Edit Facebook Profile

Edit Facebook Profile: Facebook keeps modifying the options and layout for displaying each user's personal information, this makes learning how to edit your Facebook profile a bit tricky. The two key elements of your Facebook profile are your 'Facebook Timeline' and your 'About area'. This article will show you how to easily edit your Facebook profile:

How to Edit Profile on Facebook

• Finding Your Facebook Profile.

You can access your Facebook profile page by clicking on your small personal photo in the upper right navigation bar.

• Understanding the Facebook Profile and Timeline Layout.

If you click on your own profile photo from anywhere in Facebook, you are automatically directed to the page that's often called Timeline and used to be called your "Wall." It's basically your profile page, and you have a lot of different information. jam-packed here by Facebook, and they change it often.

The profile page contains both your "Timeline" and "About" sections. 

The one on the right is your activity Timeline, displaying all of the Facebook activity about you. The column on the left is your "About" area, showing your personal information and favorite apps.

Tabs for Timeline, About

You'll see four tabs below your profile picture. The first two are called Timeline and About. You can edit either your Timeline or About information by clicking on those tabs to go to the Timeline or About pages.

• Editing your Facebook "About" Page.

You are allowed to edit your personal info on your Facebook about page, On your Facebook profile page, click the "About" tab below and to the right of your photo to see and edit your personal information. The "About" area encompasses not just your biographical details, but also information about your favorite apps on the network, pages you've liked and media you consume.

Sections for Work, Music, Movies, Likes & More

By default, your "About" page has two boxes at the very top, but it can be reordered. "Work and Education" are on the left top and "Living" appears on the right. The "Living" boxes show where you live now and have lived previously.

Below those boxes is another for "Relationships and family" on the left, and two more--"Basic information" and "contact information"-- on the right.

Next is the Photos section, followed by Friends, Facebook Places, Music, Movies, Books, Likes (organizations or entities you have liked on Facebook), Groups, Fitness, and Notes.

Change the Contents of Any Section

Edit the content inside any of these sections by clicking on the small pencil icon at the top right of the box. Pop-up or drop-down menus will guide you on where to enter required various kinds of information.

• Changing the Order of Facebook Profile Sections

Drop-down menu lets you rearrange, add or delete sections in your "About" area.

Click the tiny pencil icon at the top right of the About page and then select "Edit Sections." To add, delete or rearrange any or all of the "About" sections, 

A drop-down will appear listing all the sections. Check or uncheck to hide or show the ones you want. Then drag and drop them to rearrange the order in which they appear on your profile page.

Click the blue "Save" button at the very bottom when you are done.

You can add other apps to your About page, too, so long as you have already installed the app. Look for the "Add to Profile" button on the app page and click it. Then the app should show up as a small module on your About page.

You can also get additional information from Facebook Help Center.