Secure your Facebook: How to block strangers from finding your FB via phone number and email

Facebook, the largest social network on the planet, has an enormous user base with diverse social components, leading to various issues related to information security, data privacy, and personal image protection. In a previous article, we guided you on how to block Facebook messages to prevent spam, advertising, scams, and other unwanted messages on this social network. Now, how can you block people from searching for your Facebook profile through phone numbers or emails that you used to register?

GUIDE TO BLOCKING FACEBOOK SEARCH BY PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL

1. How to block Facebook search via phone number and email in the new version

Step 1: Begin by updating the Facebook app to the latest version through the link provided below:

- Download:

Step 2: On the main interface of the Facebook app, select the 3 horizontal lines icon -> Scroll down to find and select the line: Settings & Privacy

Step 3: Next, choose the line Settings below -> Navigate to Privacy Settings and click on it.

Step 4: To block searching for Facebook accounts via phone number, email, or in other words, disable the feature to search Facebook by email and phone number or block searching for friends by phone number and email, locate the following lines:

+ Others who can find you using the email address you provided
+ Others who can find you using the phone number you provided

Proceed to set: Only Me for those 2 lines.

That's it, you have customized and successfully configured the settings. Now, no one can search for you on Facebook through your phone number or email address.

2. How to block Facebook search via phone number and email in the old version

After logging into Facebook, follow these steps to prevent strangers from searching for your Facebook via phone number and email that you used to create your account.

Go to Privacy Settings

- Under Others (1), choose Privacy Shortcut (2), select More Settings (3) following the order described in the image below.

- Select Privacy Settings

Configure blocking Facebook search by email

Block Facebook search

Scroll down to the Who can look me up? section, and you'll find two items: Who can look you up using the email address you provided? and Who can look you up using the phone number you provided?

- Block Facebook search via Gmail

To block Facebook search by email, choose that option and switch from Everyone to Friends or Friends of Friends. However, it's advisable to select Friends to narrow down the search scope.

- Block Facebook search by phone number

Similarly, as above, you can choose that only friends can search for your Facebook using the phone number you used for registration.

How to block Facebook search via phone number

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Here, we've guided you on how to block Facebook search via email and phone number that you used for registration and activation. Additionally, if someone is bothering you, you can block that Facebook account, and the user won't be able to send messages or contact you anymore, considering you've gone 'invisible' on this largest social network. Wishing you safe and effective Facebook usage.