Facebook: Hidden Feature You Must Know

Facebook is not only limited to reading news feeds, sharing status updates, playing games and watching videos. It has several other features of most of the people don’t know. Facebook has recently added various useful features. The Facebook Timeline feature is helpful to get familiar with your friends.

Here are some hidden Facebook features that you can customize while keeping your personal information protected.

Facebook user name

Select a custom user name instead of entire e-mail address every time you sign into Facebook. Your user name will direct users to your Facebook profile. You can create user name by signing into account setting. Click on the “username” and provide a custom name. For instance, you use a user name facebook.com/galaxyweblinks. You can only change user name once.

Facebook email

Facebook also provides email feature. You can find email addresses under the Contact Info tab. You can send emails by your public username followed by @facebook.com. This address is for your Facebook conversations and you will notifications every time you receive a new message. You can also send emails without signing into Facebook through your Gmail account.

Events

Events is another great feature that Facebook offers. On Facebook Timeline you can post status update, share photos, videos and create a Life Event. Life Events can include the information about the places you have visited, the colleges you have attended and so on. This feature allows you share your life events with other users.

Add to Favorites

This is not so popular feature of Facebook. Adds to Favorites feature enables you to bookmark your favorite pages, groups and apps etc from the home page. It is located on the left side, under the Newsfeed section, in the drop down list on the left. This feature helps you to filter the content based on your preference.

App Settings

This feature of Facebook allows you to know how many apps you have registered and can interact with. Under account setting tab, you will find the app setting option. You can organize apps such as you can find and add new apps to your profile. Also you can remove the apps you no longer use.

Facebook Archives

Facebook Archives allow you to see the history. Under the language tab you will find an option called, “download a copy of your Facebook data.” This feature enables you to receive a copy of your Facebook data that includes posts, photos, emails and much more.

Prevent your tagged posts

Sometimes your friends tag you in pictures and you don’t want to make it live. Facebook offers a cool feature that asks for your permission before making your tagged picture live. This feature is called ‘Approve.’ Before displaying your tagged image on timeline or newsfeed, it asks for your approval. You will get a notification to approve tags.