How to Stop All Friend Requests on Facebook

Greatly reduce how many people can friend you on Facebook by following this simple and easy guide

This How.com.vn teaches you how to reduce the number of people who can send you a friend request on Facebook by changing the friend request filter from "Everyone" to "Friends of Friends". While you can't turn off friend requests entirely, changing the filter will drastically cut down on the number of people who can friend you.

Method 1

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Open Facebook. It's a dark-blue app with a white "f" on it. Doing so will open your News Feed if you're logged into Facebook.
- If you aren't logged in, first enter your email address (or phone number) and password.
It's either in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or in the top-right corner of the screen (Android).^{[1]XResearch source}
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Scroll down and tap Settings. You'll find this option toward the bottom of the menu.^{[2]XResearch source}
- Skip this step for Android.
It's either at the top of a pop-up menu (iPhone) or toward the bottom of the ☰ menu (Android).
This tab is near the top of the screen.
This option is near the bottom of the screen.^{[3]XResearch source}
It's the second option near the top of the page. Doing so will prevent anyone who doesn't belong to any of your friends' friend lists from randomly adding you on Facebook.^{[4]XResearch source}

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Go to Facebook's website. It's at https://www.facebook.com/. If you're already logged into Facebook, doing so will open your News Feed.
- If you aren't logged into Facebook, you'll first enter your email address (or phone number) and password in the upper-right side of the page.
It's in the top-right side of the Facebook window.
This option is near the bottom of the drop-down menu.^{[5]XResearch source}
It's a tab on the left side of the page.^{[6]XResearch source}
This section is about halfway down the page.
This box is below the "Who can send you friend requests?" heading.^{[7]XResearch source}
It's an option in the box's drop-down menu. Doing so will set your Facebook friend requests setting to "Friends of friends", which will prevent people not in your friend group from friending you.^{[8]XResearch source}

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How can I accept a friend request but stop them from seeing my posts?
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When post, click the 'share settings' button next to the 'post' button. From there, click 'more options' and 'custom.' This pop-up will allow you to share with specific people or prevent certain people from seeing your posts.
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How do I block a friend request?
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You can't block a friend request, but you can deny it, which has the same effect.
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How do I remove all outgoing friend requests on Facebook?
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You have to go into the outgoing friend request section and cancel them one by one.
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