How to make a Facebook post shareable

Maybe you have a friend wanting to share one of your posts with a wider audience. You're in luck: Facebook allows you to edit the visibility of your individual posts, and it’s very simple to do so.

Changing an individual post's visibility allows other people to see it without impacting your overall Facebook privacy settings. Whether it be an informational post, a photo of your artwork, or just some meme, here's how to make your Facebook post shareable.

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Total Time

• 2 min

What You Need

• Smartphone
• Facebook account

Step 1: Navigate to the post you want to make shareable.

Click the three dots symbol in the upper right corner of that post.

Step 2: Select "Edit Privacy" from the menu.

You'll then see options to pin it, edit it, archive it, and so on. Select the option in the middle that says "Edit Privacy."

Credit: Facebook

Step 3: Select the "Public" option.

The "Privacy" menu will show you who can see your post. You can control which specific friends can see it. You can control which friends can't see it. You can even make the post completely private and only visible to you, if that’s what you want. But in this case, we want the post to be shareable as widely as possible. To do that, select the "Public" option at the very top.

Credit: Facebook

Step 4: Click "Done."

Click "Done" in the upper right corner, and bam! That Facebook post can now be shared by your friends.

Happy sharing!