Navigate to [https://www.facebook.com/](https://www.facebook.com/)

Click the profile icon on the top right corner of the screen

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Follow the steps above and then click settings

On the left hand side of the screen, click personal information

Information that you've provided when you set up your Facebook accounts and profiles

Here, you will be able to see all of your personal information

Facebook Assistant
Your Pronunciations
View and delete pronunciations of names
Your address books
Your address books
Contact information you've added for friends and other people
Journalist registration
Your industry role
Your roles within the news industry you selected during the registration process
Your professional email
The email address you provided during the registration process
Your bylines
Your links to the news stories that list you as an author or contributor
Additional benefits
Your blue badge verification status and linked Instagram account for safety and protections

Click this link to go to the Meta Accounts Center

On the next page, click password and security on the left hand side of the screen

Enter your old password and your new one. Re-type your new password and click change password

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Change password
Your password must be at least 6 characters and should include a combination of numbers, letters and special characters (!$@%).
Current password
New password
Re-type new password
Forgot your password?

Go back to the Meta Accounts Center and click password and security again

Choose your authentication method and select next. BlackCloak recommends using an authentication app

Recommended • We'll recommend an app to download if you don't have one. It will generate a code you'll enter when you log in.

After downloading the authentication app, scan the QR code, then click next

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1. Download an authentication app
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2. Scan this barcode/QR code or copy the key
Scan this barcode/QR code in the authentication app or copy the key and paste it in the authentication app.
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3. Copy and enter 6-digit code
After the barcode/QR code is scanned or the key is entered, your authentication app will generate a 6-digit code. Copy the code and then come back to Facebook to enter it.

Enter the six digit code from the authentication app to complete the proces

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Enter the 6-digit code generated by your authentication app.
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On the left hand side of the screen, select security and login information

Technical information and logged activity related to your account

Now, you'll be able to find your authorized logins, as well as your login history

Where you're logged in
Periods of time you've been actively logged into Facebook
Authorized logins
The computers and mobile phones you've saved to your Facebook account

Here, you can begin to adjust your profile privacy settings

Your Activity
Edit
Who can see your future posts?
Only me
Use Activity Log
Review all your posts and things you're tagged in
Limit Past Posts
Limit the audience for posts you've shared with friends of friends or Public?
Edit
Who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow?
Public

On the left hand side of the same screen, click profile and tagging

On this page, you can adjust who can post on your profile, and adjust settings for tagging as well

Who can see what others post on your profile?
Friends

When you are going to post, click on this box

Here, you can adjust your settings to determine who can see your post. Make your selection and click done

In your phone's settings, select privacy and security

Here, you can adjust when the Facebook app can access location services, as well as if it can access your precise location

Click the link to head back to the Meta Accounts Center

Click Ad preferences on the left hand corner of the screen

Here, you can see what ads and advertisers you have recently seen, and ad a list of topics you no longer want to see as well. Click on ad settings

Ad settings
Review settings and learn how data influences what you see.

Here, you can adjust settings on your profile to ensure advertisers can, or cannot, use your profile information to send targeted ads. Click on Activity information from ad partners

Choose whether we use this information to show you ads that are more relevant to you

On this page, you can determine whether Facebook can use your activity information from ad partners to show you ads

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