By default, when creating a Zalo account, the system will require you to provide your full name, date, month, year of birth, and Zalo will default to display this information. This means others can view your personal information.
However, this can be really annoying and sometimes for some reason you don't want others to see your birthdate. Similar to securing information on your Facebook profile, when personal information with the Public mode (Everyone) will be snooped by many strangers, significantly affecting your privacy. At this time, hiding personal information is quite important. And in this article, Mytour will guide you how to hide your birthdate on Zalo to avoid unnecessary troubles that you may encounter.
How to conceal your birthdate on Zalo
Step 1: To hide your birthdate on Zalo, first you need to update to the latest version of Zalo on your device.
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Step 2: Next, we need to access your Zalo personal account on the device. On the main interface, tap on Add with the icon of 3 horizontal dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Then, proceed to click on the padlock icon page at the top left corner of the interface.
Step 4: On the Privacy Settings interface, scroll down and click on the Show Birthdate option.
Step 5: Here, there are settings to hide/show your birthdate on Zalo specifically such as:
Do not display to others: Hide your birthdate from everyone.
Full date of birth: Show birthdate to everyone, displaying full date, month, year.
Show date and month, hide year of birth: Show birthdate to everyone but only display date and month while hiding the year of birth.
To hide your birthdate on Zalo, check the option Do not display to others.
After setting to hide your birthdate on Zalo, all other users including your friends will not be able to see your birthdate as shown in the image below.
Thus, with just a few simple steps as guided here by Mytour, you have effectively hidden your birthdate on Zalo, preventing everyone from knowing your birthdate, especially the ladies. However, hiding your birthdate on Zalo is still not enough when other information such as phone number or accepting friend requests from strangers on Zalo has not been turned off. That's why right now, you should also set to hide your phone number or block friend requests on Zalo to eliminate the troubles that strangers bring, the trick to block friend requests on Zalo will help you avoid those unfamiliar accounts adding your nickname to their address book.
Similar to Zalo, on Facebook, users can also hide information such as birthdate, address, etc. In detail, you can see how to hide Facebook information here.