To develop a personal Facebook group, create the group and set the privacy to closed or secret, depending on your preference. How To Create A Private Facebook Group, In a closed group, only existing members can see what is posted, but anyone can ask or be invited to join, and anybody can see the group's name and members. A secret group is totally private and members need to be welcomed. See details in # 2 below.

 

How To Create A Private Facebook Group

Directions

1. Click the blue down arrow at the leading right of Facebook and choose Develop Group

Figure 1: Create a group (click to enlarge)

Select your group choices: enter your group name, include group members, and after that choose the personal privacy settings for your group (see Figure 2). For personal privacy setting information, click on this link.

Figure 2: Personal privacy options (click to increase the size of).

• Click Develop.


• Once you create your group, you personalize it by publishing a cover image and including a description.

Other suggestions.

1. Search to Facebook.com and check in to your account.

2. Click the "Produce Group" alternative in the left sidebar on your Facebook homepage. If this option does not appear, click the blue "See All" link in the menu to reveal the "Develop Group" alternative.

3. Type a name for your brand-new group into the "Group Call" field.

4. Key in the names of Facebook good friends and contacts that you want to welcome to the secret group in the "Members" input field. Only the pals that you welcome will have the ability to see and access the group.

5. Click the "Privacy" pull-down menu at the bottom of the dialog box and choose "Secret." Click the blue "Produce" button to develop your secret Facebook group.

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