Used to be that a list of my friend’s birthdays was found on the Events page. Now it’s gone. Darn it! Where’d it go on Facebook?
If it’s Thursday, it must be time for Facebook to roll out yet another change in the user interface, another tweak to our experience on the site, whether dramatic or subtle. This one was fairly subtle, but I was surprised by it too, as I regularly go into the birthday calendar under events to wish my friends a happy birthday. Or, as I phrase it, a “happy anniversary of the day of your birth” since it’s not technically a birthday at all… 🙂
Anyway, suffice to say that the Events area on Facebook has been left alone without modifications or changes for a really long time, so I guess it was due. Fortunately, the birthday list is only but a single additional click away.
To start, you want to click on the “Events” link:
See it there? Bottom of the list? That’s the one. Click on it.
Now you’ll see a list of upcoming events that you’ve been invited to, whether you’ve accepted or not.
On the right, however, there’s also a list of upcoming birthdays. It looks like this:
The trick here is to click on the “others” link. In this case, “7 others”. Now you’ll see a list of birthdays and be able to leave messages for each of your friends:
From there, you can write a birthday wish or send a gift. Easy enough.
Why that had to be moved out of the main events list is a mystery I can’t answer, but now ya know…
It is confusing on what “Events” to use. On the MAIN face book Page it is listed on the bottom left of the screen, by the GROUPS. You will NOT find it on your home screen.
Sure you will. When I go to my home screen in Facebook, in the “Explore” section I see “Events”.
Log completely out of FB and back in. That helped me.
good advice,butit worked only for pc. Can you suggest some ways for the birthdays to appear on android or iphone mobiles.
Nowadays, fb doesn’t even notify me of my close friends’ bdays…
Birthdays are gone again!!! Sept 2019!! ??
Hey Dave, your tip was great and I found the birthdays on the right as you mentioned while looking on my laptop. How do you find the birthday list viewing on a mobile phone. I see all the actual events but I still can’t find the birthday list?
I read where Facebook is considering the birthday list a threat to users by hackers. They have just another piece of information allowing them to know the users better. It seems that it is a privacy step for Facebook to accept. I do not like it, but many will. Thank you for helping me to find this way to do so. Thus far, I have not been able to have your method work, but I will continue to try. One thing is that I have not been invited to any events. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
How do I add friends’ birthdays to Facebook? They have FB accounts, but their birthdays do not show up under Friends Birthdays.
Thanks.
You can’t add their birthdays. They’ve either not filled in that part of their Facebook profile or marked it as private.
I followed :Events , birthdays ; No button for other
Just checked again, Jim, and I see both “Upcoming Events” and “Birthdays”. Perhaps you don’t have any upcoming events?
I still can’t find the birthdays on my android!
or.. you can copy n paste this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/birthdays
(good as of 7/5/2016)
This is only for the desktop though ? Can’t see it on my phone.
Sync it with calander and you can see all birthdays 😉