How to Hide Reactions on Facebook

Facebook reactions are added in the like button.

They have come up with multiple reactions that you can use.

The reactions are Like, Love, Care, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry.

But what if you want to hide reactions on Facebook?

You can hide reactions on Facebook by using the setting called “Reaction preferences”.

You need to select hide the number of reactions on your posts and other people’s posts in the “Reaction preferences” setting.

In this post, I will show you how to hide likes or reactions on Facebook by modifying your reaction preferences.

How to hide reactions on Facebook

To hide reactions on Facebook, the first thing is to visit the “Reaction preferences” setting.

After navigating to reaction preferences setting, you can choose to hide the number of reactions not only on your posts but on other people’s posts as well.

You need to enable “On posts from others” and “On your posts” to do that.

After doing so, reactions will be hidden on posts from others and on your posts.

You will not be able to see reactions from others when you enable “On posts from others”.

Alternatively, if you enable “On your posts”, it will hide the reactions on your posts that you post on your profile.

However, reaction counts will still be visible in groups and pages.

There are 3 steps to hide reactions on Facebook:

Step 1. Open the Facebook app and visit your settings

To get started, tap on fb app to open the Facebook mobile app and log in to your account.

The desktop version of Facebook can also be used for it.

I have used the Facebook mobile app to complete this guide.

Once you open the Facebook mobile app, tap on the menu icon available on the bottom bar.

As a result, it will show you a Facebook menu with multiple options.

Now, scroll down the menu and tap on “Settings & Privacy” to explore it.

There are four options under “Settings & Privacy”.

The options are “Settings”, “Device requests”, “Recent ad activity”, and “Find Wi-Fi”.

Since you want to hide reactions, tap on “Settings”.

Step 2. Tap on “Reaction preferences”

After tapping on the “Settings”, it will take you on the “Settings & Privacy” page.

You can modify your account preferences and settings on that page.

These settings can be your account information, password, reaction preferences, and so on.

Tap on “Reaction preferences” available under the “Preferences” header in order to visit your reaction preferences.

Step 3. Enable both preferences

After tapping on the “Reaction preferences”, there are a couple of options you will see.

The options are “On posts from others” and “On your posts”.

The both options are disabled by default.

Therefore, if you want to hide reactions of fb, you need to enable both options.

When the option is enabled “On posts from others”, you will not be able to see the count of reactions for posts others share to your News Feed, groups and pages.

However, you will still see the counts of reactions on posts available in other places including reels, Marketplace.

Additionally, you can still see the reaction to a post and everyone else until you enable “On your posts”.

When you enable “On your posts”, other people won’t see the total number of reactions under posts you post on your account.

However, the counts of reactions will be visible to your posts in other places including groups and reels.

After enabling the “On posts from others” and “On your posts”, the reactions of Facebook will be hidden!

How do I make my likes private on Facebook?

1. Open the Facebook app on your android and log in to your account.
2. Tap on the menu icon.
3. Scroll down and tap on “Settings & Privacy”.
4. Now, tap on “Settings”.
5. Tap on “Reaction preferences” under “Preferences”.
6. Enable “On posts from others” and “On your posts”.

Who can see my likes and comments on Facebook?

Anyone on Facebook can see your likes and comments.

However, the users who post something on the profile can control who can see it.

It contains sharing the post to a specific audience such as to friends only or the public.

In addition, the person can always change the audience regardless of the time frame.

For instance, you can change the audience of the post from “Friends” to “Public” whenever you want.

If the viewers of the post are set to “Public”, it means that you have allowed people to see the likes and comments.

Alternatively, if you have set the audience of the post to “Friends”, your friends will be able to see the comments and likes.

Final Words

Reactions are meant to express yourself on posts of Facebook.

However, if the user engagement is not good on your posts, it is highly recommended to hide them.

There is no benefit of turning on the reactions if you don’t get enough.

Facebook enables you to hide reactions on posts so no one can react to your posts.

Whenever you hide reactions, the settings can be re-enabled at any time.

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