How to Send Direct Images on Facebook on Android

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: May 25, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to send an image directly to a Facebook friend on your Android device.

Steps

1
Open Facebook. It’s the blue icon with a white “f” on your home screen. If you don’t see it there, check the app drawer.
2
Tap the camera icon. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.

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3
Tap the gallery icon. It’s the two overlapping photos at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- If you’d rather take a new photo, you can tap the camera shutter icon (the large circle at the bottom-center area of the screen) to capture it now.
4
Select a photo. If you snapped a new photo, you can skip this step. Otherwise, tap the photo you want to send.
5
Tap the black arrow in a white circle. This displays a list of your Facebook friends.
6
Select your recipient(s). To do this, tap the check box next to the person’s name so a check mark appears. You can select more than one recipient at a time.
7
Tap the send button. It’s the white arrow in a blue square at the bottom-right corner of the screen. The image will now be sent to your selected Facebook friends.

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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 1,185 times.

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Updated: May 25, 2021

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