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Edit Pinterest Privacy Settings on iPhone 6

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Hi, welcome to VisiHow. Today I'm going to teach you how to edit your privacy settings using the Pinterest application on the iPhone 6.

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To begin, press the lock button on the right-hand side of the phone
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Alternatively, we can unlock our phone by pressing the round button at the bottom of the screen
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Swipe to the right to enter your passcode
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As an alternative to entering your passcode, put your finger on the home button to use the fingerprint scanner.
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Find and tap on the Pinterest application, which has a red and white icon that has a white "P" inside of a red circle
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This will take us to the main dashboard.
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Scroll to the bottom, and tap on the head and shoulders icon on the right side
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This will take us to our profile.
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Tap on the gear icon in the top-right corner to go settings
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Tap on the second option "Account Settings"
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This will take us to the main details of our account.
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Scroll down and find the "Privacy" section
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We have the option to hide our profile from search engines by tapping the first option in the section. It will highlight red to indicate that it is enabled.
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We also have the option to change the setting for contact storage on Pinterest, by tapping on the second option
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In this example we need to have our contacts enabled through settings, we will tap "OK" to dismiss the prompt
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Press on the home button
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Find our settings icon, which is gray with a dark gray gear inside
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Scroll all the way down to the apps section (which is in alphabetical order), and find and tap on "Pinterest"
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The icon is indicated by a "P" in a red circle.
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Tap on "Contacts" to allow contacts
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It will highlight green to indicate that the option is enabled.
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Tap on the home button
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Tap on the Pinterest icon
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Tap on the head and shoulders icon in the bottom-right corner to go to our profile
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Tap on the gear icon in the top-right corner to go to the settings
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Tap on "Account Settings"
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Scroll down and tap on "Store your contacts on Pinterest"
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As we can see, the setting now works.
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Tap on "Not Now" to dismiss the option
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Tap on the red "Upload" button to continue
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It saves automatically and we don't need to do anything else.
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Tap on the arrow in the top-left corner two times to go back to the main profile
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Tap on the Pinterest icon in the bottom-left corner to go back to the dashboard where we began
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Now you know how to edit privacy settings using the Pinterest application on the iPhone 6
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