Change Birth Date on Facebook

Change Birth Date on Facebook: There was probably something that happened when you first created your Facebook account and you had a mix up with your birth date. Facebook allows you to change your birth date, with just a few requirements. 

Also bear in mind that you can also hide your birth date, if you don't want it displayed on Facebook. In this article, we would be going over how to change your birth date on Facebook.

How to Change Birth Date on Facebook

Method 1: On Mobile

• Open Facebook then log in.
• Tap ☰. It's in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android). 
• Tap your name. You'll see this tab at the top of the menu. This will take you to your profile page. 
• Tap the About tab. It's below your profile picture.
• Edit your birthday.
• Scroll down and tap Save. It's at the bottom of the "Edit Profile" page. This will update your birthday in your profile's "About" section.

Method 2: On Desktop

• Go to Facebook's website and log in. 
• Click your name. Your first name should be in the upper-right side of the Facebook page, click and it leads to your profile. 
• Click the About tab. It's below and to the right of your profile picture. 
• Click Contact and Basic Info. This tab is on the left side of the About page. 
• Move down to your birthday to edit it. It's below the "BASIC INFO" heading. To edit your birthday:
• Select either your birthday or your birth year.
• Click Edit on the right side of the page.
• Click the month, day, or year that you want to change.
• Click a new month, day or year.
• Repeat this process for each part of your birthday that you want to change.
• Click Save Changes. It's at the bottom of the window you're in. Doing so will update your birthday in your profile's "About" section. 

Pretty easy steps to change your birth date on Facebook.

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Create an Event on Facebook

Create an Event on Facebook: Facebook Events refer to temporary pages for upcoming parties or social gatherings to which you can invite other people on Facebook. Events can be created on both the mobile version and the desktop version of Facebook. This article is designed to help you create events on Facebook, and we would be showing you in steps.

Steps to Create an Event on Facebook

Method 1

On Mobile

• Log in to Facebook
• Tap ☰. It's in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android). Doing so opens a menu. You can find three grid dots instead for some experimental version of Facebook.
• Tap Events. You'll find this calendar-shaped option near the top of the menu.If you're using the experimental version of Facebook, you may have to scroll down to find Events.
• Tap Create (iPhone) or ＋. On iPhone, tap Create in the top-right corner of the screen and on Android, tap the blue plus sign in the bottom-right of the screen. This will bring up a menu at the bottom of the screen.
• Select an event type. On iPhone, select an event type from the menu, and on Android, tap the event type at the top of the page and select one of the following options:

1. Create Private Event - Makes a Facebook-only event that only invited people can access.
2. Create Public Event - Makes a public event that anyone can access, including people who don't have Facebook accounts.
3. Create Group Event - Allows you to select a group that you own as the invitee base. This will lock the event to anyone that is not in the group that you select.

• Enter a name for the event. Tap the "Event title" text field at the top of the screen and enter the title that you want to use.
• Upload photos for the event. Tap the camera or photos icon to the right of the event's name, then select photos from your phone.
• Add  time for the event. Tap the current time (it will say "Today at [time]"), then select a date and time and tap OK.
• Add a location. Tap the "Location" field, type in a location's name, and then tap the location itself. This will assign an address to the event.
• Add a description. Tap the "More info" field, then type in any information , this woild help inform people who are coming to your event. This is a good place to add things like house rules, expectations, and an itinerary.
• Edit other event options. Depending on the type of event you're hosting, you may have additional options:

1. Private - Tap the "Guests can invite friends" switch to prevent people that you invite from inviting other people.
2. Public - Add a website address for tickets, co-host information, or a category.
3. Group - Select a group to use as the invitee base by tapping the white space below the event title and then selecting a group.

• Tap Create. This is a blue button at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will publish your event.

Method 2

On Desktop

• Open Facebook on browser and log in.
• Click Events. It's next to a calendar icon on the left side of the News Feed page.
• Click + Create Event. This blue button is on the left side of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
• Select an event type. Click one of the following in the drop-down menu:

1. Create Private Event - Creates an event that only people who are invited can see.
2. Create Public Event - Creates an event open to all people, regardless of whether or not they have Facebook accounts.

• Upload a photo for your event. Click Upload Photo or Video to open a window with your computer's files in it, then select a photo or video and click Open at the bottom of the window.
• Add a name for the event. In the "Event Name" text field, type in the name that you want to use for your event. The name should be descriptive but concise (e.g., "Dad's 60th Birthday Party").
• Enter a location. Type the address or general area in which the event will occur into the "Location" text field.
• Add a start and end time. You'll do this in the "Start" and "End" sections, respectively.If you're creating a private event, you'll only have the "Start" section here, though you can click the + End Time link to add an end time.
• Type in a description. Enter a description of the event in the "Description" text box. This is a good place to add information about rules, goals, the event's itinerary, and so on.
• Edit any other settings if necessary. For example, public events allow you to add keywords to help people find your event, as well as an option to prevent people in the event from posting without permission.
• Private events allow you to check or uncheck a "Guests can bring friends" option.
• Click Create or Create Private Event. It's a blue button in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will publish your event, after which point you can invite friends by clicking Invite, selecting Choose Friends, and selecting friends.

We hope you found these steps easy and you would share with your friends.

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How to Download Videos from Facebook

How to Download Videos from Facebook: There are several reasons why you may want to download your Facebook videos: You may want to use the video on some other location, example, you created a live video on Facebook and would want to share that content, or you want to save a video you like from a friend's page.Whatever the case may be, in this tutorial, we would be showing you how to download Facebook videos on your mobile device either iOS or Android.

How to Download Videos from Facebook

Method 1: On iPhone

• Download the Documents app. 
• Open Facebook from home screen. 
• Go to the video that you want to save. 
• Make sure the video is public. 
• Open the video. Tap the video to begin playing it. 
• Tap Share. This option is directly below the video. A menu will appear. 
• Tap Copy Link. It's in the menu. 
• Open Documents. Press your iPhone's Home button again, then tap the Documents app icon. It resembles a multicolored "D" on a white background. 
• Open the browser. 
• Tap the address bar. This is the text field at the top of the screen. 
• Open the SaveFrom site. Type savefrom.net into the address bar, then tap the blue Go button in your iPhone's keyboard. 
• Paste in the video's address. Tap the text field near the top of the page, tap it again once your iPhone's keyboard appears, and tap Paste in the pop-up menu.

If a pop-up ad appears while you're doing this, just tap the X in the top-left corner of the page.

• Tap Download. This green button is in the middle of the page, just below the video's preview. 

• Tap Done. It's a light-blue button in the upper-right corner of the screen. 
• Tap the "Downloads" icon. 
• Watch your video. Once it finishes downloading, tap the video's name on the Downloads tab to play it in Documents. 
• You can tap Done in the upper-left side of the screen to return to the Documents page. 
• Move the video onto your iPhone. Ensure you're on the Documents page (not the browser page), tap the Downloads folder, tap ⋯ below your video and tap Share, then do the following:
• Tap Save to Files 
• Select a folder. 
• Tap Add 
• Open your iPhone's Files app. 
• Find and open the folder you saved the video to. 
• Tap the "Share" icon. 
• Tap Save Video

Method 2: On Android

• First, download the ES File Explorer app from Google play store. Minimize the Google play store and Open Facebook 
• Go to the video that you want to save. 
• Make sure the video is public. 
• Open the video. Tap the video to begin playing it. 
• Tap Share. You'll find this option directly below the video. A menu will appear. 
• Tap Copy Link. It's in the menu. Doing so will copy the video's address to your Android's clipboard.

You may have to scroll down to find this option.

• Open Google Chrome 
• Go to the SaveFrom site. Tap the address bar at the top of the screen, type savefrom.net into the address bar, and then tap the Enter or Go button in your Android's keyboard. 
• Paste in the video's address. Tap the text field near the top of the page, tap it again once your Android's keyboard appears, and tap Paste in the pop-up menu.
• Tap Download. This green button is in the middle of the page, just below the video's preview. The video will automatically download onto your Android's hard drive or SD card. 
• Open ES File Explorer. Exit Chrome, then tap the ES File Manager app icon in the App Drawer.
• If this is your first time installing ES File Explorer, first swipe or tap through the introduction screens before you continue:
• Select a storage option. Tap either the Internal option or the SD Card option depending on where downloaded files on your Android typically go. 
• Tap Downloads. This folder should be near the middle of the page, though you may need to scroll down to see it.

That's pretty much it to download a video from Facebook.

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Recover Facebook Password

Recover Facebook Password: With more than I billion users from all over the world, Facebook is most likely the most social media platform in the world. Recently, Facebook has improved security to protect its users. You may forget your Facebook password and would want to recover your account. Fortunately, Facebook has put in place certain recovery processes to get back your account In this tutorial we would show you how.

If you forget your Facebook password, you can get a reclamation email sent to you in order to rest your password and log back in.

How to Recover Facebook Password

• Go to https://facebook.com to bring up the login page.
• Make sure no one else is currently logged into Facebook on your computer before entering your email address and password into the login boxes in the top right-hand section of the tab. 
• If someone is logged in, simply click at the top right of the Facebook page and select log out to sign the person out. 
• On the log in page, click on the ‘Forgotten account?’ button underneath the email and password boxes. 
• Next, you will then be taken to a page with a box called Find Your Account, where you can enter either your username, phone number, email or full name into the text box.
• You will then be given a list of accounts that match the search connected to whatever you typed in. Find your account and click ‘This is my account’.
• After selecting your account, you will be asked how you wish to reset your password, either through email to the account connected to the Facebook profile, or a text to the associated number.
• Once you have followed through with all instructions in this box you will be sent a security code either through email or text that will reset your password.
• If you already know your password but simply want to change it while you’re logged in, head over to the Settings tab on your Facebook account. 
• Click on the Security tab and then Change password.
• Enter your current password and a new password before clicking Save changes. 

The above steps would help you recover your password.

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How to Tag on Facebook

How to Tag on Facebook: Tagging someone on Facebook creates a link to their profile and the post may be added to their timeline. You can tag a photo to show who is in the photo as well as post a status update, and say who are with. After you've tagged a friend, anyone who sees that update, can click on their names and be lead straight to their profiles. Once someone is tagged, Facebook sends him or her notifications.

You can enable privacy settings that keep your tags in timeline review, from where you decide if you would want to allow on your timeline. In this tutorial, we would show you how to tag someone to posts or photos on your mobile phone.

How to Tag on Facebook

• Open the Facebook app. It's a blue app icon with a white f.Log in, if you're not signed in automatically. Due to some person's privacy settings, you may not be able to tag them or their businesses. 
• To tag someone in a picture
• Tap an image in one of your photo albums, on your Timeline, or on another's Timeline.
• Tap the icon shaped like a shopping tag at the top of the screen.
• Tap anywhere on the photo. Usually, tags of people appearing in a photo are placed on top of their image, but you can tap anywhere you like.
• Start typing the name of a person.
• Tap the name of the person you want to tag when it appears in the dialog box. Doing so tags them in the picture.
• Tap X in the upper-left when you're finished. Your friend will receive a notification that you tagged them in a picture

Tag Someone in a Post

• Start a new post by tapping the status update prompt at the top of your News feed or Timeline. It will read "What's on your mind...?", "Would you like to share an update...?", or something similar.
• Tap Tag People. It can be found next to a blue silhouette near the bottom of the screen. If you don't see this option, tap Add to your post below the message prompt to open the menu of options.
• Tap Who are you with? at the top of the screen.
• Alternatively, tap someone who appears in the "SUGGESTIONS" list on the screen.
• Start typing the name of a person.
• Tap the name of the person you want to tag when it appears on the screen. Type other people's names and tap them if you want to tag more than one person.
• Tap Done in the upper-right when you're finished. On Android, the button may be labeled Next.
• Write a comment and tap Post in the upper-right corner. Your post will appear on your Timeline, and the other user will receive a notification that you tagged them in a post.

Tag Someone by Typing their Name

• Start a post or a comment on another post, photo, or video.
• Start typing someone's name anywhere in the post or comment. Facebook will make suggestions as you type.
• Alternatively, type @ before typing a name. This lets Facebook know that you want to tag someone in your post or comment.
• Tap the name of the user you want to tag when it appears.
• Tap Post in the upper-right. Your post or comment will be posted, and the other user will receive a notification that you tagged them in a post.

Now you can tag any of your friends to posts or pictures that you would want them and their own friends to see.

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Delete Disabled Account

Delete Disabled Account: After deactivating your Facebook account and you feel you can as well do forever without Facebook, you will need to delete your disabled account. Since logging back to your account after deactivation reactivates it, the steps will just be the same as deleting an account. We would show in this article, how to delete a disabled Facebook account.

Delete Disabled Facebook Account

1. Delete linked apps;

First, you will have to remove those apps that are linked to Facebook.

• You will need to click on the arrow in the top right-hand corner of your Facebook page. 
• Then select “Settings” and click on “Apps” situated in the column on the left-hand side of the page. 
• Click on the edit button under the heading “Apps, websites and plug-ins” 
• Once you have disabled the platform, you can begin deleting the apps that are linked to your account. 

2. Clear activity history

 To clear activity history,

• From the downward arrow menu, select “Activity Log”.
• Use the edit button to delete or unlike each action listed in your log.

3. Backup data

To retain information linked to your account, you will need to back up data.

• Go to your settings menu. 
• In “General Account Settings”, select the option that allows you to download a copy of all your data. 
• You will then receive an email with a link to your download archive. The archive will be saved into your Downloads folder on your computer. It is a zip file which, when opened, reveals all your photos, as well as several html files listing your friends, advertisers and almost everything else pertaining to that account. 

4. Deactivate account

Deactivation is not deletion, it only means you can just log in again and carry on as if nothing happened. Deactivation of your Facebook account is not deleting and Facebook highlights this option for you. So, if you’re not completely certain about your decision Facebook forever, just deactivate your account and then, if you change your mind, you can always login again and carry on where you left off. While deactivated, your friends will not be able to post to your account or send messages. Again,

• Go to your settings menu. 
• Select “General” at the top of the left-hand menu. 
• Click on “Manage your account” and scroll down to see where it gives you the option to deactivate.

5. Delete account

Finding the link to delete your account usually seems impossible. An easy way to discover it,is by clicking on the help menu and then searching for “delete account”. In the answer, there is a link called “let us know”. Click on this link and you will get redirected you to a page where you can finally delete your account.

Now all you must do is click on “delete my account”, enter your password and submit captcha and its done.

Facebook keeps all of your information incase you change your mind about the deletion,but after 14 days window period, the account is forever lost.

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How Can I Upload Photos on Facebook

How Can I Upload Photos on Facebook: Facebook app is basically for interacting and keeping up with friends and loved ones. One can upload photos, status , and videos on Facebook, that's how we let our friends know what we have been up to. As a newbie, uploading photos on Facebook can be a bit challenging, so we've designed this tutorial to help you do that easily  either android or ios device.

How to Upload Photos on Facebook

On Mobile

• Log into Facebook by entering your required details in appropriate fields. if you are not logged in already.
• Go to the page on which you want to post the picture(s). If you just want to post pictures to your own page, you can stay on the News Feed page.
• To visit a friend's page, either enter their name into the search bar and then tap their name, or find their name in the News Feed and tap it.
• Tap Photo (iPhone) or Photo/Video (Android). On Android,tap the Status box (which says "What's on your mind?") at the top of the News Feed before you can tap Photo/Video.
• To post on your own Facebook Timeline, you'll just tap Photo below the Status box.While posting to a friend's page, you'll instead tap Share Photo.
• Select photos to upload. Tap each photo you'd like to upload to select multiple photos at once.
• Tap Done. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen. This creates a post draft with your photos attached.
• Edit your post if necessary. You can add text to the post by typing in the "Say something about this photo" (or "these photos") box, or you can add more photos by tapping the green landscape icon at the bottom of the screen and then tapping Photo/Video.
• To create a new album with your post's photos, tap + Album at the top of the screen and then tap Create Album.
• If you want your post to be public, tap the Friends or Friends of Friends box just below your name, then tap Public.
• Tap Post. It's in the top-right corner of the screen. This will create your post and upload the attached photos to Facebook.

Have fun sharing with your friends those beautiful pictures.

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