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How to see phone numbers from friends on FB

How to see phone numbers from friends on FB

If you have registered your number on Facebook, it remains visible to everyone even if you hide it.

You can see the phone numbers of all your friends who have synced their mobile with Facebook and if they have hidden their numbers. This can even be useful, for example, if you need a friend's number and he is not there, or the number of a company that has a Facebook profile. On the other hand, the privacy of the user who activated his number is violated. If he hid his number from the public, it is obvious that he does not want anyone to see him.

Phonebook Contacts application that "extracts" numbers from the phonebook. This application has been around for some time but has been poorly noticed by users. But before the panic starts, it is important to emphasize that only you, and not the entire network, can see the 'pulled out' phone numbers of your Facebook friends.

Rumors that your phone contacts are visible to everyone on Facebook are false. Our contact list has been around for a long time. The phone numbers there are posted by your friends on Facebook or you have synced your mobile phone with Facebook. " Just like on your phone, you are the only one who can see these numbers.

- they explained on Facebook.

To access all your friends' numbers, click on "Account", select the "Edit friends" option and find "Contacts" in the upper left corner.

If you do not like this option, by selecting this link you can delete the entire Facebook phonebook.

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