To use it:

1. Go to your Facebook profile.
2. Click the three dots (•••) under your cover photo.
3. Select “View As”.

What I found was surprising—photos, posts, and profile details I hadn’t realized were public were visible to anyone.

How to Limit Who Sees Your Past Posts

While you can adjust the visibility of individual posts with the Audience Selector, Facebook also offers a way to update past posts all at once.

To limit the visibility of older content:

1. Go to Settings & Privacy → Settings.
2. Select “Privacy” from the sidebar.
3. Scroll to the “Your Activity” section and click “Limit Past Posts”.
4. Confirm the change to restrict older public posts to “Friends.”

This gave me peace of mind—my Facebook profile was now mostly private, aside from my profile photo and basic info.

Balancing Privacy and Public Visibility for Business Owners

If you’re a business owner or professional, you might want to leave a few posts visible to the public—especially those related to your work or brand.

In my case, I occasionally share posts from the Tobin Solutions Facebook page on my personal profile. Using the Audience Selector, I manually changed the visibility of those specific posts to Public. That way, if someone searches for me or comes across my profile, they can see content that represents my business—but nothing more than I’ve approved.

If you want to control what the public sees while still allowing certain posts to be found, this is a smart, flexible approach. Use Facebook’s tools to curate your profile intentionally, whether for networking, reputation management, or online privacy.

Final Thoughts

In 2025, Facebook privacy settings are more powerful than ever—but only if you use them. A quick check using “View As” and a few adjustments with the Audience Selector and Limit Past Posts feature can go a long way in protecting your personal information.

For me, this approach offers the best of both worlds—privacy where I need it, and visibility where it counts. I hope it helps you find the same balance.

Control What the Public Sees on Your Facebook Profile (2025 Guide)

Ever been surprised by who interacts with your Facebook content? I recently noticed someone I didn’t know “liked” one of my personal photos on Facebook. Since my personal Facebook profile is set to “Friends Only,” I was caught off guard. It turns out the post was accidentally set to Public.

After clicking the Audience Selector dropdown on the post, I saw it was visible to everyone. I quickly changed the setting to Friends, which resolved the issue—at least for that one photo.

How to See What the Public Can View on Your Facebook Profile

That experience made me curious—what else could strangers see on my Facebook profile?

Fortunately, Facebook has a tool called View As that shows how your profile appears to someone who’s not your friend.

To use it:

1. Go to your Facebook profile.
2. Click the three dots (•••) under your cover photo.
3. Select “View As”.

What I found was surprising—photos, posts, and profile details I hadn’t realized were public were visible to anyone.

How to Limit Who Sees Your Past Posts

While you can adjust the visibility of individual posts with the Audience Selector, Facebook also offers a way to update past posts all at once.

To limit the visibility of older content:

1. Go to Settings & Privacy → Settings.
2. Select “Privacy” from the sidebar.
3. Scroll to the “Your Activity” section and click “Limit Past Posts”.
4. Confirm the change to restrict older public posts to “Friends.”

This gave me peace of mind—my Facebook profile was now mostly private, aside from my profile photo and basic info.

Balancing Privacy and Public Visibility for Business Owners

If you’re a business owner or professional, you might want to leave a few posts visible to the public—especially those related to your work or brand.

In my case, I occasionally share posts from the Tobin Solutions Facebook page on my personal profile. Using the Audience Selector, I manually changed the visibility of those specific posts to Public. That way, if someone searches for me or comes across my profile, they can see content that represents my business—but nothing more than I’ve approved.

If you want to control what the public sees while still allowing certain posts to be found, this is a smart, flexible approach. Use Facebook’s tools to curate your profile intentionally, whether for networking, reputation management, or online privacy.

Final Thoughts

In 2025, Facebook privacy settings are more powerful than ever—but only if you use them. A quick check using “View As” and a few adjustments with the Audience Selector and Limit Past Posts feature can go a long way in protecting your personal information.

For me, this approach offers the best of both worlds—privacy where I need it, and visibility where it counts. I hope it helps you find the same balance.