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A few days ago, a friend was complaining about one of her relatives commenting on her Facebook statuses. This relative had said some embarrassing things that were not appreciated. But unfriending her would have caused drama that my friend would rather avoid.

Thankfully, the powers-that-be over at Facebook anticipated delicate situations like this, and there is a solution. Which I’m now going to pass on to you. So that you too can hide your status updates, your posts, links and etc. from your mother-in-law, younger siblings, boss or Creepy Uncle Bob.

If you are having problems seeing the example pictures, clicking on them will make them bigger!

But first, how about a quick freebie? We all have that friend who just makes us cringe when their name pops up on our Facebook dashboard. But we don’t want to unfriend them, because of nostalgia, or it will cause drama, or whatever. What to do??

The Hide Button

Next to the name of your “friend” you will see the little Hide Button (red circle). Click that, then choose “Hide Friend’sName” from the options that pop up. Then you will see a little notice that says “Friend is Hidden.”

If you get the urge to un-hide someone, simply go to the bottom of your Facebook news feed, and hit the “Edit Options” button.

Okay, great. Now YOU don’t have to see THEM….but how do we keep THEM from seeing YOU??

How To Hide on Facebook From Your Mother-In-Law

In the upper right-hand corner of yourFacebook dashboard, find the Accounts drop-down menu, and select Privacy Settings.

Then choose “Personal Information and Posts”, and click.

Clicking on that link will take you to a page where you can edit who can see what on your Facebook profile. You’ll want to find the drop-down menu across from “Posts by Me.” Choose the Customize option.

That will pop-up the dialog box in the picture.

The green circle is around the drop-down menu that lets you decide if only your friends can see what you post, or friends of your friends, or everyone. Underneath that, you’re networks will be listed. If you check the box next to a network, everyone in that network will be able to see your posts.

Underneath THAT, you’ll see it says “Hide this from” followed by a box labeled “These People.” In that box, you’ll type the name(s) of whomever you are hiding from. (I’m not really hiding from PrincessJenn, but for our purposes, we’ll pretend I am) Then you just hit “Save Changes”

Congratulations! You can now virtually disappear, without causing a ton of drama. Use your new powers wisely, young grasshoppers.

Who will you be hiding from? Feel free to share in the comments!