How to Edit Personal Information on Facebook

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Pin ItArticle EditDiscussEverybody on Facebook is expected to fill in their profile data. But the task can seem daunting, especially considering how much data you need to input. Never fear! In this article, you'll quickly learn how you can fill in this information easily and smartly; just follow the instructions here.

Contents1 Steps1.1 Timeline View1.2 Adjusting Your Work Settings1.3 Adjusting Your Education Settings1.4 Adjusting Your Living Settings1.5 Changing the About Me Box1.6 Updating Basic Info1.7 Updating Your Contact Info1.8 Changing Your Favorite Quotations2 Tips3 Warnings4 Related wikiHows

Edit Steps1Visit the Facebook website.[1] Upon opening, you'll be taken to your news feed, no matter which version of profile you use.

2Log in to your Facebook account, if you haven't logged in already.3Click on your name, from the upper right-hand corner of the Facebook web page.

Timeline View1Locate the link underneath your name on your Timeline profile that says “About”.

2Click the “About” link. This should take you to the page that contains all your displayable account information.

3Locate the section and type of account information you’d like to adjust. You can select from many options, which include Work and Education, Living (hometown, current city), Basic information (birthdate, address, religious views, political views, etc.), an About Me section (favorite quote, or something to identify what makes you, you), a separate Contact Information section (containing contact information and alternate website contact data) and a box known as Favorite Quote. There’s even a place to fill in how you know other relatives who exist on Facebook from this page.4Follow the steps to adjust your settings in the section below (entitled “Adjusting Your Settings”).

Adjusting Your Work Settings1Locate the box that’s labeled “Work and Education”.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top right of this box.

3Click the box that’s initially labeled by “Where have you worked?”.

4Type the name of the business where you have worked. Don’t add the city/state info. The name is good enough. It will display a list of filtered results as you type.

Sometimes, when there is no business such as what was typed completely, you’ll see a line called “Add (Business name).”Click the correct business.5Click the “Edit” link to more clearly acknowledge the proper years you’ve worked at the business and define what you did, what awards you earned, etc. Then, click "Add Job" when you finish.

6Click the “Done Editing” box at the top right hand corner of the Work and Education box as was originally labeled.

Adjusting Your Education Settings1Locate the box labeled “Work and Education”.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top right of this box.

3Click the box underneath your work-history that should be clearly labeled by the initial title “Where did you go to college/university?”.

4Begin typing the name of your college. Don’t add the city/state info. The name is good enough. It will display a list of filtered results as you type.

Although most business’ have listings, some don’t so you’ll need to clear these misconceptions up.Also, there’s another edit box underneath that initially displays “Where did you go to high-school” that you can add your high-school”5Click the correct business.6Click the “Edit” link to more clearly acknowledge the proper years you’ve attended the school/college/university, what courses you excelled in/majored in/etc. as well as many other major accomplishments in your education.7Click the “Add school” button when you are finished with the business and complete all other listings you’ve added.

8Click the “Done Editing” box at the top right hand corner of the Work and Education box as was originally labeled.

Adjusting Your Living Settings1Locate the box that’s labeled “Living”. You might have to scroll down a bit, to find it. Click the “Edit” button at the top right of this box.

2Click the empty box labeled “Current City”. Type into the box your current city, and if it doesn’t come up by the end, your state. Only use map-cities. In Facebook’s mindset, there isn’t a state of “Confusion” (if your city is Brilliant, and your state is Confusion, don’t type Brilliant Confusion, because neither will be found and you will later have added an incorrect unverifiable place.

It will accept almost any city/state that is located globally too, but it may take a bit more typing, with the provinces and such. So be forewarned.3Click into the “Hometown” box. Type the location, like as you initially did for “Current City” above filling in the proper information here too.4Click the “Save” button at the bottom right hand corner of the box, when you have completed both boxes.

Changing the About Me Box1Locate the box that’s labeled “About You”. You may have to scroll down a bit, to locate the box.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top-right hand corner of this box.

3Click into the big box initially labeled “Edit”. Add some text that defines who you are in real life.

4Click the “Save” button.

Updating Basic Info1Locate the box that’s labeled “Basic Info”. You may have to scroll down a bit on the page, to locate the box.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top right-hand corner of this box.

3Click into the first field. Type or select the appropriate responses to the I am (gender) box, Birthday (individual drop-down boxes), Relationship status(single, married, etc.), any and all languages you may be able to proficiently speak (in the box labeled “Languages”), Religion type, and Political Party (if any).

Even though Facebook wasn't designed to promote a person’s romances, there’s another box that can help you find a “soul-mate”. You can click the appropriate response to “Looking for”, if you’d like.4Click the “Save” button at the bottom right hand corner of the box, when you have completed all boxes.

Updating Your Contact Info1Locate the box that’s labeled “Contact Info”. You may have to scroll down a bit on the page, to locate the box.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top right-hand corner of this box.

3Click the “Add / Remove Emails” button and fill out this box, if you have other email addresses you’d like correspondence to be written to, if your other email address doesn't work for your friends.

4Click the button’s inside your Account Info box to add your information.5Click the “Save” button to your Account Info window.6Fill out the mobile phone box, using the link “Add a phone”.7Type or select the appropriate responses for any other phone numbers (including what type of line the number is for), any other IM screen names for any other services, full contact info (full address lines), and a personal website.There’s even a Networks feature that can be selected here, that can help you join back up with your college networks(as Facebook originally had when Facebook originated).8Click the “Save” button at the bottom right hand corner of the box, when you have completed all boxes completely.

Changing Your Favorite Quotations1Locate the box that’s labeled “Favorite Quotations”. You may have to scroll down a bit, to locate the box.

2Click the “Edit” button at the top-right hand corner of this box.

3Type some text from exact quotations that you generally use, that may define who you are.

4Allow only one quote per line to be added. If a quote runs over two lines, don’t press enter. Only allow these lines/quotes to run on.5Click the “Save” button.

Edit TipsSometimes, Facebook profile information, has been known to provide people with alternate jobs. But, since you control the “action”, you can control what you post, and internally some of this information won’t be seen.Play with whatever settings you deem to be enough information. You are the person who decides the rules on what information you want (and don't want) displayed.You can also play with making certain items private or to a select group of friends(Friends setting) or the friends of your Facebook friends(Friends-of-Friends setting), if you want, or, in some cases, to a select amount of people (using the "Custom")settings. Facebook seems to only deem everything to be fully public (the Everyone setting), no matter the item you are dealing in the very beginning. You'll have to play with this idea for each individual setting you'd like to fix.As you play with adding "Life Events" to your Facebook timeline, you'll be introduced to a brand new box called "History by year" where the only way to edit these events, is to edit the event from your timeline.

Edit WarningsSince passwords and your Facebook username are two secure pieces of data, Facebook doesn’t allow anyone to edit this personal information here. Nor does it allow you to edit your mobile phone number or other secure personal data here. You’ll need to edit this information from the “Account Settings” link, located under the link in the top right corner of any Facebook page located under the drop-down link initially known as “Home”.

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