Edit and Add Personal Information on Facebook with iPhone 6
Edited by Kara, nitid, Jen M
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. In this series of videos I will introduce you to the Facebook application and some of its more complicated settings and features. Today you will be shown how to edit and add basic information, like birthday, gender, and languages spoken on your Facebook page on the iPhone 6.
Steps
- 1Turn the phone on by pressing the big, round Home button at the bottom of the screen.
Advertisement - 2Unlock the phone by swiping to the right to enter the passcode or Touch ID to unlock the phone and access to the Home screen.
Advertisement - 3Open the Facebook application by clicking the icon once. The icon is blue with a white lowercase 'F' inside.
- 4Opening Facebook will direct us to the News Feed. To reach the main menu click the three horizontal lines labeled 'More' in the bottom right-hand corner.
- 5Click 'Update Info,' which is the second option under your name on the profile page.
- 6Scroll down until you reach 'Basic Info.' This information includes your birthday, your gender, and the languages you speak.
- 7To edit or add information, click 'Edit,' located in the right-hand corner next to a little pen.
- 8The first option to change is your birthday. Click the month to access a scrolling calendar at the bottom of the page.
- 9Enter the desired month in the scrolling calendar and click 'Done' to save.
- 10To change the date, click 'Date' to access a scrolling calendar with numbers at the bottom of the screen.
- 11Scroll to the desired date and click 'Done' to save.
- 12To change your 'Birth Year,' click the year to access the scrolling calendar at the bottom of the page.
- 13Scroll to the desired year and click 'Done' to save.
- 14All this information can be made private or public. Click the buttons to the right of the 'Birthday' or 'Birthday Year'
- 15This example uses 'Birthday' of which only friends are able to view, as indicated by the 'Friends' label and checkmark to the right. To make this information public, click 'Public,' which is the top option on the pop-up menu.
- 16The other example used here is the birth year. Here, the year is viewed by 'Only Me,' as indicated by the label and the checkmark to the right. To make the birth year viewable to friends, click 'Friends,' which is the second option on the pop-up menu.
- 17Scroll down to access information on gender, the choices are 'Male' or 'Female.'
- 18Click the circle to the right of the 'Gender' label to decide whether to allow or hide the information on your 'Timeline.'
- 19Scroll down to 'Interested In,' with the choices being 'Women' or 'Men.' Click your desired selection, or select both, and a checkmark appears to indicate your selection.
- 20These preferences can also be made public or private. Click the button located to the right of the 'Interested In' label, which looks like a group of people.
- 21In this example the user's 'Interested In' is viewable to friends, as indicated by the checkmark.
- 22To make this information private, click 'More Options,' which is the last option of the pop-up menu.
- 23In the new menu click 'Only Me' to make complete the private viewing.
- 24Scroll down to 'Languages.' To delete languages click the 'X' beside the language listed.
- 25To add a language, click the white box below the 'Language' label, next to the language(s) listed.
- 26The keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen when you can type your desired language. This example is French, which Facebook will suggest a format for the language. Choose the desired format to see the language under the 'Language' label in your profile.
- 27This information can also be made public or private by clicking the button that looks like a group of people located to the right of the 'Language' label.
- 28In this instance, friends are able to view the languages spoken, as indicated by the checkmark to the right of the 'Friends' option in the pop-up menu. To make this information public, click 'Public' which is the top option in the pop-up menu.
- 29Near the bottom of 'Edit Profile' menu the option for 'Religious Views.' Click the white box under the 'Religious Views' label to access the keyboard and enter a religion. This information can be left empty.
- 30In this example, Christian is entered. Facebook offers suggestions of Christian sects and denominations. Choose the desired affiliation and add a description if you want.
- 31To make this information public or private, click the button that is located to the right of the 'Religious Views,' that looks like a group of people.
- 32In this instance, the option is 'Public.' Click 'More Options' which is the last selection in the pop-up menu.
- 33Click 'Only Me' in the new pop-up window to make it private.
- 34'Political Views' can be completed but in this instance, it will be left empty.
- 35Scroll to the top to proof and edit your selections. If the keyboard hampers your view click 'Done.'
- 36Save the information by clicking 'Save' in the lower right-hand corner or click 'Cancel' to revert back to the original.
- 37Scroll down on the profile to view the saved 'Basic Information' of 'Birthday, Gender, Interested In, Languages,' and 'Religious Views.' 'Political Views' is unseen because it was left empty.
- 38You have just watched the editing of personal and basic info on the Facebook application on the iPhone 6. If you have any additional questions on how Facebook and related applications work please leave them in the comment section below to be answered as soon as possible. Stay in touch with VisiHow. Bye-bye.
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