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How can i hide my friends on Facebook ?

Dear Facebook Team

Are you available to send me an email with the specific instruction how i can hide my friends from some other users who are on my Facebook friends as well ??

Users who are not my friends on Facebook are not able to see my friends, photos, my wall, etc and i do not want to change this option, just for safety.

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Hi,

If you want to hide your friend's list to some of your friends,
1.click ACCOUNT on the upper right hand corner of your facebook screen (signed in)
2. Choose Privacy Settings.
3. Click FRIENDS, TAGS and CONNECTIONS.
4. First in the list is FRIENDS. On the right side, there is drop down that will say everyone, friends of friends, only friends and customize. Click on CUSTOMIZE.
5. You will see HIDE THIS FROM, enter the name of your friends who you don't want to see your friends list.
6. Click save settings.

If you want to see how these friends of yours see your profile, Click on PREVIEW MY PROFILE, enter their name and you will see what they can view in your profile.

Hope this helps!

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