Changing your Facebook status from “In a Relationship” to “Single” has become as much a part of the breakup ritual as eating a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, getting a dramatic haircut or going for a night out with best friends.
Your Facebook status change doesn’t have to be in the public eye though. We have taken a look at how you can change your Facebook relationship status without broadcasting your newly single circumstances far and wide.
So, if you need to make such a momentous change to your Facebook profile, grab your ice cream and have a read through our quick how-to gallery to see how you can keep your breakup private.
Just follow the screen shots:
1. Facebook Relationship Status
The new Timeline design makes much of your relationship status, so we'd recommend erring on the side of caution about what you choose to broadcast.
2. The Break-Up
If you change your status from being in a relationship with someone to being single using the default settings, Facebook will alert all your friends to this via their News Feeds.
If you want to change your status in a more subtle manner, we can show you how.
3. Edit Your Profile
First open the "Basic Info" box by clicking the "Edit" icon in the top-right corner.
4. Edit Your Basic Info
From here, first open the "Basic Info" box by clicking the "Edit" icon in the top-right corner.
5. Manage your Privacy
Click on the globe icon to the right of the "Relationship status" section.
Select "Only me" and save your changes.
6. Relationship Box
Now, scroll down to the "Relationship" box and hit the "Edit" icon on the right.
7. Manage Your Privacy
Now click the globe icon to being up your privacy options.
Select "Only me" and change your relationship status view the drop-down menu.
Once you hit "Save," your relationship will be "cancelled" (Facebook's choice of wording) and no news alert will be flashed to your friend's news feeds.
8. After the Event
If you did accidentally broadcast your new single status to the world, there is a way to remove it from your Timeline (and your friend's news feeds) after the event.
Click on your "Activity log" on the right-hand side of your profile page directly beneath your cover photo.
9. Hidden From Your Timeline
You should see your relationship status change in your chronological log.
Click on the circle to the right of the status and select "Hidden from Timeline".
In addition to hiding it from your profile, this will also mean the update disappears from your friend's News Feeds.
10. Have Your Say
So, do you happily broadcast the status of your love-life to all your Facebook friends? Or do you prefer to keep such things private?
Have your say about Facebook relationship status updates in the comments below.
Source: http://mashable.com
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