To hide your birthday on Facebook, go to your profile, tap Edit profile, tap Edit next to your date of birth under Personal details, then tap the audience setting beside it and choose who can see it. Tap Save when you're done.
Facebook splits your birthday into two parts: the day and month, and the year. You can choose who sees each one separately, which means hiding your birthday isn't all or nothing.
Which setting suits you? A quick decision guide
| If you want | Do this |
|---|---|
| Friends to remember the day but not know your age | Share the day and month, and hide the year. |
| No birthday reminders going out at all | Don't share the day and month. Friends get no notification. |
| Different visibility on an additional profile | Switch to that profile first, then change the audience there. |
| A wider privacy tidy-up in one go | Use Privacy Checkup, which covers profile details such as date of birth. |
Changing who sees the date
- Go to your profile and tap Edit profile.
- Below Personal details, tap Edit next to your date of birth.
- Tap the audience setting next to your date of birth and choose who can see your birthday and your birth year.
- Tap Save.
Choose the audience for the day and month, then the audience for the year. They don't have to match.
What friends notice once it's hidden
If you don't share the day and month, friends won't get a notification about your upcoming birthday. That's the bit most people are after, a quieter day without a wall of messages. If you'd still like close friends to be reminded, give them access to the day and month and keep the year to yourself.
Bear in mind this setting controls who sees your date of birth on your profile. Facebook's help centre doesn't promise a hidden birthday is invisible in every place on Facebook, so don't treat it as a guarantee.
Extra profiles follow the main one
Your date of birth must match across all profiles in your Meta Account. Additional profiles take their birthday from your main profile, and you can't change the date there. You can still change who sees it on each one, though. Switch to the additional profile first, then follow the same steps.
Changing the birthday itself is limited too: Facebook only lets you do it so often, though the help article doesn't say how many times.
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Another route through Privacy Checkup
Privacy Checkup lets you choose who sees profile details such as your date of birth, alongside other settings. It's handy if you're tightening up a few things at once. While you're there, you might also want to hide your friends list on Facebook, which works on a similar audience idea.
My advice for a quieter birthday
Hide the year if you'd rather keep your age private, and hide the day and month too if you don't want the notifications. Do it a week or two before your birthday so the reminders don't go out. If your profile also does a job for your business, it's worth reading up on the best time to post for a small business, because that's a better use of your audience's attention than a birthday reminder.
For the rest of the series, see the Facebook Help: 80 Guides to Pages, Groups, Ads, Stories and Fixes.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change my birthday on an additional Facebook profile?
No. The birthday carries over from your main profile and can't be changed on additional profiles, but you can change who can see it on each one.
