To make a Facebook account private in 2025, the key steps involve adjusting your privacy settings to control who can see your profile, posts, and other personal information. This can be done through the "Privacy Checkup" feature accessed via the "Settings & privacy" menu. You set most options to "Friends" or "Only me" to restrict visibility, including limiting past posts to friends or just yourself. Additionally, you can make your profile unsearchable by changing settings about who can find you via email or phone number and disabling search engine linking. Locking your profile is another option to increase privacy.

How to Make Your Facebook Account Private

• Log in to your Facebook account.
• Click on your profile picture or the menu icon at the top right.
• Select "Settings & privacy" then "Privacy Checkup."
• Under "Who can see what you share," change settings for profile details, posts, and stories to "Friends" or "Only me."
• Limit the audience for past posts to restrict their visibility to friends.
• In "How people can find you on Facebook," adjust settings to limit who can find your profile via email or phone, and disable search engine indexing.
• Optionally, use the "Lock your profile" option under "Audience and visibility" for further privacy.

These adjustments make your Facebook account as private as possible, limiting exposure of your information and posts to only trusted people or just yourself.