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30-Second Tech Trick: How to Hide Facebook Posts from Certain People

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Watch the 30-second video above, or follow these steps:

Hiding a single post

1. Create a status update, and hit the pull-down menu to the left of the Post button.

2. Choose custom.

3. Under the “Don’t share this with” heading, type in the names of any people you don’t want to see the post.

Hide all future posts from a person or people

1. Click the gear icon in the upper right corner, and choose Settings.

2. Choose Privacy from the left-hand menu.

3. Under the “Who can see my stuff?” heading, choose Edit.

4. Hit the pull-down menu to the left of the Post button.

5. Choose custom.

6. Under the “Don’t share this with” heading, type in the names of any people you don’t want to see any of your posts from now on.

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