This article will give you guidelines on how you can find people by location on Facebook. In order for this to work, the person that you are trying to find must have an accurate location added to their profile. You can search for people by location by making use of both the Facebook desktop site and the Facebook mobile app.
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Ways To Find People By Location On Facebook
- Open the Facebook app on your phone, the app icon looks like a white “f” placed on a dark-blue background on your homepage. Once you click on the app, Facebook will direct you to your News Feed if you have already logged in.
- If you are not already logged in, type in your email address (or your phone number) and also your password, then click on “Log in”.
- Once you are logged in, click on the search box. You can find it at the top of the screen of your phone. As you click on it, your device’s keyboard will display.
- Then type in the name of the person you are looking for on the search box and click on search.
- Click the People tab. It is located on top of the left side of the page. This will make your search to include only people and not events and others.
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- After that, click on the City ▼ tab. It can be seen below and at the right close to the People tab near the screen top. This will make a window pop up at the bottom of your phone screen.
- Then click on the “Find a city” search box which is seen at the top of the window at the bottom of the screen.
- Once you do that, enter the name of the city you feel the person is at. You will see some suggestions will be shown below the search box as you are typing.
- Click on the city you want to search in once it displays.
- Then click on apply. You can find this on the top on the right side of the “City” window which is shown at the bottom of your phone screen. By doing that, you see the list of people who bear the same name and also the location you are looking for. Then click on the profile of the person you are searching for.
This is how you can search for people by location on Facebook. In case you are finding it difficult to do so, just follow these steps and you will get what you are looking for.
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