How to avoid unknown Facebook Friend Requests

Getting too many Facebook friend requests from unknown people and very much annoyed with it? You don't have to worry much as Facebook has a built-in feature which can can be turned on if needed. By default anyone can send a friend request to anyone and I have seen this as a common problem to many of my friends. In the worst case some of my friends have deleted their Facebook account just for this reason.

To avoid Facebook friend requests from unknown people all that you need to do is go to Security Settings as shown above. Now under 'Privacy Shortcuts' click on 'Who can contact me?'. Under this you will find an option named 'Who can send me friend request'. By default it will be 'Everyone'. Here you need to change this to 'Friends of Friends' option. By disabling this you only block unknown people and not your friend's friends. People who find you on Facebook search or on Google search can now send you only a message and not a request as request option will not be visible to these unknown people. You have an option to send a request to anyone unless the other person to whom you are sending the request  has done the same thing as you did by selecting Friends of Friends and not Everyone.

If you are forced to add or in a situation where you have to add them but  really not interested in chatting with them (best example is your manager) then you even have an option to turn-off chat with selected friends. To know how this is done check: Turn Off Facebook Chat for selected friends.

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