How to Remove Your Birthday from Facebook: A Step-by-Step Guide

Download Article

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: October 26, 2024 Fact Checked

Download Article

• On a Phone or Tablet
|
• On a Computer
|
• Video
|
• Tips
|
• Warnings

|Show more |Show less

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent anyone from seeing your date of birth on Facebook. It's super easy to change your birthday privacy settings on both the Facebook website and mobile app.

How to Remove Your Birthday from Facebook

1. Click on your profile picture or on the Menu button.
2. Select Settings and Privacy, and then Settings.
3. Tap on Profile details or Personal details.
4. Click Birthday and change the visibility to "Only Me."
5. Click Save to hide your birthday from your profile.

Steps

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

On a Phone or Tablet

Download Article

1. 1
   Open Facebook on your phone or tablet. This is the blue icon with a white "f" inside. You'll find it on your home screen or in your app list.
2. 2
   Tap the menu icon ☰. This is the three horizontal lines at the top-right (Android) or bottom-right (iPhone/iPad) corner of the screen.
   Advertisement
3. 3
   Scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy. It's just about halfway down the menu.
4. 4
   Tap Settings. This is the first option in the Settings & Privacy submenu.
5. 5
   Tap Profile details. This option is under the "Audience and Visibility" header.
6. 6
   Tap Edit next to "Basic Info." You'll find this about halfway down the menu. Now you'll see your birthdate and birth year.
7. 7
   Tap the privacy menu next to your birth date. You'll need to adjust the privacy of your birth date (month and day) and birth year separately.

   • The menu icon says the current privacy level, such as Public or Friends.
8. 8
   Select Only me from the menu. This tells Facebook not to show your birthdate to anyone who looks at your profile. It will still be visible to you.

   • If you're okay with people you're friends with knowing your birthday, you could select Friends here instead.
9. 9
   Make your age/birth year private (optional). If you'd also like to hide your year of birth (and your age) from your profile, tap the privacy menu next to your birth year and select Only me (or Friends, to make it friends-only) as well.
10. 10
    Tap Save. Tap this option at the top-right corner to save your changes. Your new preferences will take effect immediately.
Advertisement

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

On a Computer

Download Article

1. 1
   Go to https://www.facebook.com in a web browser. Facebook will open to your News Feed page if you're logged in.

   • If you aren't logged in, follow the on-screen instructions to sign in now.
2. 2
   Click your name tab. It's the first tab in the left sidebar. This takes you to your profile.
3. 3
   Click the About tab. It's near the top of your profile, but below your cover image.
4. 4
   Click the Contact and Basic Info tab. It's in the left panel.
5. 5
   Click the privacy menu icon to your date of birth. It's to the left of the pencil icon. If your birthday is public, this will be a globe icon. If it's friends-only or friends-of-friends, you'll see an icon with people on it. If it's private, you'll see a lock.

   • Your birthdate is actually separated into two sections—the month and date of your birth, and your birth year. You must control the privacy level of each of these two details separately.
6. 6
   Select Only me as the privacy level. This ensures that nobody can see your date of birth on Facebook.

   • If you're okay with friends seeing your date of birth but not random strangers, you can choose Friends instead.
7. 7
   Click Done to save your changes. Now, if you want, you can also make your birth year/age private.
8. 8
   Make your age/birth year private (optional). If you also want to hide your age from your profile, click the privacy menu next to your birth year, select Only me (or Friends, to make it friends-only), then click Done.
Advertisement

Expert Q&A

Search

Add New Question

Ask a Question

200 characters left

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.

Submit

Advertisement

Video

Tips

• Hiding your birthday from your profile means people won't receive a notification on your birthday, and your birthday won't show up in their iOS or Google calendars.
  Thanks

  Helpful 2 Not Helpful 1
• You can also change your birthdate to a different date if you want to throw people off. Just be aware that you can't change your birthdate too often or Facebook will catch on.
  Thanks

  Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1

Submit a Tip

All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published

Name

Please provide your name and last initial

Submit

Thanks for submitting a tip for review!

Advertisement

Warnings

• Changing your birth date from "Public" to "Friends" will not hide it from your profile—just from people who you aren't already friends with.
  Thanks

  Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0

Advertisement