How to hide Facebook profile from search engines

You all may be knowing that you can easily find any person on Facebook right from Google or any other search engines. The basic information like your name, profile picture, gender and networks are visible to everyone. Just search your name in Google and you will see your facebook’s profile in the results page.

But just in case you don’t want your Facebook profile to be shown in search engines, you can easily do this from your Facebook - "Privacy Settings page".

Follow the following steps to remove your Facebook profile from Search Engine cache

1. Login to your Facebook Profile and click the Account tab on the top right corner of the page and select the Privacy Settings option. A new page will open up.

2. In this page, find "Apps and Websites" which will be in the bottom left corner of the page, and click on "Edit your settings" link next to it.

3. On the next page you will see "Public Search" at the bottom of the page, click on "Edit settings" button at the right of "Public Search".

4. Uncheck the "Enable Public Search" option.

Now your Facebook profile will be completely removed from search engine results page. For some search engines, it may take a few days/weeks to get your Facebook profile out of their cache.


--Dhanesh Amma