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It seems that Facebook changes their own rules every week. They probably don’t change every week but in the last few months, many of our previous posts on Facebook likes have been made obsolete. Here we go with our latest how-to on this topic. If you’re lost your ‘Likes’, we’ll get them back. If you want to hide them from everyone but yourself, we’ll show you how. Grab a coffee, open your own Facebook profile and let’s get started.

How to Hide (or un-Hide) Your Likes on Facebook

1. Everything you do is done from your Timeline so start there. You will notice that the various boxes (photos, friends,likes, etc.) have been replaced by the words Timeline, About, Friends, Photos and, finally, More. Clicking on More brings down a menu, as seen here:

Photo of Facebook Likes 1 — **No likes here!**

2. We’ve hidden our Likes from this menu. How do we get them back? Click on the words Update Info:

Photo of Facebook Likes 2 — **Update Info is where we start.**

3. On the right side of the page that comes up, click on the pen/pencil icon on the far right. When the menu pops down, choose Edit Sections:

Photo of Facebook Likes 3 — **Click Edit Sections to bring up a new menu, one we haven’t seen before.**

4. Here’s the new menu:

Photo of Facebook Likes 4 — **Here’s where you choose which topics show up on your Timeline when a friend clicks the word ‘More’.**

Simply decide which sections of your favorites you want to show to your friends. There are three sections that you can’t hide, About, Friends and Photos, but you can certainly hide parts of each ‘section’ listed on that list. What can’t you hide? You can’t hide your Mutual Friends from anyone. Bummer, huh? Yes, you can hide your Friend list but you can’t hide Mutual friends. Keep that in mind, folks.

5. Notice that this time we’ve selected ‘Likes’. Click Save and then go back to your Timeline and click the word More.

Photo of Facebook Likes 6 — **What’s this? The ‘Likes’ are back? Cool!**

Guess what? Our Likes are shown in the drop-down list. Pat yourself on the back! You’ve completed your assignment. This has been a short and simple way to get the Likes ‘box’ back. You’re right, it’s not a box but people still use that term to describe it so we will too. Obviously, perform the opposite steps if you want to hide your list of likes. What do you see when you actually click on the word ‘Likes’ on that menu? Here’s what we see:

Here they are, broken down into groups. These groups may vary from person to person.

Now you’re asking, “Who can see what?” right? Time to hover. Move your mouse (cursor) to the right of the words under each ‘Like’. You’ll see an icon that reflects your privacy settings for each of the ‘Likes’ shown.

Photo of Facebook Likes 8 — **Click on the icon if you want to change the privacy settings for each ‘Like’.**

OK folks, that’s it for today. We’ve got the Likes box back or we’ve hidden it, it’s up to you. Next, let’s take a look at some privacy settings in your Likes area.

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If you’ve lost your like box on your Facebook timeline, here’s how to get it back:

1. Head over to your profile and look for the line of boxes under the banner that has your profile photo, your name and the words Update Info and Activity Log. Look for the little square that has a down arrow and, probably, a number. It looks like this:

Photo showing various boxes on Facebook timeline — This box has the number 6 in it. Click on the down arrow.

2. Once you click on the down arrow, this is what you’ll see:

3. What you’re looking for is the box with the add or plus sign on the top right. Click the plus sign to see this:

Photo showing box choices on Facebook — Since this person already has a like box, the thumbs up icon is not shown here but will be if your Like box is missing.

4. This person can add three things to the box list, all three are apps. If this person had hidden the Like box in the past, there would be an icon like the one just to the left of this drop-down menu. Just click that icon and you’ll have your Like box back again.

5. If you have a box that you want to hide, hover over the right corner of the box with your cursor (mouse) and a little pen icon, meaning that you can edit the settings, shows up. Click that and you’ll see this menu:

Photo of menu to swap boxes on Facebook timeline — This is where you can change the position of a box or remove it from your favorites.

6. With this menu, you can swap position with another box to have it shown on your timeline without your visitors having to click on the down arrow. Alternatively, you can simply hide the box completely.

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The Ultimate Facebook Likes Guide – as of April 23, 2013

Lost your Like box on Facebook? Here’s how to get it back.

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