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Your birthdate is one of the most crucial pieces of information you provide when registering for Facebook. However, you may need to update or change your birthdate on Facebook for various reasons, such as privacy concerns or inaccurate birthdates during registration. Below are the methods to change your birthdate on Facebook from your computer or phone that you can use to modify your account settings.
Simple and Quick Steps to Modify Birthdate on Facebook
- Changing your birthdate to an age below 13 may result in a Facebook access restriction.
1. How to Change Your Birthdate on Facebook Using a Computer
1.1. Changing Your Birthdate on Facebook While Still Eligible
Step 1: Log in to Facebook and navigate to your profile page.
Step 2: Click on About and select Contact and Basic Info.
Step 3: Scroll down to find your birthdate next to the birthday cake icon and click the pencil icon to edit.
Step 3: Here, you can also choose to hide or display your birthday on Facebook by selecting the birthday visibility to Only me or Public, Friends. After changing your birthday and visibility, click Save to finish.
1.2. Changing Your Birthdate on Facebook When Beyond the Limit
If your Facebook account faces restrictions or has exhausted the limit for changing your birthdate and you're unable to proceed with altering it through Method 1, you need to access the birthdate change link beyond the limit (birthdate change link 195) and follow the instructions provided.
Here's how to change your birth year on Facebook when restricted (exceeding 3 attempts):
Step 1: Access the Facebook birthdate change request link HERE.
Step 2: Select your birth year, month, and day one by one along with the reason for the change. Additionally, you'll need to provide a valid photo of your identity document, such as a notarized citizenship certificate. The photo must include your face and birthdate for Facebook's age verification.
2. How to change your birthdate on Facebook from your phone
Similarly, you can easily alter your personal Facebook birthdate on your phone following these steps:
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and log into your account.
Step 2: On your profile page, tap View your intro, scroll down to the Basic Info section, and select Edit.
Step 3: Here, you can adjust your birthday and the audience who can see your birthday on Facebook. After making the changes, press Save to save your settings.
Thus, Mytour has guided you on how to change your Facebook birthdate, edit the month, year of birth on Facebook through simple and detailed steps on both the web version and mobile app. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
Note: When signing up for Facebook, users are required to input a lot of personal information such as email address, phone number, workplace, education, birthdate, etc. For many people who do not want to share this information, right after successful registration, you should hide or change other information to avoid exposure. Information like email address, phone number will stay with you for a long time so it's best to hide or delete them, replacing them with email addresses and phone numbers you use less or don't use at all.
So, we have provided you with detailed instructions on how to change your Facebook birthdate. If you want to hide your personal birthday notifications so that not everyone knows, you can refer to the article on hiding birthday notifications on Facebook. Or if you want to view your friends' birthdays on Facebook, it's all easy to do if those friends have their birthdays set to public.
- Read more: View your friends' birthdays on Facebook
Changing your birthdate on Facebook isn't limited like changing your name. Typically, you can freely change your Facebook name 5 times, with a 60-day interval between each change. To change your Facebook name before 60 days, you need to use the method of sending your ID to confirm to Facebook that you're a real user, not a robot. After Facebook confirms, you can then change your Facebook name before 60 days or beyond 5 times.
