Facebook is the most popular social media website, as well as one of the most visited websites in the world.

More than 1 billion people use Facebook to connect with their friends and family. After reading this article on Facebook tricks, you will be able to use Facebook like an expert.

You can watch the video to know more about these hidden features of Facebook.

1. Find Nearby Friends
You can use this hidden Facebook feature to search for friends who live near your home. By using this function, you can find the friends list with the distance that they currently live.

The list will be abbreviated by the name of the place and the time they were present at that place.

1.  Go to Options > Nearby friends.
2. Turn on your location 
3.  That's it you will get the list of your friends

2. Logout From All Devices 
You can use this Facebook feature to log out of your Facebook account that you left open on your friend's phone.

This hidden Facebook feature can prevent your account from having insecure access to your Facebook account. You can log out of all other devices using your phone or PC that you are currently logging in to.

Go to Options > Account Settings > Security > Where you're login in. 

You will get information related to the login like last accessed, location and the device type. 

3. Save battery & size of Facebook
Facebook and Messenger are two apps that might be using the most space and battery on Your phone. The size of the Facebook app is quite large.

You can use the Swipe For a Facebook app which is available on Google Play Store and App Store for free. 

4. More Privacy
Everybody knows that Facebook collects some data about its users to display the ads that users will be interested in and improve the user experience on Facebook.

When you connect your Facebook account to any app or game, the data is shared with that app and that app collects more data to further enhance your experience.

If you have connected your Facebook account to an application but are not using that application, you cannot remove access from your account.
Go to Settings > Apps and websites > Click on the Cross > Remove.

5. Save Links And Posts Hidden Facebook Feature
You can use this Facebook feature to save any link, image, video, or product to your phone from Facebook so that you can view it at any time.

As links and photos will not last forever on Facebook home page.

You can click on the option on the top left of the post you want to save to your phone and then tap on Save Post.

6. Mute Who Post Too Much
By using this Facebook trick you can hide the posts of your friend so that you can see the post that friends have posted on Facebook to your feed.

1. Tap on the option on the upper left side to the post 
2. Click on the Hide post to see the lesser number of posts from that person on your Facebook home page.

7. Get Your Data
You can download all your Facebook data like photos, videos, messages and other files that Facebook had collected from you or you have uploaded to Facebook.

You can get your Facebook data by Going to Settings > Your Facebook information > Access your information > Click on the download link to download all your Facebook data like posts, comments, links, and other files.

8. Stop Auto-Play Videos
You have seen that the videos on Facebook automatically start play when you scrolling down even you don't want to play that video, this can be very annoying but with this Facebook setting, you can stop videos from playing automatically.

You need to Go to Options > Settings > Scroll down to "Media and Contacts" > Auto-Play > Never Auto-Play videos to stop the videos from play automatically.

9. Add Legacy Contact
A legacy contact is someone you choose to look after your account if it's memorialized. If you add a legacy contact, that person will be able to make decisions about your account once it is memorialized.
  1. Your legacy contact can write a pinned post for your profile (example: to share a final message on your behalf or provide information about a memorial service). 
  2. View posts, even if you had set your privacy to Only Me. 
  3. Decide who can see and who can post tributes, if the memorialized account has an area for tributes. Delete tribute posts. 
  4. Change who can see posts that you're tagged in. Remove tags of you that someone else has posted. Respond to new friend requests (for example old friends or family members who weren't yet on Facebook). 
  5. Update your profile picture and cover photo. Request the removal of your account
The legacy contact does not have full access to your account. They can't
  1. Log into your account. 
  2. Read your messages.
  3.  Remove any of your friends or make new friend requests.
You can add a legacy contact to Facebook by going to Settings > Security > Legacy contact.

10. Get The Weather Report 
You can use his hidden Facebook feature to get the daily weather report on the Facebook app. By using this Facebook feature you have no need to install a weather app on your phone to check the weather.

You have to navigate to options and then wether. After this enter your location.

An article by Munna Suprathik