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How do I remove a Facebook friend or connection?

October 29, 2007 / Dave Taylor / Facebook Help / 92 Comments

Not to sound like I’m becoming antisocial, but a woman who’s on my friends list on Facebook turns out to be quite the kind of person I don’t like to associate with. Can’t say more than that, but I need to “defriend” her (unfriend her?) How do I do that??

Uh oh, sounds like trouble in Facebook paradise to me! 🙂
Fortunately, it’s remarkably easy to defriend someone on Facebook, just a few mouse clicks. First off, select “Friends” from the top navigational bar:

Facebook navigation menu bar: Friends

Notice here that within the “Friends” area, I’ve also selected “Friend List”. You’ll want to do that too.
Now scroll around until you find the profile of the person in question. It’ll look approximately like this, though obviously we’re not talking about the same person! 🙂

Facebook Friend Profile

Note the link on the lower right, “Remove Friend”. That’s what you want to select. Click on that and you’ll get a confirmation dialog box:

Facebook Remove Friend

If you’re really sure she should get the proverbial boot, click on “Remove Friend”, otherwise click on “Cancel” and they’ll never know that they were on the very edge of the abyss. 🙂

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92 comments on “How do I remove a Facebook friend or connection?”

  1. MNRC says:
    December 1, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    Is there something wrong with having Asians friends? Why use an Asian individual in your example? Why not use a white person since your readers are unlikely to have any Asian friends: http://goo.gl/4800VD

    Reply
  2. Maui blue says:
    January 22, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Thank you….Tante Grazie….I finally unfriend an unwanted friend !
    Took me a month of searching and surfing, even those dang nabb faq’s !
    Phew what a relief you are Dave Taylor ! Woo Hoo from Daffy Duck.

    Reply
  3. alan says:
    November 10, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    i have unfriended someone and need to be friends with them again. how do i do this.

    Reply
  4. angelo says:
    October 24, 2012 at 9:59 am

    I have had 2 people show up as that i had subscibed to them when i did , dont know who these people are, how might have this happened. could this have happened through a link that i clicked on from one of my friends.

    Reply
  5. Leila says:
    July 8, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    I have a very long list of possible friends. These are friends of my friends, but I don’t know them from Adam. How can I get rid of these possibles?

    Reply
  6. Anneliese Hawkins says:
    June 24, 2012 at 6:32 am

    Hello,
    I do not have a Face Book for personal reasons! But I do Have Family and Friends. I have a step daughter who is always posting False things about her Dad. And Family see’s this. She has in the past gotten a lot of people in trouble. and I would like to have her delete off face book, she has made false accusation on her father.she never has any concuss for action. a concurred step Mom! The name is Nicole Hawkins

    Reply
  7. FRANCISCO PARISE says:
    June 22, 2012 at 5:31 am

    Hi, I defriended someone on Facebook. Now I want to refriend them. But, I don’t know who I defriended. How can I find the people I defriended? Thanks a lot!

    Reply
  8. Diane DeRousse says:
    March 17, 2012 at 2:50 am

    My friend set up her facebook on my pc. she has my permission, we have seperate e mail adresses, now my mobile facebook thinks and says I am her! please help me fix this!!

    Reply
  9. Steve Wyatt says:
    March 14, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Hi,
    Your instructions to delete a friend seem to no longer be valid. In additions, those listed under Facebook’s Help function also do not work. The options aren’t available. The unfriend option is also no longer available when using the app on my iphone.
    Please can you advise as a once basic process now seems impossible or has a bug.
    Thanks

    Reply
  10. Krystal says:
    January 17, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    unfortunately Facebook has undergone several changes, and these instruction are obsolete. How do we defriend someone in 2012? thank you! 🙂

    Reply
    • Mary Lou Magnelli says:
      August 28, 2016 at 11:30 pm

      I have the same person on my Facebook two times, one is by mistake, how do I remove this one?

      Reply
  11. Christie says:
    December 19, 2011 at 1:19 am

    I created a second FB account, one for friends and one for the political threads I like to chat on. Problem is that in doing so I’ve managed to lock myself out of my first account. Then when I tried to add friends to my new account (friends from acct 1), I can’t find them (I think FB is blocking me from seeing them.) Any suggestions? I know other people with 2 accts, but I think my mistake was using too much similar info (name, phone #, DOB) and now I can’t seem to change that basic info either. I am considering deactivating acct 2 and trying again. I would really like to keep my first account going.

    Reply
  12. jayantha says:
    November 22, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    hi,
    how can i remove my details from another one’s friend list in face book?
    thanks

    Reply
  13. Dave Taylor says:
    September 11, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    Charmelle, see this FAQ:
    https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2359239297&topic=10300
    Hope that helps!

    Reply
  14. Charmelle Williams says:
    September 11, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    I want to remove my ex husbnad from my family tree app on Facebook, but he is a tree coordinator How do i get him removed from my tree ?

    Reply
  15. Dave Taylor says:
    August 29, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Sorry, Sergio, I can’t recommend any utility that is going to dig into my personal Facebook data, even if it’s for an account I am about to shut down. Readers, please be wary of any app or site that promises to do things on your behalf on Facebook or any other social networking site…

    Reply
  16. sergio says:
    August 29, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    nice article! but the easiest way to DELETE your facebook account permanently (and backup ALL yor data) is http://www.goodfbye.com
    2 clicks and you’re done!
    😉

    Reply
  17. David King says:
    August 27, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    please remove the following people from my facebook freinds list: Angela Mcarver and Weston
    Hammonds

    Reply
  18. David King says:
    August 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    How can you remove someone from my freinds list,who I know for a fact is dead?

    Reply
  19. Lynne says:
    June 3, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    When I delete someone from my fb do they later get a suggestion to be my friend?

    Reply
  20. Dave Taylor says:
    June 2, 2011 at 10:50 pm

    Unfortunately he will be notified: the notification is generated as soon as you click the button. Even canceling your account (which seems a bit excessive, if I can say so) won’t change that.

    Reply
  21. Apple says:
    June 2, 2011 at 10:29 am

    I accidentally ‘like’ a comment by someone who isn’t my friend. Will he be notified? Furthermore, immediately after that I deactivated my account. Does it ensure that they won’t be notified? Please please help me! I feel so embarrass if I see them in school!

    Reply
  22. Onikosi Akorede says:
    May 30, 2011 at 4:22 am

    hi,i mistakely remove my fiance name instead of someone disturbing me,pls how can i connect my fiance name back.

    Reply
  23. Sarfaraz says:
    May 25, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Thanks Dave,
    I am so happy for seeing that, how easily I remove an unwanted friend from my list.

    Reply
  24. shalu says:
    March 18, 2011 at 1:11 am

    i could’nt get a valid answer to undo remove frind from facebook

    Reply
  25. rishi says:
    February 19, 2011 at 4:11 am

    hw i can remove any people from my friendlist in faceebook

    Reply
  26. muhamed ali says:
    January 16, 2011 at 3:58 am

    friend are blocked mz account

    Reply
  27. moses simon says:
    December 4, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    am realing enjoying google but no email address my is google is the best web ever. Thankz.

    Reply
  28. Dave Taylor says:
    November 13, 2010 at 11:49 pm

    Zoe (backing up a bit), I’d check that your status updates have a default distribution of “friends only”. Then if he’s not a friend (suggested by you not being able to unfriend him) then he won’t see them and won’t be able to leave comments.

    Reply
  29. Dave Taylor says:
    November 8, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Vincent, sorry to hear about your cousin’s death. Here’s an informational page on Facebook that talks about this situation: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13941&ref_query=death Sounds like the request might need to come from his mother or father, btw. Good luck.

    Reply
  30. Vincent Enright says:
    November 8, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    My cousin passed away on Oct. 9, 2010. How do i get his profile taken off Facebook?

    Reply
  31. Zoe says:
    November 2, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Heyy I need Help, I wanna remove one person on my facebook his a weirdo and every time he gives bad comment at me. I can’t delete him because his fb doesn’t have “remove button” pls help me….

    Reply
  32. CMPUNK says:
    September 9, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    i have a question if i remove 1 friend it is possible to add that person again or it is impossible?

    Reply
  33. jsweets says:
    August 18, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    Is it possible to seperate fb friends into 3 seperate groups of people. a group of friends n other for family and last co-workers. this way i can limit wat each group can read n see on wall!?
    Please help if possible,one too many rats at my company!

    Reply
  34. sheik says:
    August 15, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    how to deactivate a person who is in my FB account?
    bcoz she/he missuses FB account.

    Reply
  35. DAle Perry says:
    July 17, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    Pleae remove me from facebook I’ve tried and seem not to be able to do that…al I want is to remove myeslf from you I don’t want to be bothered from you or anybody on facebook…

    Reply
  36. tzitzi says:
    July 12, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    I want to delete some friend how can i do this?

    Reply
  37. Dave Taylor says:
    July 10, 2010 at 6:25 am

    ASMA, I can’t help you. I’m not affiliated with Facebook. But I do have an article on how to delete your Facebook account here on the site: just search for “delete facebook”.
    Lori, yeah, I’m glad you’re seeking more info because it’s up to us parents to ensure our kids are safe. Step #1: require that your daughter share her password with you so you can pop in occasionally and ensure that she’s only friends with people she knows. #2: Screen her FB friends and talk candidly about those who post inappropriate content.
    In terms of knowing previous interaction, there’s no log of that sort of thing I’m aware of on Facebook. Sorry.

    Reply
  38. ASMA UM AMMAR says:
    July 5, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    DELEET MY FACEBOOK

    Reply
  39. lori payne says:
    June 24, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    My 11 year old daughter recieved some very, very disturbing postings that she (luckily) didn’t understand. She immediately “unfriended” the person. I was able to review the offending vulgar comments thru email. How can I check the past history between the two at this point? I do not know this person, I don’t know their phone # How can I get in touch with the parents?
    P.S. I had no idea that bad words were allowed on facebook!!! Prior to this , we had a “Webkinz” account… There lies the extent of my computer knowledge… Thanx

    Reply
  40. Donald L. Watford says:
    June 15, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    i WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM FACEBOOK, I DON’TG WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYMORE I FIND I AN TRO OLD FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF.

    Reply
  41. Jancy King says:
    June 11, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Somebody has posted my name on Facebook with a mean picture. I would so much appreciate it if you could remove it. I’m not sure if I was the intended “victim” or someone else with my name; however, since I have never used Facebook, I’d like it removed asap. Thank you for your help. I appreciate it.

    Reply

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