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This wikiHow article teaches you how to browse the available photos of somebody who's not your friend on Facebook. If you're not friends with a Facebook user, you can only see their photos with privacy settings that are set to "Public" or "Friends of Friends." While there's no way to see a non-friend's private Facebook photos, you'll still be able to see all of the photos they've forgotten to hide from people they don't know.
Things You Should Know
- Click the Photos link on a person's Facebook profile to see their photos.
- Click Albums to see all albums that contain photos that are visible to non-friends.
- If a person has made their photos friends-only, you won't be able to see them unless you send a friend request.
Steps
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Open Facebook. You can use an browser such as Chrome or Safari to go to http://www.facebook.com, or use the mobile Facebook app on iPhone, iPad, or Android.- If you aren't automatically signed into Facebook, enter your email address or phone number and your password to log in.
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Go to the Profile page of the person whose photos you want to see. You can click on their name on your News Feed, find them in the friends list of a friend of yours, or use the Search field at the top of your screen to search their name.Advertisement -
Click or tap Photos. This button will be below their cover photo. This tab will show you all of their photos they've uploaded with "Public" privacy settings.- If you have a person in your friends list who is Facebook friends with this user, you will see their photos that are set to "Friends of friends" as well as their Public photos.
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Click or tap Albums. Photos will open up to a grid of all photos available for you to view. The Albums tab will let you browse this person's Profile Pictures, Timeline Photos, Cover Photos, and other available photo albums.
Expert Q&A
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Facebook considers user privacy one of their major priorities. If you know a person and you want to see all of their photos, you can add them as a friend from their profile. If they accept your friend request, you will see all their photos that they've made available to "Friends."Thanks
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1. Open Facebook.
2. Go to the Profile page of somebody who's not your friend.
3. Click or tap Photos.
4. Click or tap Albums.
