1. Protect account access

Use a unique password and enable the service’s multifactor authentication. Store recovery codes somewhere safe. Also protect the email account used to reset your password.

2. Review your audience

Review your profile, posts, Stories and tags separately. Ask whether a colleague, stranger or search engine could see each piece of information. Remove older content that no longer matches your choices.

3. Walk through permissions

Location, address book access and connected apps deserve a review. For example, a drawing account rarely needs to show your daily commute. Decline access that does not serve your purpose.

4. Check after a change

After changing a setting, use the public preview where available. For a shared account, record who has access and who can revoke it. Repeat the review when your team or device changes.

Put this guide into practice

For one post, list who can see its content, your name, location and comments. Check the result from another authorised account rather than only your profile preview.

How to assess the result

The actual audience matches the one you chose for that specific content.

Editorial exercise; adapt it to your situation and keep sensitive details out of your notes.

Your next step

  • Stronger access and recovery prepared.
  • Audience and location checked.
  • Unused connected apps removed.

A concrete example

Situation. Someone creates a group to plan a celebration. An invitation, photo or member list may reveal more than intended.

How to try it. Before adding participants, they check who can see the group, join it and share its content. They ask permission before posting photos of identifiable people.

What to check next. After the event, they remove unnecessary access and review backups and connected devices. A closed group alone cannot prevent screenshots or forwarding.

Sources & method

This guide provides an editorial synthesis and exercises. The references below offer further reading; their authors do not endorse this portal.

Editorial responsibility: Alexis RZG, WORLD SOCIAL NETWORKS. Suggest a correction.

A question before putting this into practice

Does one private setting cover my whole account?

Review profile, posts, tags, messages, location and linked services separately. Test from another account to check actual audience. Also minimise published details: an access setting does not prevent copies by an authorised viewer.