viewing your profile. When you block people, any ties you currently have with them will be broken, and these people won't be able to contact you through Facebook. If you receive inappropriate or abusive communication, you can block the person by listing his or her name in the "Block People" box at the bottom of your Privacy Settings page. You can visit this page at any time by hovering your mouse over the "Settings" link at the top of any Facebook page and selecting the "Privacy Settings" option from the drop-down menu that appears.

Report Abusive Behavior Directly to Facebook

The most efficient way to report abuse is to do it in the same place it occurs on Facebook. For example, if you receive a harassing message in your Inbox, you can report the message by clicking on the "Report" link next to the sender's name as you are reading the message. If you receive a harassing message from a person who is a Facebook friend of yours, you should remove the person as a friend and report the message. Reporting the message as harassing will automatically add this person to your Block list. You can also use the "Report/Block person" link that appears at the bottom of the abusive user's profile. If you learn that someone is continuing to make abusive comments about you even after you've blocked them, you can ask a friend to report that person on your behalf. Reports are confidential and the user being reported does not know that they have been reported. After a report is submitted, we will investigate the issue and make a determination as to whether or not the content should remain on the site based on our Terms of Use. A Facebook administrator looks into each report thoroughly in order to decide the appropriate course of action.

Restrict Privacy Settings

To restrict the amount of information that potential bullies may have access to, customize your privacy settings so that certain people can't access information like your Wall, photos, or profile. You can also change your privacy settings if you are uncomfortable being found in searches or having your profile viewed publicly. Privacy on Facebook is controlled primarily from the Privacy Settings page. You can visit this page at any time by hovering your mouse over the "Settings" link at the top of any page of Facebook and selecting the "Privacy Settings" option from the drop-down menu that appears.

Respond to Abusers in the Right Way

Cyberbullies often seek a reaction from the people they harass. When they fail to get one, they often give up gradually. Rather than responding to a bully via Inbox, a Wall post, or Facebook Chat, you can delete offensive posts from your Wall or messages from your Inbox and then use the "Block" or "Report" functions to resolve the issue safely. To delete an offensive Wall post, hover over the post in question, click the "Remove" button that appears, and select "Delete" in the dialogue box. To delete a message from Inbox, simply click the "Delete" button at the top of the message. Only confirmed friends can post to your Wall or send you a message through Chat. If you are receiving posts and Chat messages you don't like, you should consider removing the sender from your friends list.

These tips have been reviewed by stopcyberbullying.org and connectsafely.org, two independent organizations that provide tools, resources, and educational materials on internet safety including cyberbullying and cyberharassment.

ConnectSafely.org offers additional information on cyberbullying and cyberharassment at http://www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/tips-to-help-stop-cyberbullying.html.

Stopcyberbullying.org offers information on preventing cyberbullying and cyberharassment at http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/prevention/index.html.

Facebook is a member of the StopCyberbullying Coalition, a movement to understand, prevent, and address cyberbullying affiliated with stopcyberbullying.org.

When someone sends you a friend request, public stories about you may appear in their News Feed. If you decline a friend request from this person, public stories about you (stories that have the privacy set to "Everyone") will no longer appear in their News Feed. Please note that News Feed will never show stories that a non-friend wouldn’t ordinarily be able to see. For example, if you posted a video and set the privacy to "Friends," a person who is waiting for you to approve their friend request would not see that in their News Feed. If you had set the video to be visible to Everyone, that person would see it.

You can always change your privacy settings by selecting "Privacy Settings" under the Settings drop-down menu and clicking the appropriate section.

When you send a friend request to a person, public stories about them (stories that have the privacy set to "Everyone") may appear in your News Feed. This way you don’t have wait for them to respond to your friend request to see their public updates. Please note that News Feed will never show stories that a non-friend wouldn’t ordinarily be able to see. People who have yet to accept your friend requests will also appear on the Friends page. Here, you can add them to Friend Lists.

If you don’t want to see stories from a person who has yet to accept your friend requests, you can hide them from your News Feed by placing your cursor to the right of a story about them and clicking the "Hide" link that appears. Alternatively, you can remove them as a friend by clicking the "X" next to their name on the Friends page.

To see how your profile currently appears to one of your friends, take the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Privacy Settings page.
2. Select any of the five links from which you can control particular privacy settings.
3. Click the "Preview My Profile…" button that is located at the top right corner of the page.

When you have reached this preview mode, you will automatically see how your profile looks to most people on Facebook. To view how your profile looks to a specific friend, just type his or her name in the open field.

Joining a group does not expose the content of your profile to any group members who would not normally be able to see that information. The privacy settings for your account control the openness of your profile, regardless of the groups you join.

To hide your account within a group, you will need to completely restrict your search settings so that "Only Friends" can find your account. Once this is done, only friends will be able to view your name in the list of group members. However, if you still choose to write Wall posts, start discussion topics, or add photos or videos to the group, other members will be able to see that content and determine that you are also a member.

You can control how many friends are shown in Live Feed by clicking "Edit Options" at the bottom of the page.

You can remove friends from the News Feed list (from your default stream) simply by clicking the "Hide" that appears when you hover over their story in your stream.

To add someone back to your News Feed, follow these steps:

1. Scroll down to the bottom of your News Feed and click "Edit Options."
2. If you are looking for a friend, scan the list to find that person. If you are looking for a public profile, select the Public Profiles tab.
3. Click "Add to News Feed" to see their posts again.
4. Click "Close" to save your changes.

Facebook enables you to see what’s happening with your friends through past events and real-time feeds of information. Highlights and the News Feed were combined into a single stream so that you could have more control over what you view on your home page and stay connected with your friends.

As a result of this change, you’ll notice that the Suggestions section has been moved to the right-hand column of the home page. Also, birthdays and events are displayed more prominently on the home page.

The stories that appear on your friends’ home pages are based on the content you publish, the settings of your Publisher Control, and your friends’ filter preferences. While your friends can always choose to hide content that you publish, you can ensure that they have to option to view your stories by changing the settings on your Publisher Control.

Learn more about the Publisher Control here.

This can be resolved by changing your Internet Explorer 7 settings. Please take the following steps:

1. Click "Tools" from your browser’s toolbar, and then select "Internet Options."
2. Click on the "Security" tab, and then click the "Custom Level" button at the bottom of the window.
3. Scroll down through the list of settings to "User Authentication." Select the option for "Automatic login with current user name and password."

Restricting a user from seeing your Wall posts does not restrict them from seeing all the stories on your Wall. While the user will not be able to view Wall posts that you or your friends write directly on your Wall, they might still be able to view stories about your activity on the site, stories about content you have uploaded, or content that your friends uploaded to the site and tagged you in (if they are otherwise not able to due to restricted privacy settings).

To update who can view content that you post:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the Settings drop down menu.
2. Click the "Profile Information" link.
3. Click on the "Change Settings" button and enter your password.
4. Update the "Posts by Me" section to a more restricted privacy setting. For example, if you do not want a certain person to view content, click on the lock next to this section, select the "Customize" option, and then type the person’s name in the "Hide this From" field.

Please keep in mind that you will see a different set of options than other users when searching for your account or viewing your profile. Since you cannot add yourself as a friend, the "Add to Friends" link will not appear. You will also always be able to see the links for "View Profile," "Send Message," and "View Friends" when you find your own account, but these options may not be available to every other user. Also, please remember that although you will never see the option to message or poke yourself on your own Profile page, other users will see this option.

If you have adjusted your Search settings on the Privacy page, these changes will be reflected properly when other users search for your profile.

Your number is only shown if you entered the number in your profile contact info. You can determine what contact information is displayed on your profile and who is permitted to see this information by selecting the "Edit Information" link on the Info tab of your profile.

You can change your phone by following the "Edit Preferences" link on the Mobile page when logged in from a computer.

Maintaining multiple accounts, regardless of the purpose, is a violation of Facebook’s Terms of Use. If you already have a personal account, then we cannot allow you to create business accounts for any reason. You can manage all the Pages and Socials Ads that you create on your personal account.

Please keep in mind that the fans of any of the Pages you administer will not have visibility or access to your personal account or profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name.

If you wish to manage ads for multiple clients, you will need to do so from one account. We suggest you restrict all ads for each client to separate campaigns. Unfortunately it is not currently possible to designate separate credit cards for each campaign or to have multiple administrators for the same ad account.

The name I’d like to create a Page for is blocked. How can I create a Page for this artist, brand, or business?

Only the official representative may create a Page for an artist, brand, or business. If you are the authorized representative, you will need to contact us from an address associated with this artist. If you're not able to create your desired Page, please contact us through the form linked from the error message you see.

There’s already a Page for the artist, brand, or business I represent. How can I gain access to it?

Only the official representative may create or gain access to a Page for an artist, brand, or business. If you are the authorized representative, you will need to contact us from an address associated with this artist. If you're not able to create your desired Page, please contact us through the form linked from the error message you see.Please use this form to contact us with all requested information.

I don’t have a Facebook account. Can I still create a Page?

Yes, you can do so by creating a Business Account. To get started, you will need to first create a Facebook Page. To start this process, please click here. Once you’ve entered in the required information, you will be asked to log in to an existing Facebook account, or create a new one. If you do not currently have a Facebook account, please select ‘I do not have a Facebook account.’ You will then need to enter your email address and date of birth. Please be aware that managing multiple accounts is a violation of Facebook’s Terms of Use. If we determine that an individual has more than one account, we reserve the right to terminate all of their accounts.

I can’t find the "Create Page" button.

To get started, please click here.

If you click on the "Create Your Profile" button, you will be asked to provide additional information to allow you to transform your business account into a personal account. You will be required to enter your full name, a security question, and an answer to your security question. Once this final registration step is completed, these changes cannot be reverted. You will then permanently have a personal account on the site.

If you convert your business account into a personal account, you will still be able to manage all the Pages and Socials Ads you’ve created by clicking the "Ads and Pages" link in the left hand navigation menu entitled "Applications." The fans of your Pages will not have visibility or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name. However, if you wish to restrict your privacy so that other Facebook members cannot find you in search or add you as a friend, you can do so by clicking on "privacy" at the top any Facebook page.

No, once you provide the final registration information for creating a user profile, you cannot revert back to your business account.

If you convert your business account into a user profile, you will still be able to manage all the Pages and Ads you’ve created by clicking the Ads and Pages link in the left hand navigation menu entitled 'Applications'. The fans of your Pages will not have visibility or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name. However, if you wish to restrict your privacy so that other Facebook members cannot find you in search or add you as a friend, you can do so by clicking on "privacy" at the top any Facebook page.

If you have a business account, you will be able to view and edit all of your Pages and Ads created with that account. You can take any action on the Pages you administer, including editing your Page information or adding Page content such as photos, videos, and events. You can also view all the statistics related to both your Pages and your ads.

You will not, however, be able to view the profile information of any other users on the site, or add any other applications to your account. Your account will not be visible in search and other users on the site will not be able to find you and add you as a friend.

By default, your Inbox shows all messages that you have received. To view Updates from Pages, click "Updates" in the left column. To view only messages or Updates you have not yet opened, click "Unread" in the upper-right corner. Clicking "Sent" in the left column will show the messages you have already sent. Your name, as well as the name of people who have also participated in the thread, will appear in this view.

If you have created Friend Lists, you can filter messages from a specific one by clicking its name in the left column of your Inbox. You can create and edit Lists on the Friends page.

To view all messages from one sender, enter their name in the search box in the left column. If a name does not auto-populate when you enter it in search, Facebook will search for the text you entered in the subject and body of all messages in your Inbox.

With recent changes to the site, the friend details that were already established on your account have been converted to Friend Lists. You can filter your view of each Friend List’s stream of activity separately on the home page.

To create and customize your own Friend Lists, please follow these steps:

1. Click the "Create" link that appears beneath the filters on the left side of your home page or your Friends page. Or, click the "Create New List" button from the "All Friends" tab of the Friends page.
2. Type the title of your list and hit enter.
3. Add friends to the list by typing their names into the "Add to List" field or selecting them from the list.
4. Select "Save List" to store your changes.

In addition, if you have more than two Friend Lists, you can easily add or remove friends from lists by using the drop-down menu that appears next to their names on the "All Friends" tab of the Friends page.

Your "friends box" will show the thumbnails of six randomly selected friends until you specify otherwise. To edit these settings, simply navigate to your profile page and then click on the pencil icon in the upper right hand corner of the "Friends" box.

The Edit Box that appears will allow you to specify how many friends are displayed and which friends you always want to show. If you want to ensure that friends from certain networks appear, you can select those networks in the "Include friends from" section. Finally, checking the "Show Networks Section" will display a list of all of the networks your friends are in.

Go to your Friends page to view all of your confirmed friends and Pages. Use the tabs on the left side of the page to filter the friends you are viewing.

To create and customize additional Lists, which can contain both profiles and Pages, please follow these steps:

1. Click the "Create" link that appears beneath the filters on the left side of your home page or your Friends page. Or, click the "Create New List" button from the "All Friends" tab of the Friends page.
2. Type the title of your list and hit enter.
3. Add people or Pages to the list by typing their names into the "Add to List" field or selecting them from the list.
4. Select "Save List" to store your changes.

With recent changes to the site, friend details have been converted to Friend Lists. To simplify the conversion process, any extra data you filled out after checking the box may have been lost.

Friend Lists provide organized groupings of your friends on Facebook. You can filter your view of each Friend List’s stream of activity separately on the home page. In addition, you can easily send messages and invites to these groups of people.

To add someone back to your News Feed, follow these steps:

1. Scroll down to the bottom of your News Feed and click "Edit Options."
2. If you are looking for a friend, scan the list to find that person. If you are looking for a public profile, select the Public Profiles tab.
3. Click "Add to News Feed" to see their posts again.
4. Click "Close" to save your changes.

The process for activating texts varies from application to application. Please consult the desired application’s page to determine how to do this. If you cannot find the directions you're looking for, please contact the application's developer directly using their form on the Help page.

You can opt out of receiving texts from an application by clicking "Edit" next to Applications from the left –hand navigation column. From the following page, click "Edit Settings" next to the desired application and uncheck the box titled "Send and receive text messages to and from this application." You can also update this information by unselecting the application on your Edit Mobile Settings page.

Set Facebook texts to "on" or "off" using following the link: https://www.facebook.com/mobile/?settings=1.

Alternatively, just text "on" or "off" to FBOOK (32665) from your mobile phone.

There are three different ways to unsubscribe from your friends’ status updates:

• When you receive a status update text, simply respond with the word "Unsubscribe." You will then receive a confirmation text notifying you that you have successfully unsubscribed to that friend’s status updates.
• Alternatively, you can navigate to your friend’s profile on the site and click the "Unsubscribe from SMS updates" link below his or her profile picture.
• Another way to unsubscribe is from the Friends page. Select the "SMS Subscriptions" filter from the left hand column. From here, click the drop-down menu to the right of your friend’s name and un-check them from the "SMS subscriptions" list.

This box is called the Publisher. The Publisher allows you to update your status, add photos, videos and other application content to your own profile. In addition, the Publisher allows you to make Wall posts on your friends' profiles and add other interesting content to their Walls.

The options available in the Publisher will change depending on the applications that you or your friend have authorized.

The pencil icon, also known as the "edit" icon, allows you to change things on your profile. To edit information on your profile, click the icon next to the section you'd like to edit.

Yes. You can add family members who do not have Facebook accounts. Once added, their names will appear as black text rather than as blue links.

Items are various types of information (e.g. picture, name, birthday, mobile number etc) from your Facebook account. You have the option to add as many (or as few) of these items as you want. Each time you add an item, it gets placed on your badge. To add more, simply click on "Add Item." To delete, click on "remove" next to the item.

To change your high school network, simply go to the go to the Networks tab of your Account Settings page and identify the school that you’ve moved to. Note that you can only change networks once every six months.

Also, note that if you move to a school that you do not attend and are reported for doing so, you will be permanently banned from the site.

High school networks are for current high school students only. Unfortunately, you cannot affiliate with a high school network as an alum.

High school alumni can list the school that they graduated from in the Education Information section of their profile. To edit this information, go to your profile’s Info tab and select the "Edit" link that appears in the Education Information section. Also, you can search for other people who have listed a specific high school on their profile by using Classmate Search.

If you have a business account, you will be able to view and edit all of your Pages and ads created with that account. You can take any action on the Pages you administer, including editing your Page information or adding Page content such as photos, videos, and events. You can also view all the statistics related to both your Pages and your ads.

You will not, however, be able to view the profile information of any other users or add any other applications to your account. For example, business accounts can't be used to add friends, send messages, or interact with other Pages. Your account will not be visible in search and other users on the site will not be able to find you and add you as a friend.

Maintaining multiple accounts, regardless of the purpose, is a violation of Facebook’s Terms of Use. If you already have a personal account, then we cannot allow you to create business accounts for any reason. You can manage all the Pages and Socials Ads that you create on your personal account.

Please keep in mind that the fans of any of the Pages you administer will not have visibility or access to your personal account or profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name.

If you wish to manage ads for multiple clients, you will need to do so from one account. We suggest you restrict all ads for each client to separate campaigns. Unfortunately it is not currently possible to designate separate credit cards for each campaign or to have multiple administrators for the same ad account.

Please make sure that you received this request at an email address that is listed on your account. If the request was sent to a different email address then it will not show in your account. Feel free to send the other person a friend request from your account. Alternatively, you could ask them to request you as a friend again at the appropriate email address.

In addition, if someone deactivates his or her account, you will not see the friend request on your Home page.

The security of your account may have been compromised. Please select a unique and complex password that is different from other passwords that you use on the Internet, and keep this information completely to yourself. You can reset your password by using the "Change Password" field on the Account page.

You should also make sure that all email addresses associated with your account are secure. Remember that anyone who can read your email may be able to also access your Facebook account. Additionally, please make sure that you log out of your Facebook account after each use and "quit" your browser when you’re done using the site. Never check the "Keep me logged in" box when logging in from a public computer or someone else’s mobile device, as this will keep you logged in even after you close your browser window.

Finally, please make sure that when you access the site, you always log in from a legitimate Facebook page with "facebook.com" in the domain part of the URL (web address). For more information about protecting your account, please visit the Facebook Security Page.

To permanently ban a fan, follow these steps:
From the Fans section:

1. Click "See all" under the Fans section
2. Select the "X" next to a user's name
3. Check the box next to "Ban Permanently"
4. Click "Remove"

From a Wall post or comment:

1. Click "Report" next to the user's post or comment
2. Select the reason for the report from the drop-down menu
3. Provide additional information about the abusive comment
4. Select the box to permanently ban the user

The fans of your Pages will not be able to see or access to your personal profile. Any actions that you take as a Page administrator on your Page will show the Page’s name as the actor and not your personal name.

A Page can have multiple administrators. Each Page admin will need their own business account or personal profile. Only the official representative of an artist, business, or brand may create a Facebook Page. The Page creator can then add other admins to help manage the Page. Each Page admin can edit the Page from their own accounts by selecting the "Ads and Pages" icon from the Applications menu in the lower left corner of any Facebook page. The creator has the power to add and remove other Page admins. Admins cannot, however, remove the creator of the Page.

You can choose to stop receiving updates from a Page at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link that appears when you view the individual update. Additionally, you can click on the "Edit Updates Settings" link found in the bottom right corner of the Updates tab in your Inbox.

Group admins can select whether photos can be posted to a group from the Customize tab of the Edit Group page. If photos are enabled, admins may allow all group members or only other admins to post them. Admins also have the ability to remove any photos they do not want to be associated with their group.

If you are allowed to add photos, you can do this by clicking the "Photos" icon in the Publisher at the top of the group’s main page. You can select up to five photos at a time to upload, or move as many photos as you want from an existing album. If this is an open group, the photos will be visible to everyone who views the group. Photos posted on closed and secret groups are only visible to other members.

Group admins can select whether videos can be posted to a group from the Customize tab of the Edit Group page. If videos are enabled, the admins have the choice to allow either all group members or only other admins to post videos.

If you are allowed to add videos, you can do this by clicking the "Video" icon in the Publisher at the top of the group’s main page. If this is an open group, the videos will be visible to everyone who views the group. The videos posted on closed and secret groups are only visible to other members. Admins always have the ability to remove videos that they do not want to be associated with their group.

Group admins can select whether links can be posted to a group from the Customize tab of the Edit Group page. Admins also have the ability to remove links that they do not want to be associated with their groups.

If you are allowed to post links, copy and paste the web address (URL) in the Publisher at the top of the group’s main page. If this is is an open group, the links will be visible to everyone who views the group. The links posted on closed and secret groups are only visible to other members.

The group discussion board is a forum for conversation between group members. Group admins can select whether the discussion board displays from the Customize tab of the Edit Group page. If the discussion board is enabled and you are a group member, you will be able to start a new topic or reply to current posts.

In an open group, everyone who looks at the group’s page will see its discussion board content. If the group is closed or secret, only members will be able to see the discussion board.

A suggested term will be shown if your query is very closely related to another term. However, the web search will be performed on the query you entered, as you spelled it.

For example, if you enter "johnso" as the query, "johnson" will be presented as an alternative that you can click on to search for that term, but the search results will first be returned for "johnso," in case you meant to search for the query as you typed it.

If you see a Page that interests you – either on a friend’s profile or in a News Feed story – you can click on the link to that particular Page to learn more. Once on the Page, you click the "Become a Fan" button that appears next to the Page name.

You can also search for Pages by visiting our Pages Directory. You can browse to easily see your Pages, your friends' Pages, and view all Pages on the site.

Lastly, when you search for a term or name on Facebook, you can filter the results to show only Pages by clicking the "Pages" link in the left column. Each Page search result will show a "Become a Fan" link to its right.

You can remove yourself as a fan of a Page by taking the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Page by entering its name into the search bar in the upper right corner.
2. Click the "Remove me from Fans" link located on the lower left hand side of the screen.

Profiles represent individuals and must be held under an individual name, while Pages allow an organization, business, celebrity, or band to maintain a professional presence on Facebook. You may only create Facebook Pages to represent real organizations of which you are an authorized representative. Fans of your Page won't be able to see that you are the Page admin or have any access to your personal account.

Pages can only be created to represent a real organization, business, celebrity, or band, and may only be created by an official representative of that entity. Groups can be created by any user and about any topic, as a space for users to share their opinions and interest in that subject. Groups can be kept closed or secret, whereas Pages are intended to help an entity communicate publicly.

Pages also allow people to maintain a personal-professional distinction on Facebook. If you're a group admin, your name will appear on that group, while Pages will never display their admins' names. Additionally, when you take actions on your group, such as posting on your group's wall, these actions will appear to come from you as an individual. However, if you post or take other actions on a Page you own, it will appear to come from the Page.

You can create a Page using this form or create a group here.

Pages cannot see the profiles of their fans. They can only see the profile photo and name of each of their fans. In addition, Pages do not receive a News Feed with information about what their fans are doing. Pages can communicate with their fans through updates in your Inbox, but they have no additional access to your personal information.

Please try updating your News Feed settings to see more stories from your friends and Pages you're a fan of. To do so, click on "Edit Options" at the bottom of your News Feed and increase the number in the "Number of Friends" box. You should then begin receiving more stories posted by Pages.

The Groups and Events filters you may see on the left side of your home page will show you recent stories about your friends' groups and events. You can access these applications from the Applications menu at the bottom of the page. You can also type the application name into the search box at the top of the page and follow the link that appears. In addition, you can type the name of a specific group or event into the search box to access it more quickly.

To view events you were invited to that have already occurred, go to the Events main page and select the "Past Events" tab. The following page will show all of your past events, beginning with the most recent. It is not possible to edit the event time for an event that has already occurred.

While viewing another person’s profile, you can use the Publisher to add content directly to their profile. Typing text alone in the Publisher box will create a Wall post.

When you share any content (e.g., a Wall post, video, or photo), a story will appear on your friend’s profile with a headline indicating that you have shared the information with them. The same story can also appear in the streams of other people who can view your friend’s profile.

If a person’s privacy settings prevent you from sharing a certain type of content on their profile, an error message will appear.

To share information privately with one person, click "Send a Message" below the person’s name on their profile.

The stories that appear on your friends’ home pages are based on the content you publish, the settings of your Publisher Control, and your friends’ filter preferences. While your friends can always choose to hide content that you publish, you can ensure that they have to option to view your stories by changing the settings on your Publisher Control.

Now you can tag your friends and other things you’re connected to in your Facebook status and other posts. This feature works with the Publisher box that appears on your home page and profile page.

1. Type the "@" symbol in the Publisher text field, either to start the post or as a new word with a space before it.
2. Directly after the "@" symbol, type any part of the name you would like to tag. A new drop-down menu will appear with all matching entries. You can tag friends, Pages, groups, events and applications.
3. Click the name you would like to tag. It will appear as a blue link in your post. You can tag multiple different names in the same post.

People who can see your post will be able to click through to view the profile, Page, group or event you tag, but only if the existing privacy settings permit this.

Tagging allows you to more actively mention your friends and other things you are connected to on Facebook. It also lets you direct a post at specific people while still keeping the conversation open. Friends you tag will receive a notification and Wall story that you have tagged them, and also when someone else comments on a post they are tagged in.

You can tag the following things in a post:

• Your confirmed friends
• Pages you are a fan of
• Events you are attending
• Your groups
• Applications you’ve used

To tag any of these things, enter the "@" symbol followed by the name.

Groups will show a group icon next to their name in the drop-down menu, and events will show a calendar icon. Pages will show the Page photo, and profiles will show the profile photo.

When you tag an application, the link in your post will lead to the application’s Page. You can only tag applications that you have used.

Only your confirmed friends can tag you in their posts. If you have blocked someone or removed them as a friend, they will not be able to tag you. If you have blocked someone, and then a mutual friend tags you in their post, the person you blocked will not be able to view your profile by clicking on your name.

If your account has been hacked and you can still access your login email address, please attempt to reset the password to your account by selecting the "Forgot your password?" link that appears above the Password field on the Facebook Login page. An email will be sent to you with steps for completing the process.

If your account has been hacked and the login email on your account has also been compromised or has been changed, please send us information about the account so we can look into it further and hopefully restore access. Please submit your report here.

Some RSS feeds only provide the most recent blog posts. If your feed is only giving recent info, Facebook will not be able to import the old posts. Facebook does not scrape text from external pages; it has to be fed in. As an alternative, you can copy and paste the text into a new note.

Facebook is probably not able to import your blog because of a privacy setting on your account. Blogs written from sources with restricted viewing will not export to Facebook. If you would like to import your blog, you will need to change this privacy setting to something less restrictive.

Keywords are based on interests, activities, and favorite books, TV shows, movies, or job titles that users list in their Facebook profiles. They may also come from the names of groups or Pages users belong to or are fans of. For example, if you choose to target the keyword "Dave Matthews Band," then your ad will only display on users’ accounts that have listed Dave Matthews Band in the "Favorite Music" section on their profile, or are members of a Dave Matthews Band group or Facebook Page.

To select these schools by name, select either "College Grad" or "In College." Once one of these options has been chosen, two boxes will appear. In these boxes, you can type in the names of up to 20 schools and/or 20 majors.

You can target your ad to current fans of your Page using Connections targeting. To do so, simply look for the "Connections: Target users who are connected to:" field in the ad targeting interface. As you begin to type the name of your Page in the field, the names of Pages and other eligible content you manage on Facebook will appear in the type-ahead. This targeting would be useful for advertisers trying to reach their current fans about things like special offers or new products, for example.
This targeting option can also be used to reach members of a Group you manage, or those who have RSVP’d to your Event or authorized your Application.

"Friends of connections" targeting allows you to target friends of your connections. Connections are fans of your Page, users who have RSVP’d Yes or Maybe to your Event, members of your Group, and users who have interacted with your Application.

In addition to harnessing the social graph by targeting your connections’ friends, every "Friends of connection" targeted ad promoting a Page or Event includes social content about a friend’s interaction with your business, amplifying the relevancy of your ad. Let’s take a look at an example. Annie is a fan of the Etsy Page. When Etsy wants to promote their Facebook Page, they can choose to target an ad to Annie’s friends by selecting the "Friends of connection" filter. Annie’s friends will receive the Etsy ad with the following sentence: "Annie Ta is a fan of this Page." Annie’s friends are naturally more interested because Annie’s interaction with Etsy is showcased directly in the ad.

To take advantage of this targeting capability, simply look for the "Friends of connections: Target users whose friends are connected to:" field in the ad targeting interface. As you begin to type the name of your Page, Application, Group or Event in the field, the names of eligible content that you manage on Facebook will appear in the type-ahead. You must be an admin of the Page, Application, Group or Event. It's not currently possible to target users who have connections with Facebook content for which you are not an admin.

If you are importing a blog into Facebook, edits or additions to your external blog should update your Facebook notes within three hours. If you are having problems getting your notes to import or update, please tell us more here.

Each person that can see your notes on Facebook is given a different RSS or Atom feed web address (URL) that is unique for them. Only the notes that they are allowed to see will be syndicated via that URL. If you change your privacy settings or friend links, then all the feeds will be appropriately updated.

You can view your ad as well as all the statistics related to the ads you have created on the Ad Campaigns page of the Ads Manager. On this page you can change your cost per click or CPM at any time while your ads are running, pause or unpause your ads, and delete your ads.

You will not see your ad actually running on Facebook unless you are a member of the target audience that you selected for your ad. Additionally, even if you are a member, you aren’t guaranteed to see your ad. This doesn't mean your ad isn't running, just that our system has determined that other ads would be more relevant to you. As long as you are seeing impressions reported in your ad statistics, this means your ad is running and can be seen by users.

Facebook's ad system employs an algorithm that estimates the best performing ad based on a variety of factors, including the historical performance of the ad and its bid. The bid necessary to win our ad auction will fluctuate as our system learns more about your ad based on its actual performance, and as the pool of competing ads changes.

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to filter out these notifications. If you do not want to see notifications from a certain application, just uncheck the box next to the application's name on the right side of the "Notifications" tab. You will not receive any more notifications from that application unless you check the box again.

If you believe that a third-party application is misusing the Notifications feature, you can report the application for abuse by going to the application’s About page and clicking "Report Application" at the bottom of the page, or by clicking "Report" at the bottom of any canvas page within the application. Be sure to give a detailed, accurate description of the problem and include links (URLs) to the relevant pages. We also recommend that you check the "I would like a copy of this report to be sent to the developer of the application" box to bring this matter to the attention of the developer.

You can determine which applications generate Wall stories, and what kinds of stories they generate, by clicking on the "Applications" button at the left end of the Chat bar at the bottom of any Facebook page and then clicking on the "Edit" link in the Applications menu. Next, click on the "Wall Permissions" tab to see a list of applications that are authorized to publish Wall stories.

To suggest a friend to someone, take the following steps:

1. Click the "Suggest Friends for [Name]" link found at the bottom of any friend's profile page. Or, after confirming a friend request from a new user, click the "Suggest friends that he/she knows" link. A window of all of your friends will appear.
2. Select the friend(s) you want to suggest. To find a particular friend, you can type their name in the "Find Friends" field or scroll through your complete Friends List. You can click the "Filter Friends" drop-down to sort your friends by network or Friend List.
3. Once you make all of your selections, click the "Send Suggestions" button. Each friend that you selected will receive an invitation to add the new user as a friend.

Please make sure that you received this request at an email address that is listed on your account. If the request was sent to a different email address then it will not show in your account.

In addition, if someone deactivates his or her account, you will not see the friend request on your Home page.

Feel free to send the other person a friend request from your account. Alternatively, you could ask them to request you as a friend again at the appropriate email address.

If you need help with an application, please contact the developer. You can do this by clicking on the application's icon at the bottom of the Help Center or via the application’s page. If you have already used the application, you can click "about" next to the application's name from your Applications list. You can also find the application’s page from the Application Directory.

If you allow an application to place a box on your profile, you will find it on the Boxes tab. We’ve created this tab to help you to keep all of your added applications in a single, organized space. You can change the layout of this page by placing your mouse cursor over an application box title, clicking the box title, holding and dragging the box to a new location on the page.

If there are specific applications you really like that you want to feature on your profile, you can move them to the left-column of your Wall and Info tab. You can feature three applications in this column – the column will appear identically when viewing either the Wall or Info tab. To move the application, go to the Boxes tab where your application appears and click the pencil icon at the top-right of the box. Select "Move to Wall" tab to feature the application. Please keep in mind that not all applications will support a profile box or tab, even if this setting appears (i.e. Facebook Events does not have a Profile Box, even though it has a "Profile Box" privacy setting).

You can also create a new tab for a specific application by clicking the "+" icon that appears to the right of the tabs. You will then be able to select an application from the menu that appears and create a dedicated tab for that application.

If an application supports profile boxes, you can control whether or not it displays on your profile by editing the application’s settings. To do this, click on the "Applications" button at the left end of the Chat bar at the bottom of any Facebook page. In the menu that appears, click on the "Edit" link and you’ll be taken to the Edit Applications page. On this page, click on the "Edit" link to the right of the application in question and then click on the "Profile" tab in the window that appears. Please keep in mind that not all applications will support a profile box or tab, even if this setting appears (i.e. Facebook Events does not have a Profile Box, even though it has a "Profile Box" privacy setting).

Bookmarking an application adds it to the Applications menu at the left end of the Chat Bar at the bottom of your screen. Your top 6 bookmarked applications will also appear in the Chat Bar by themselves. A bookmarked application is one that you can easily access at any time.

If you are using an application and have not yet bookmarked it, you will see its icon in the Chat Bar with a green plus sign on it. Clicking this icon will add bookmark the application. You can manage your bookmarks at any time by clicking on the "Applications" button at the left end of the Chat bar at the bottom of any Facebook page and then clicking on the "Edit" link in the Applications menu. Next, click on the "Edit" link to the right of the application in question and then click on the "Bookmark" tab in the window that appears.

Your applications are all still available on your account. In an effort to clean up the profile and make it easier to navigate, we have moved application boxes to a new tab called "Boxes." You can change the layout of this page by placing your mouse cursor over an application box title, clicking and holding the box title, and dragging the box to a new location on the page.

If you’d like to give an application better visibility on your profile, you can move application boxes to the left column of either your Wall or Info tab. You can feature three applications in this column, which will appear identically when viewing either the Wall or Info tab. To move the application box, go to the Boxes tab where your application’s profile box appears and click the pencil icon at the top-right of the box. Select "Move to Wall tab" to feature the application. Keep in mind that some applications cannot be added to your Wall and Info tabs.

You can also create a new tab dedicated to a specific application by clicking the "+" icon that appears to the right of the tabs. After clicking the "+" icon, a list of applications will appear for you to choose from. Not all applications may support a dedicated tab, so please check with the application’s developer for more information.

The Boxes tab serves as a home for your applications.

If an application supports profile boxes, you can choose to add it to your profile by editing the application’s settings. To add a box, follow the steps below:

1. Click the "Applications" in the bottom left corner of any page.
2. Select the "Edit" link.
3. Click the "Edit" link to the right of any application.
4. Select the "Profile" tab of the window that appears.
5. Click the "add" link next to "Box."

You can remove an application you have authorized to your account by clicking on the "Applications" button at the left end of the Chat bar at the bottom of any Facebook page. In the menu that appears, click on the "Edit" link and you’ll be taken to the Edit Applications page. From there, click on the "Edit" link to the right of the application in question. Finally, click on the "Remove" link to the right of the application in question.

Start by visiting the Privacy Settings page, which you can access from the Settings drop-down at the top of any Facebook page. There are five links from which you can control particular settings:

• Profile Information refers to the visibility of fields you fill out in your profile. Select who can see each type of profile content from each corresponding drop-down menu. If you choose the "Customize" option for any content type, you can hide content from specific friends or Friend lists.
• Contact Information refers to who can see your contact information, as well as what options people have when they find you in search results (ie, the ability to add you as a friend or send you a message). Select who can see each type of information from each corresponding drop-down menu. If you choose the "Customize" option for any piece of information, you can hide content from specific friends or Friend Lists.
• Applications and Websites is where you can learn about and control what you share with Facebook-enhanced applications and websites.
• Search privacy refers to who can find your Facebook profile using Facebook search as well as public search engines.
• Block List allows you to block specific people from interacting with you on Facebook. To block someone, simply enter the person’s name in the "Person" field and you will be prompted to select him or her from a list of search results. If you don’t find the person you’re looking for in that list, you can enter their email address in the "Email" field instead.

For security reasons, you are required to enter your password if you’d like to update your privacy settings.

Note that there is a "Preview My Profile…" button located at the top right corner of all of these pages. This function allows you to view how your profile looks to most people or specific friends.

By default, everyone can find you in search. However, when people click on your search listing, they won’t be able to see all of the information in your profile. They will be able to view your publicly available information only. Any additional information that they can view when they click on your search listing is determined by your Profile privacy settings.

You can control who can find you in Search from the Search Privacy page. To customize your search visibility, follow these steps:

1. Click the "Privacy Settings" option in the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Select "Search."
3. Change the setting on your "Facebook Search Result".

To restrict the visibility of specific profile content from certain individuals, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Profile Information section of the Privacy page.
2. Click the drop-down menu next to the setting that controls the content you want to restrict and select "Customize."
3. You will see a pop-up that contains the section "Hide this from." Enter the name of the friend in the open field.
4. Click "Save Setting."

To restrict the visibility of specific content from a group of people, you will want to create a Friend List to organize those people. You can do this from the Friends page. Once you’ve created a Friend List, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Profile Information section of the Privacy page.
2. Click the drop-down next to the setting that controls the content you want to restrict and select "Customize."
3. When you see the pop-up that contains the section "Hide this from," enter the name of the Friend List in the open field.
4. Click "Save Setting."

In addition to being able to restrict content from specific people, you can also choose to show content to a select group of people. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Profile Information section of the Privacy page.
2. Click the drop-down next to the setting that controls the content you want to adjust and select "Customize."
3. Under the section "Make this visible to," select "Specific People" from the drop-down menu.
4. Enter the name of a friend or Friend List to whom you want to show the content.

You can do this for as many friends or Friend Lists as you like. Only the friends you specify will be able to view the content.

Because this application was not built by Facebook and is operated by an outside developer with its own technical resources, you will need to contact the developer who created the application. You can report this to the developer by going to the application’s About page and clicking "Contact Developer" at the bottom of the page, or by clicking "Contact" at the bottom of any canvas page within the application.

Facebook is not responsible for the support provided by this developer. However, Facebook works to ensure that all outside developers are following our Terms of Service. If you find that the developer is unresponsive to your inquiry, please report the application for abuse by going to the application’s About page and clicking "Report Application" at the bottom of the page, or by clicking "Report" at the bottom of any canvas page within the application.

To prevent further harassment, we also recommend that you block both the application as well as the user. Blocking an application will prevent you from receiving invites to add it and will disable the application from using your information. This means your friends will no longer be able to communicate with you using this application. It will also prevent the application from publishing stories in your News Feed.

To block an application, go to the Application Directory and find the application you wish to block. Once found, click on the picture for the application to see its About page. On the About page you will have the option to "Block this Application" on the right side of the screen.

To block a user, go to the Privacy Settings page and enter the name of the person you want to block in the "Block People" search field at the bottom of the page. Blocking allows you to prevent all interactions with someone on Facebook. They won't be able to find you in searches, view your profile, or contact you, and will not be notified that you blocked them.

Advertisements for dating sites and services are permitted on Facebook.

We do not accept ads for adult friend finders or dating sites or services with a sexual emphasis.

Dating ads on Facebook must:
* use text that includes the name of the dating site or service advertised.
* be targeted to users over the age of 18.
* be targeted only to users with a relationship status of "single".
* be targeted only to users of a single sex ("male" or "female"), and not both.
* be targeted to a single "interested in" preference ("men" or "women"), and not both.

You can download more information about our dating ad policy here.

If you'd like to advertise a dating site or service to both men and women, you'll need to create separate ads and target each one to a single gender. We don't allow a single ad to be targeted to both men and women.

Ads for Subscription Services must comply with the terms below.

"Subscription Services" may include sites that promote downloading ringtones, wallpaper, or text messages for predictions, love life advice, news, personality quizzes, or other entertainment services or any site where a user signs up for a product or service with recurring billing.

1. The promoted website must clearly and accurately display the price and billing interval on the landing page as well as any page that prompts a user for personally identifiable information (such as name, date of birth, phone number, physical or email addresses, or email addresses) or billing information (including mobile phone number or credit card number).

2. If users sign up for the service by transmitting a code by text message, the price and billing interval must be clearly displayed beside the code.

3. If the service is a subscription, the website must provide a prominent opt-in checkbox or other clear mechanism indicating that the user knowingly accepts the price and subscription service. This should be on the first page where the user enters personal data, and the user should not be able to proceed without opting in.

To read more, visit the Facebook Advertising Guidelines.
4. All of the foregoing items should be located in a prominent place on your webpage, and should be easy to find, read, and understand.

Facebook does not allow ads for "work from home", get rich quick and other money making opportunities that offer compensation for little or no investment.

This includes pyramid schemes, easy money making ebooks, or other money making schemes positioned as alternatives to part-time or full-time employment.

To read more, visit the Facebook Advertising Guidelines.

If you are noticing abusive behavior from a person who is currently on your Friend List, we recommend that you remove this user from your Friend List and report them using the 'Report/Block' link that appears at the bottom of their profile.

If this doesn't resolve the issue, we further recommended that you block the abusive user by listing their name or email address in the "Block List" that appears at the bottom of the Privacy page. You can read more about how to block someone here.

We suggest that you block the person by listing his or her name in the "Blocking People" box at the bottom of the Privacy page. If this does not resolve the problem, please report the user by clicking the 'Report/Block person' link that appears at the bottom of the user's profile. To report a user for a message you have received, use the report link located next to the message in your inbox.

We suggest that you block the person by listing his or her name in the "Blocking People" box at the bottom of the Privacy page. If this does not resolve the problem, please report the user by clicking the 'Report/Block person' link that appears at the bottom of the user's profile.

Please keep in mind that only your confirmed friends can contact you via Facebook Chat. We recommend that you remove this user from your Friend List. If necessary, you may block the person by listing his or her name in the 'Blocking People' box at the bottom of the Privacy page.

You can zoom in on a group of associations by clicking and dragging with the mouse. Press SHIFT to zoom out, or drag an area with no associations. You can use the slider at the bottom to explore the associations of the topic for different dates. Click individual associations on and off above the graph to see how those associations change over time. Roll over a bubble to see the exact number of mentions of the association alongside the topic in the given time window.

Pulse shows keywords that often show up in the Profiles of users who mention a topic. It is drawn from the favorite Interests, Movies, TV Shows, Books, and Music of those users. You can use the drop-down menu to change the category.

These interests are ranked by a combination of the total number of posters who list the interest in their Profile and by how closely associated the interest is with those posters. A close association means that the interest is more likely to show up in the Profiles of users who are talking about the topic than the average Facebook user.

Lexicon displays as many data points as possible that fit on the graph. When you remove one of the search terms by un-checking the box above the graph, or move the slider to zoom in on a particular time range, we redraw the graph to make the results easier to read. This may cause the data points to change their relative position on the graph.

You can customize your Friends box by clicking the pencil icon, or edit icon, at the top-right of the profile box. You will have the option to:

1. Show a six, nine or twelve friend.
2. Include friends from some or all of your networks.
3. Always show specific friends.
4. Show network information for your friends.

You can show network information by clicking the pencil icon, also known as the edit icon, in the 'Friends' box. Clicking "Show Networks Section" will reveal your friends' network info.

You may report abuse by using the proper "Report" link that appears next to many pieces of content on the site. You may also report another user by using the "Report/Block" link that appears at the bottom of a user's profile page. If this does not resolve the issue, we suggest that you block the person by listing his or her name in the "Blocking People" box that appears at the bottom of the Privacy page.

If you have already blocked an offender or have been blocked by an offender posting abusive content, please have another user report the abusive content or the offender through the one of the various "Report" links available on the site.

You can report a profile that violates Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities by clicking the "Report/Block this Person" link in the left column of the profile, selecting "Fake profile" as the reason, and adding the appropriate information. The following categories of profiles are prohibited on the site:

• Profiles that impersonate you or someone else
• Profiles that use your photos
• Profiles that list a fake name
• Profiles that do not represent a real person
• Profiles that have been hacked

Be sure to choose the correct report type to help us verify the information. Facebook reviews every report we receive in order to determine whether or not the content violates our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, and will take appropriate action. Rest assured that these reports will be kept confidential.

Daily data is updated 12 hours after the full day. However, we reserve the right to change the update frequency at our discretion.

If you deactivate your account, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), so if you want to reactivate at some point, your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

If you permanently delete your account, all personally identifiable information associated with your account will be purged from our database. This includes information like your name, email address, mailing address, and IM screen name. Copies of some material (photos, notes, etc.) may remain in our servers for technical reasons, but this material is disassociated from any personal identifiers and completely inaccessible to other users. Facebook also does not use content associated with accounts that have been deactivated or deleted.

If you're worried about who can see you and what they can see, remember that you can edit your privacy settings as you see fit from the Privacy Settings page.

To deactivate your account, navigate to the "Settings" tab on the Account page. Deactivation will remove your profile and content associated with your account from Facebook. In addition, users will not be able to search for you or view any of your information.

If you’d like to come back to Facebook anytime after you’ve deactivated your account, you can reactivate your account by logging in with your email and password. Your profile will be restored in its entirety (friends, photos, interests, etc.). Remember that you will need to have access to the login email address on the account in order to reactivate it.

Once you have submitted a request to permanently delete your account, no further action is required on your end. Our system delays the deletion process in case you change your mind and no longer want to permanently delete your account. Note that logging in to your account again will undo a pending deletion request.

Once your account is permanently deleted, there is no way to undo this action. You will not be able to reactivate the account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added to it.

You can invite friends on your AIM Buddy List by first clicking "Find Friends" from the Friends drop-down at the top of any Facebook page. On the following page is the option to use the AIM Instant Messenger Friend Finder. Once you have selected this option, you will then need to enter your AIM Screen Name and AIM Password into the appropriate fields. You can then select which of your friends you want to send friend requests to or invite to Facebook.

Friends on your AIM Buddy List will be sent instant messages that inform them that you have added them as a friend. If the person already uses Facebook and has their AIM Screen Name listed on their account, they will be sent a friend request. If the person does not use Facebook yet or has not listed their AIM Screen Name, they will be sent an invitation via AIM to join Facebook. If the person is not online at the time the invitation is sent, they will receive it the next time they log in.

Outlook
To export a CSV or tab-delimited text file from Outlook:

1. Open Outlook
2. Select "Import and Export" from the File menu
3. When the wizard opens, select "Export to a file" and click "Next"
4. Select "Comma separated values (Windows)" and click "Next"
5. Select the Contacts folder you would like to export and click "Next"
6. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop), then click "Next"
7. Confirm what you are exporting: make sure the checkbox next to "Export..." is checked and click "Finish"

Outlook Express
To export a CSV or tab-delimited text file from Outlook Express:

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
3. Click "Export", and then click "Address Book"
4. Select "Text File" (Comma Separated Values), and then click "Export".
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop) and click "Next"
6. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click "Finish". Please be sure to select the email address and name fields
7. Click "OK" and then click "Close"

Windows Address Book
To export a CSV file from Windows Address Book:

1. Open Windows Address Book
2. From the "File" menu, select "Export", then "Other Address Book..."
3. When the "Address Book Export Tool" dialog opens, select "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" and click "Export"
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop) and click "Next"
5. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click "Finish". Please be sure to select the email address and name fields
6. Click "OK" and then click "Close"

Mozilla Thunderbird
To export an LDIF file from Mozilla Thunderbird:

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird
2. Select "Address Book" from the "Tools" menu
3. When the address book window opens, select "Export..." from the "Tools" menu
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.ldif" on the Desktop) and click "Save"

Palm Desktop
To export a CSV file from Palm Desktop:

1. Open Palm Desktop
2. Display your contact list by clicking the "Addresses" icon on the lefthand side of the screen
3. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
4. When the dialog box opens, enter a name for the file you are creating in the "File name:" field; select "Comma Separated" in the "Export Type" pulldown menu; be sure to select the "All" radio button from the two "Range:" radio buttons
5. A second dialog box "Specify Export Fields" opens. Leave all of the checkboxes checked, and click "OK"

Palm Desktop (vCard)
To export a vCard file from Palm Desktop:

1. Open Palm Desktop
2. Display your contact list by clicking the "Addresses" icon on the left hand side of the screen
3. Select the contacts you would like to export
4. Select "Export vCard..." from the "File" menu
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.vcf" on the Desktop), then click "Save"

Entourage
To export a tab-delimited text file from Entourage:

1. Open Entourage
2. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
3. Select "Local Contacts to a list (tab-delimited text)"
4. Click the "Next" arrow
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.txt" on the Desktop), then click "Save"
6. Click "Done" in the confirm dialog

Mac OS X Address Book
To export a vCard file from Mac OS X Address Book:

1. Open Mac OS X Address Book
2. Select the contacts you would like to export
3. Select "Export vCards..." from the File menu
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.vcf" on the Desktop), then click "Save"

LinkedIn
To export a CSV file from LinkedIn:

1. Sign into LinkedIn
2. Visit the Address Book Export page
3. Select "Microsoft Outlook (.CSV file)" and click "Export"
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the exported file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop)

Other
Many email clients and PIM programs allow contacts to be exported to a file. We support the following types of contact file:

• Comma-separated values (.csv)
• vCards (.vcf)
• Tab-delimited text (.txt)
• LDAP Data Interchange Format (.ldif)

Please check your email client's documentation to see whether contact export to one of these formats is supported. If it's not, you can make a suggestion for us to add support for the contact file format that your email client is capable of exporting.

Please make sure that the file follows the format below:

1. First line contains the words "Email Addresses"
2. The following rows only contain email addresses and no other type of information (name, location, etc.)

If you continue to experience problems, please submit a report here. Please note that Facebook may need a copy of your address book (e.g. comma separated value - .csv file) to troubleshoot the problem. However, we will not send any invitations on your behalf.

You must synchronize the iPhoto Exporter plugin with your Facebook account by "logging in" to Facebook from the plugin. On the "Facebook" tab of the "Export" window, click on the "Login" button at the upper left corner. This will launch a new window in your Internet browser that lets you log in.

Once you have successfully logged in from the plugin, the button will change to "Logout." If you need to switch Facebook accounts, or if you are having trouble exporting photos to your account, click on this button to log out, and then you may log in again.

The Facebook Exporter plug-in for iPhoto requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later (PowerPC or Intel) and iPhoto 5 or later. Without these specifications (or better) the plug-in will not work.

If you meet these specifications and are still having trouble installing, it may be a problem with your unzipping application. Please make sure you are running the latest version of Stuffit (11 and up). Alternatively, right click (or control click) on the downloaded installer and select open with Installer (BomArchiveHelper.app), then run through the installation process as normal.

If you are having trouble viewing specific sections of your profile please go to the Privacy page and edit your Profile privacy. Selecting "No one" from any of the drop menus will hide the content from all users, including yourself. Please make sure that you have selected an option other than this most restrictive one.

Facebook created public search listings in 2007 to enable your friends to find you off of Facebook. When people search for you through a public search engine (eg, Google or Bing), they may see your public search listing. Your public search listing includes publicly available information (your name, profile picture, current city, gender, networks, friend list and pages). Please note that your Friend List will only appear in your public search listing if you allow Everyone to view this information.

In addition, any other information that you have made available to everyone using the Everyone privacy setting can be accessed by public search engines.

Your public search listing will only be available if you have the "Allow Indexing" box checked on the Search section of the Privacy Settings page. If you uncheck this box, people who do not yet use Facebook won’t be able to find you. Allowing your friends to find you both on and off of Facebook may make your experience more meaningful.

Please make sure that you have enabled your public search listing to be found by going to the Privacy page and clicking the Search section. On the following page, please make sure that you have selected "Everyone" for your search visibility and that you have checked the box next to "Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing." Keep in mind that once you’ve changed your settings on Facebook, there may be a delay until the external search directory updates. To request an immediate change, you will have to contact the search engine in question.

If you are under the age of 18 then you will not have a public search listing. When you turn 18, please make sure to review your public search listing privacy settings.

You cannot edit what information appears in your public search listing. However, you can opt out of this feature by navigating to the Search section of the Privacy Settings page, and deselecting the "Allow Indexing" option.

By default, a public search listing is created for all Facebook accounts that belong to users 18 years of age and older. If you do not want people to be able to find you in a search engine result, please go to the Privacy Settings page and click the Search section. On the following page you can deselect the "Allow Indexing" option. Please note that once you’ve changed your settings on Facebook, there may be a delay until the external search directory updates. To request the immediate removal of this search listing, you will have to contact the search engine in question.

Please keep in mind that once you have changed your settings on Facebook, there may be a delay until the external search directory updates. During this time period, your public search listing link may appear in an external search engine result, but users will be unable to actually view the public search listing. Clicking the search result link will not display your public search listing.

However, this information may still be saved in the search engine’s cache or search memory. Unfortunately, Facebook does not have control over content that has already been indexed and cached in search engines. To request the immediate removal of this search listing, you will have to contact the specific search engine’s support team.

Please contact the appropriate support team using one of the links below:

• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo

Your settings for all sites and applications can be found here.

On this page, if you click "Edit Settings," you can edit your settings for each specific application and site you have connected with including whether you want that site to always publish stories, ask you before publishing stories, or never publish stories for you.

The following terms are used in your Advertising Performance report. Not all terms will appear in every report.

Date: The date on which the activity reported in the row of the report took place. Please note that monthly reports will be dated on the first of each month and weekly reports will be dated on the Sunday that marks the beginning of the week.

Campaign or Ad Name: The name of the ad/campaign reported in the row.

Campaign or Ad ID: The unique ID number of the ad/campaign reported in the row.

Impressions: The total number of times the ad referenced was shown has been shown on the site.

Clicks: The total number of clicks on the ads tracked by that row in the report.

Clicks Rate: The click rate for an ad is calculated as the number of clicks the ad received divided by the number of impressions (times the ad was shown on the site) in the given time period.

Actions: The number of times users have become a fan of your Page or RSVP'ed positively to your Facebook Event. (This data will only appear for Facebook Ads for Pages or Events.)

Actions Rate: The action rate for an ad is calculated as the number of actions the ad received divided by the number of impressions (times the ad was shown on the site) in the given time period.

CPC: The average cost per click in your account's selected currency for the given row.

CPM: The average cost per thousand impressions for the given row.

Spent: The total cost for the activity in the given row.

Unique Impressions: The number of distinct users who viewed the ad(s) tracked by the given row of the report.

Unique Clicks: The number of distinct users who clicked on the ad(s) tracked by the given row of the report.

Unique Clicks Rate: The unique click-through rate. This rate is calculated as the number of unique clicks the ad(s) received divided by the number of unique ad impressions.

Date: The date on which the activity reported by that row of the report took place. Please note that monthly reports will be dated on the first of each month and weekly reports will be dated on the Sunday that marks the beginning of the week.

Ad/Campaign Name: The name of the ad/campaign being tracked by that row.

Ad/Campaign ID: The unique ID number of the ad/campaign being tracked by that row.

Demographic: This is how he data is summarized for the current row you’re looking at. For instance, if it says "gender_age", then this row will tell you about how a certain gender and age respond to your ad. Other options include "country" (partitioned by country) and "region" (partitioned by states/regions within countries).

Bucket 1/Bucket 2: These columns give further information about what demographic is being reported in the row. The values in these columns depend on the value of "demographic" column in the row. For instance, if the row is a "gender_age" row, these columns will give you information about what gender and what age is being reported. However, if the row is a "region" row, it will tell you what country and what state is being reported.

% of Impressions: The percentage of unique user impressions served to the demographic reported, as compared to the total number served. Note that this column may be blank if there were not a sufficient number of impressions served to this group. We do this to protect the privacy of our users. This does not necessarily mean that 0 impressions were served to this demographic.

Hourly data is updated in your account on the hour for the last full hour. Exportable daily data is updated 12 hours after the full day ends, in order for our system to accurately analyze the entire day's performance. There maybe be a 48-72 hour delay before your unique impressions and unique click data appear in your exportable reports. We reserve the right to change the update frequency at our discretion.

You can send a message to another user on Facebook by following these steps.

1. Initiate a message in any of the following ways:
• While viewing someone's profile, click the "Send a Message" link under their profile picture.
• Type someone’s name into search and click the "Send a Message" link that appears on the right side of any search result.
• Select "Compose" from your Inbox, and type the name of a friend, friend list, or email address you would like to message.


2. Type a subject and a message.


3. Click "Send." The person or people you send the message to will be notified the next time they log in.

You can message up to twenty Facebook friends or email addresses at once. However, if you are contacting someone on Facebook you are not friends with via a Facebook message, you can only message him or her individually.

Alternatively, if you are an admin of a Facebook group, you can message all the members of your group by going to the group profile and following the "Message All Members" link underneath the group photo. Note that this option is only available for groups with 5,000 people or fewer.

When you select "Send To All," everyone who was originally messaged will see your response. When you reply to a specific person, only he or she will see your response.

The impact of this on your Inbox is that all the "Send To All" messages will be kept in a single thread, and any individual conversations that you start from within that thread will create a new thread entirely. For example, if you select "Send To All" for a message originally sent to you and Amy from Paul, both Amy and Paul will see your reply. If you click the "Reply" link under Paul’s name, then only Paul will see your response and the conversation between you and Paul will be its own thread in your Inbox.

Our default is to allow anyone on Facebook to contact you via a message. This means that even people who cannot see your profile can message you. If you don't want people who are not your friends and not in any of your networks messaging you, you can change your privacy setting for this feature from the Contact Information section of your Privacy Settings page.

The changes announced today do not affect any canvas page or canvas page URLs. Canvas page URLs will continue to live on the domain http://apps.facebook.com at their current URLs. At the present time, the new username-specific URLs cannot point to canvas pages.

Every Facebook Page or application profile that has more than 1,000 fans as of May 31, 2009, can get one username-specific URL associated with the page. If there are multiple administrators of a Page, the first username selected by any one of the administrators will be associated with the page. If you're an administrator, you can get more details here.

For your application profile, we recommend you choose a username that closely matches the name of your application. For a Facebook Page you maintain to promote your development company, you might choose your company name as your username.

You can sign up for a username starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, 2009, by visiting www.facebook.com/username. After selecting one for your application or company name, you will see a green check mark indicating that the name is available before you actually claim it. In some cases, your desired username may not be available because someone has already selected it or because we've reserved certain names that have been brought to our attention in an effort to help third parties protect their intellectual property and other rights. If your username is unavailable or you wish to report that another username infringes your intellectual property rights, please click here.

Be sure to check out this FAQ for answers to other common questions.

Facebook requires its users to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account. Providing false information to create an account is a violation of our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

Applicable laws may give parents the right to access personal information their child has provided before Facebook follows its policy of promptly deleting such accounts. If you are aware of your underage child having an account on Facebook, you can show them how to delete their account by having them log into their profile and following this link.

If you would like to report an underage user (under 13 years of age), please do so here. We will promptly delete the account of any underage user that is reported to us through this form.

Alternatively, you can submit a request to Facebook here. Please be aware that you will be required to submit a notarized statement declaring your rights as a parent or guardian immediately upon using this form.

First, click "Edit Page." Inside the Mobile settings module, you will see the email address for your Page. To upload a photo or video, simply email the photo or video to your Page’s email address.

To put a caption for your photo or video, place the caption in the subject of the email. We recommend you save this email address in your phone’s address book.

Anyone emailing this address will be able to post to your fans, so please only share this address with other Page admins. You may generate a new email address by clicking the "refresh your upload email" link.

To activate updating via text message, click "Edit Page" below the profile picture on the Page. Beneath "Mobile," click "Edit," and follow the link to sign up for Facebook Text Messages in order to post status updates to your Page.

Please note that if your carrier is not listed in the drop-down menu, they are not currently supported for Facebook Mobile Texts. Please contact your mobile operator for more information.

You can associate multiple phone numbers for a single Page. However, you can only associate one Page or profile to each mobile number. If you associate a mobile number to your Page, that number cannot be associated to your profile or another Page.

Click here to view instructions and a guide on this feature.

You must synchronize the iPhoto Exporter plugin with your Facebook account by logging in to Facebook from the plugin.

To do so, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Facebook tab of the Export window.
2. Click the "Login" button in the upper left corner. This will launch a new window in your Internet browser that lets you log in.

Once you have successfully logged in from the plugin, the button will change to "Logout." If you need to switch Facebook accounts, or if you are having trouble exporting photos to your account, click on this button to log out, and then you may log in again.

The Facebook Exporter plugin for iPhoto requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later (PowerPC or Intel) and iPhoto 5 or later. Without these or higher specifications, the plugin will not work.

If your computer meets these specifications and are still having trouble installing, it may be a problem with your unzipping application. Please make sure you are running the latest version of Stuffit (11 and up). Alternatively, right click (or control click) on the downloaded installer and select open with Installer (BomArchiveHelper.app), then run through the installation process as normal.

Facebook did not generate the notification that you received. These notifications were created by a 3rd party application and can be safely disregarded.

For future reference, you can report an application for abuse by clicking "Report Application" at the bottom of the application’s About page. Alternatively, you can click "Report" at the bottom of any canvas page within the application.

Facebook sends a notification to every email address associated with an account when someone has been able to register one of the addresses on the account. This happens when a person clicks on a link sent to the email address when creating a new account, or when adding the address to an existing account.

If you still own the email address in question, you can add it back to your account by going to the "Settings" tab on the Account page and following the same process. You may want to change the password for the email address, as someone else may have been able to access it in order to confirm the contact change.

If you no longer own the address, you will not be able to add it back to your account. If you still own the email address but are unable to access it, please contact your email provider for assistance with regaining access to the address.

Some users’ preferences have changed to "On" automatically, despite having their preferences set to "Off." This problem may be caused by using the Facebook application on your smartphone (ie BlackBerry). If you are experiencing this issue, please report it here.

Don't let this friendship opportunity slip away. Just send the other person a friend request from your account. Alternatively, you could ask them to invite you again.

Usernames were created to make it easier for Facebook users to identify their profile and share with others. Facebook encourages users to consider the following when creating a username:

• Your username should be as close as possible to your true name (e.g. Jsmith or John.Smith). Names such as CoachJohn, BlondeJane, etc. don’t clearly identify you as well as your true name.
• Usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (".").
• Choose a username you will be happy with for the long term. Usernames are not transferable.
• Your username must adhere to Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

If you are unable to log in to your account and are receiving a warning that your account appears to be compromised, Facebook has detected suspicious activity on your account and has temporarily suspended it as a security precaution. It is possible that your password was "phished," or stolen by a website designed to look like Facebook. You will be able to regain access to your account once you complete the automated security verification process. When you regain access to your account, please be sure to follow all of the suggested security precautions, including:

1. Password Protection: You should select a unique and complex password for your account and keep this entirely to yourself. Be sure that you use a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length. It should also be different from other passwords you use elsewhere on the internet.
2. Private Browsing: Please make sure that you log out of your Facebook account and quit your browser when you’re done using the site. This is especially important when using a public computer or someone else's mobile device. You should also never check the "Keep me logged in" box when logging in from a public computer, as this will keep you logged in even after you close your browser window.
3. Secure Email: Since anyone who can read your email can probably also access your Facebook account, you should make sure that any email addresses associated with your account are secure. To ensure security, you should change the password for all of your email accounts and make sure that no two are the same. By varying your passwords, you can greatly decrease your account’s risk of being compromised in the future.
4. Security Question: If you have not done so already, you should add a security question to your account from the Account Settings page. You should choose a question and answer that you will remember, and no one else should be able to answer the question that you choose.
5. Log in at Facebook.com: Make sure that when you access the site, you always log in from a legitimate Facebook page with the facebook.com domain. Do not click any unfamiliar links and do not run any executable files (files ending in .exe) on your computer without knowing what they are. If something looks or feels suspicious, go directly to www.facebook.com to log in.
6. Run Anti-Virus Software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove these harmful programs and keep your information secure.
   
   For Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx
   
   For Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
7. Learn More: You should visit the following page for more information about Facebook security and how to report suspicious material in the future: http://www.facebook.com/security

The name you enter as your electronic signature should match the name on your account. If you have a business account with no name or profile, or are trying to create an account when you create your Page, please enter your legal first and last name as your electronic signature.

We are currently experiencing an issue with this feature that may result in an error when you try to create your Page. We are working to resolve this issue, reports are no longer needed.

If you have a specific question, try searching the Help Center first. For example, search profile photo in the Help Center's search field above if you want to learn how to change your profile photo.

If you want to browse by topic, click on the most relevant subject and then select the relevant subtopic. For example, if you'd like to learn more about privacy settings, first click Privacy, then click Privacy settings and fundamentals. If you want to report a bug (or want to see if the issue you're experiencing is a bug), click Troubleshooting instead.

If you'd like to see answers from other users via the Help Center's user-to-user support feature (or if you want to answer other users' questions there), click on the Help Discussions module on the help page you're on, or just click on the Help Discussions filter on the left-hand side and browse by subject there.

This is probably due to your fans’ News Feed settings. Please refer them to the directions listed here on how to change their News Feed settings.

Yes; however, no additional information is shared outside of what is already publicly available. Publicly available information includes your name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, Friend List, and Pages. This information makes it easier for friends, family, and other people you know to connect with you.

You can customize who can find you in search from the Search section of the Privacy Settings page. From this page, you can also see how your profile looks to most people on Facebook by clicking the "Preview My Profile" button. You can further control who can add you as a friend or send you a message from the Contact Information section of the Privacy page.

Please note that you may see a different version of the site than others when you perform searches from your own account. You will always be able to find your profile in search because you can always view your own profile. However, users who do not have this permission will not be able to find your profile.

Facebook Search allows you to search for anything on the site, including people in other networks, provided they haven't restricted their privacy settings. From the Search page, just type the individual's name into the search field. Once the results have been generated, you can use the filters on the left side of the page to narrow your search results by result type (e.g., People, Pages, Groups). Selecting the "People" filter will further allow you to filter your results by affiliations (e.g., Location, School, Workplace).

You can also use the special Classmate Search and Coworker Search to find people you know from the school or workplace to which you belong. Classmate Search allows you to search for people that attended a specific high school or college. You can search a specific school, or specify a class year to narrow down your results. Coworker Search lets you search for people based on what companies they worked at according to their profiles.

From your Ads Manager you can view all of your Facebook Ad campaigns, make changes to your bids and budgets, and pause or restart your ads at any time. You'll also find your Billing Manager containing your payment history and funding sources information, and you can export ad performance reports from the Reports tab.

You can always access your Ads Manager at http://www.facebook.com/ads/manage/.

The Atom feed or RSS feed of your friends' notes, statuses, or links or an individual user's notes, statuses, or links contains that content only, whereas News Feed contains stories about photo postings, relationship changes, etc. Also, your News Feed won't show a story every time one of your friends posts a note to Facebook; your News Feed only contains the stories we think you'll be the most interested in. The RSS or Atom feeds of a user's notes or your friends' notes, for example will contain every note posted. And finally, even though most web browsers display Atom or RSS feeds readably, you'll typically want to use a news aggregator to keep track of them.

If you're experiencing an issue with a third-party application that you have authorized for your account (e.g., the Causes application), please click on the application's name in "Applications by External Developers." Note that applications are listed only if you are logged in to your Facebook account.