How Do You Take Your Birthday Off of Facebook?
The steps are nearly identical whether you’re doing it from a computer or the app:
Hide Your Birthday on Facebook Via the Website
Go into your profile settings, to the Contact and basic info section, to change who can see your birthday month/day or year.
Hide Your Birthday From the App
Editing your birthday privacy settings from the mobile app is just as easy as it is on the website. You’ll need to edit your public Facebook details to find the birthday visibility option. To stop everyone but you from seeing it, choose Only me. If it’s set to Public already, but you want to make sure only your friends can see your birthday, select Friends.
Can You Remove Your Birthday From Facebook?
Yes and no, depending on how you look at it. You can remove your birthday, using the directions above, to essentially wipe it out of the public eye. You can hide it from your Facebook friends and others by choosing Only me during that step. However, you can’t remove your birthday completely. Facebook needs to know how old you are, so you’ll notice there isn’t a “delete birthday” button or “no birthday” option on that screen. Instead, you can only control who gets to see it.
What Happens If You Hide Your Birthday on Facebook?
It’s simple: if you hide your birthday from friends and the public, then only you can see it on your profile. What’s the biggest change? Your friends will not be notified about your birthday when it comes along, and when they look for their friends’ birthdays on Facebook, yours will not be listed. If you don’t like the attention, taking your birthday off your account will prevent other users from seeing the exact month, day, and/or year you’ve hidden. Another consequence is privacy. If you’re more of a lurker on Facebook than a real user, hiding your birthday makes it that much harder for someone to know who you are. If someone is using Facebook to find you online, and they’ve stumbled on your profile and can see your full birthdate, knowing it’s you becomes pretty clear. Of course, this isn’t a permanent decision. You can hide and unhide your birthday as often as you’d like by following the steps above.
How to Turn Off Birthdays Alerts From Friends
Similar to hiding your own birthday from your friends’ accounts, you can hide alerts about their birthdays from your account. Do this if you don’t like to be reminded about their birthdays, or if you prefer to see your friends’ birthdays manually. If you’re in the app, open the menu at the top and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Profile settings > Notification settings.
