Along with using your real name, Facebook's rules require that you provide your real birthdate, but that doesn't mean you need to share it publicly. If you're concerned about privacy or just don't want everyone knowing your age, you can hide your birthdate, birth year or both from your profile. The profile settings also let you change your birthday, but only a limited number of times.
Log in to Facebook and click Edit Profile on the menu bar.
Open the Contact and Basic Info section and scroll down to find the Birth Date entry. Mouse over it and click the Edit link that displays.
Change the date and year of your birth, if necessary. Facebook allows you to change your birthday only a limited -- and unspecified -- number of times, so change it only to correct a mistake.
Facebook does not allow you to delete the date entirely, but you can hide it from other people. To the right of the date are two Audience Selector buttons. The top button sets the audience for your birthdate, and the bottom changes the audience for your birth year.
Pick Friends from an Audience Selector to show your birthday only to friends, or pick Only Me to completely hide the information. You can choose a different setting in each selector -- hide your birthdate from everyone while revealing your birth year to friends, or vice versa.
Check the box verifying your age if you changed your birthday, and press Save Changes.
Log in to Facebook and click Edit Profile on the menu bar.
Open the Contact and Basic Info section and scroll down to find the Birth Date entry. Mouse over it and click the Edit link that displays.
Change the date and year of your birth, if necessary. Facebook allows you to change your birthday only a limited -- and unspecified -- number of times, so change it only to correct a mistake.
Facebook does not allow you to delete the date entirely, but you can hide it from other people. To the right of the date are two Audience Selector buttons. The top button sets the audience for your birthdate, and the bottom changes the audience for your birth year.
Pick Friends from an Audience Selector to show your birthday only to friends, or pick Only Me to completely hide the information. You can choose a different setting in each selector -- hide your birthdate from everyone while revealing your birth year to friends, or vice versa.
Check the box verifying your age if you changed your birthday, and press Save Changes.