On Facebook lots of people like to share their photos, add their profile picture and add cover photo on their facebook profile. But sometimes we don’t want to show our photos and cover photo to everyone. So in this article I will show you how to private your cover photo in facebook using phone and pc.
In facebook app you can’t directly change your cover photo settings. But there are some ways you can use to private your cover photo.
Open facebook app then go to your profile. Now change your cover photo, then go to your Albums and tap on Cover photo. Then tap on the previous photo and tap on three dots. Now tap on Edit privacy and tap on Only me.
Read this full guide to private your cover photo in facebook using your mobile and pc.
But first you must know what is cover photo and its purpose on facebook.
What is cover photo on facebook
A cover photo on your facebook profile is a photo like your profile picture. Cover photo is larger in size and are public like your profile picture. You can use cover photo is to add any useful photo related to your profile, business, content etc.
How to private your cover photo in facebook using phone
Follow this trick to private cover photo in facebook on iPhone and android.
Edit privacy feature for your current cover photo is not available, because cover photo is public like your profile picture. So you have to change your current photo with any plain color photo and then edit privacy of cover photo from the Album to make it Private.
1. Open facebook app.
2. Log in to your account.
3. Now at the top left tap on profile picture.
4. Then tap on Camera icon on cover photo to change your cover photo with any image or any plain color image.
5. Now go to your photos.
6. Then tap on Albums and tap on Cover photos.
7. Now tap on your previous cover photo.
8. Then at the top tap on three dots and tap on Edit privacy.
9. Select Only me from the list of option.
Now your cover photo is private and only you can see it.
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If you want to private your cover photo by deleting then you will loose your cover photo from your album.
So if you want to access your cover photo in future. Then you can simply change your cover photo and make previous cover photo private.
How to private cover photo in facebook using laptop
1. Open any web browser.
2. Now visit facebook website.
3. Log in to your account.
4. Now at the top left tap on your profile picture.
5. Then tap on Edit cover photo and tap on Choose your photo.
6. Now select any 1 photo and tap on Save Changes.
7. Then go to your photos and tap on Albums.
8. Now tap on the previous photo which you want to make private.
9. Then at the top right tap on three dots and tap on Edit audience and Select Only me.
Now your facebook cover photo is private from PC. You can always change these settings if you want to make your cover photo Public.
FAQ
Yes, you can change your cover photo without knowing anyone. When you change your cover photo then at the bottom uncheck next to Share your update to your news feed and then tap on SAVE.
Yes, if your profile is public then everyone can see your cover photo. But if you don’t want to show everyone then you can make your profile private or add any plain image.
Because current cover photo on facebook is public like your profile picture. If you want to private your current cover photo then you have to change the photo then from the Albums you can make it private.
Conclusion:
On Facebook current cover photo is public like your profile picture. But you can make your current photo private by changing it. In this guide you learned how to private your cover photo in facebook using phone and PC. If you delete your cover photo then you can’t access photo from Albums.