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What’s the difference between a

public and private Facebook group
and how do I change the privacy
setting?
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Only group admins can change the privacy of a

Facebook group.

There are 2 privacy settings for Facebook groups:

• Public: anyone on or off Facebook can see

who’s in the group and what they post.

• Private: only members can see who’s in the

group and what they post.

Changing Public Group Privacy

Public groups can change to private. If an admin

schedules the privacy setting to change, they have 3
days to cancel if they’d like to. Once a group changes
from public to private, the change is permanent.

Keep in mind:

• All admins will get a notification when the

privacy change is scheduled.

• Everyone in the group will get a notification

when the privacy change happens.

• If the change is canceled, the group will stay

public and admins will be notified that the
change was canceled.

To change the privacy of a public Facebook group

you admin:

1 From your News Feed, tap then tap Groups.

2 Select your public group.

3 Tap More then select View Group Info.

4 Tap Edit Group Settings.

5 Below Privacy tap to select Private.

6 Tap Save.

Changing Private Group Privacy

Private groups can't change to public to protect the

privacy of group members. But group admins can
choose to make their groups visible or hidden.

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