How to unhide people and applications from your Facebook feed
This weekend I had a friend of mine who was using Facebook on a computer that wasn’t his. He thought that he was logged in to his account and hid some people from his feed and hid some applications that he considers annoying. A few seconds after doing this he realized that he wasn’t logged into his account. I got a message asking me to help him figure out how to unhide people and applications. After writing out the directions on how to do it I realized this was a cheap and easy blogpost… er… I mean valuable content that I should share. (Joking aside there was some conflicting information on how to do this, so I figured it made sense to post it.)
How to unhide people from your Facebook feed
1) From your start page make sure you have “live feed” selected.
2) Scroll to the bottom of the page. At the end of all your feeds select the “edit options” link.
3) On the right hand side there will be a box with the people you have selected to hide from your feed. Click the “x” next to their name to allow them to show up in your feed again.
You have now enabled that person to show up in your “live feed”. If you want them in your “news feed” you need to follow the next few steps.
4) From your start page make sure you have “news feed” selected.
5) Scroll to the bottom of the page. At the end of all your feeds select the “edit options” link.
6) In this box you will be able to add people to your news feed, applications, and fan pages that you had previously blocked.
Now you can right the wrongs that you have committed in fits of rage against your friends who talk about farmville way too much.
Thanks Kevin- this is useful information.
If you know of a way to hide *all* applications from my news feed I’d be interested in hearing about that. I find that new variations on similar themes (ie, “Which are you?”) are considered separate applications so I still feel like I’m playing Whack-a-Mole with applications.
I’d consider using Facebook Lite, but I check Facebook status updates primarily through TweetDeck and consequently news that originates from applications I haven’t removed from my news feed keep coming through.
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. Clear, concise directions. Much appreciated.
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Thanks so much for this! I’ve been asking everywhere and everyone how i can unhide aps I hid a while back. It’s been driving me nuts! lol. Thank you :-))
this was great. thanks. i was searching around the facebook pages forever trying to figure it out. :)
Make sure you’re on “Top News” (not “Most Recent”).
Scroll to the bottom.
At the bottom (kinda middle/right), you’ll see “Edit Options.” Click that.
Click “Applications.”
Click “Add to News Feed.”
Click “Close.”
I am having problems with my Home page on facebook. I play farmville and on my homepage (reward page) all I get from my neighbors is chat no rewards. I was trying to hide a friend and hide farmville. can you please help me.
THANK YOU
Thank you!! :)
For farmville follow the ted instruction.
then also i m repeating the same procedure here
Make sure you’re on “Top News” (not “Most Recent”).
Scroll to the bottom.
At the bottom (kinda middle/right), you’ll see “Edit Options.” Click that.
Click “Applications.”
Click “Add to News Feed.”
Click “Close.”
thanx.. this helped me..
I tried what you posted but does not have the screen you are showing…I accidently hid farmville from live feed and now can’t get it back. Can you please help me. I have tried what you posted at the beginning of this but I don’t have the screen you are showing. Just the first screen.