How to Group Facebook Friends on a PC or Mac

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: May 25, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create and manage Facebook Friend Lists.

Part 1

Part 1 of 2:
Creating a New Friend List

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Go to https://www.facebook.com in a web browser. If you see the sign-in screen, type your Facebook username and password into the blanks and click Log In.
2
Click Friend Lists. It’s on the left side of the page under the “Explore” header.
3
Click Create List. It’s near the top of the page in the “Friends” section. A pop-up will appear.
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Type a name for the list.
5
Add people to the list. You can start typing a friend’s name into the “Members” box and then select it when it appears on-screen. Add as many friends as you’d like.
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Click Create.
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View posts by people in the list. When you want to see a customized timeline of posts made by people in your list, click Edit Friends on the left side of Facebook, then click the name of your new Friend List.

Part 2

Part 2 of 2:
Managing Friend Lists

1
Go to https://www.facebook.com in a web browser. If you see the sign-in screen, type your Facebook username and password into the blanks and click Log In.
2
Click Friend Lists. It’s on the left side of the page under the “Explore” header.
3
Select a list to edit. When you select a list, you’ll see a timeline of posts made by members of the list, and option to edit the list. Choose your new list or one of the following default lists:
- Close Friends: These are the people with whom you communicate most on Facebook. Posts from people in this group also appear more often in your regular news feed.
- Acquaintances: These are people with whom you don’t often communicate but consider friends. If you add someone to this list, only some of their posts will make it to your main news feed.
- Family: If you’ve set up Family members on Facebook, they’ll be in this group.
- Restricted: If you add someone to this list, they won’t be able to see any of your posts except for those you set as “public.”
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Add friends to the list. There are two ways to do this:
- If the group is empty, click Add Friends to List at the center of the screen to select new list members.
- Click Add next to a friend’s name in the “List Suggestions” box.
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Edit a list’s members. To do this, select the list you want to edit, click Manage List (at the top-right corner of the screen), and then Edit List. You’ll be able to add and remove friends on this screen.
- You can also use “Manage List” to change the name of a list. Instead of selecting “Edit List,” choose Rename List and type a new name.

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Written by:

Nicole Levine, MFA

Tech Specialist

This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 1,322 times.

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