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This wikiHow teaches you how to make changes to your Facebook friends list on an iPhone or iPad.
Steps
Method 1
Method 1 of 4:Removing a Friend [Unfriending]
Method 1
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1Open Facebook on your iPhone or iPad. Its a blue icon with a white f inside. Youll usually find it on the home screen.
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2Tap the menu. Its at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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3Tap Friends. Its under the EXPLORE header. This displays your friends list.
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4Tap the Friends button next to the person you want to remove.
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5Tap Unfriend [friends name]. A confirmation message will appear.
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6Tap Unfriend. This person is no longer your Facebook friend.
Method 2
Method 2 of 4:Unfollowing a Friend
Method 2
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1Open Facebook on your iPhone or iPad. Its a blue icon with a white f inside. Youll usually find it on the home screen.
- Use this method to stop seeing your friends posts without having to remove them from your friends list. The person will not be notified that youve unfollowed them.
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2Tap the menu. Its at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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3Tap Friends. Its under the EXPLORE header. This displays your friends list.
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4Tap next to the person you want to unfollow.
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5Tap Unfollow [friends name]. This persons posts will stop showing up in your feed.
Method 3
Method 3 of 4:Blocking a Friend
Method 3
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1Open Facebook on your iPhone or iPad. Its a blue icon with a white f inside. Youll usually find it on the home screen.
- Blocking a friend means you will no longer be able to see anything they do on Facebook [and vice-versa].
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2Tap the menu. Its at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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3Tap Friends. Its under the EXPLORE header. This displays your friends list.
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4Tap the Friends button next to the person you want to block.
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5Tap Block [friends name]. A confirmation message will appear.
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6Follow the on-screen instructions to confirm the block.
Method 4
Method 4 of 4:Editing Friend Lists
Method 4
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1Open Facebook on your iPhone or iPad. Its a blue icon with a white f inside. Youll usually find it on the home screen.
- Use this method to add someone to [or remove someone from] a friend list.
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2Tap the menu. Its at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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3Tap Friends. Its under the EXPLORE header. This displays your friends list.
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4Tap the profile photo of the friend you want to add to a list. This opens their profile page.
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5Tap the Friends icon. Its the person icon with a check mark. A menu will appear.
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6Tap Edit Friend Lists. A list of your friend lists will appear.
- If the selected friend is a member of a list, youll see a blue check mark to the right of the lists name.
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7Tap a list with a check mark to remove this friend. This removes the check mark, which removes the friend from the list.
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8Tap a list without a check mark to add this friend. A check mark will appear next to the lists name, indicating that this friend is now a member.
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9Tap Done. Its at the top-right corner of the screen. This saves your changes.
- Repeat these steps to assign others to [or remove others from] lists.
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About This Article
Written by:
Nicole Levine, MFA
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This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 11,892 times.
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