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It's useful for some projects to keep marketplace private so visitors who are not registered or logged in users can't view its content.

This is useful if you want to preserve privacy or keep your marketplace content "hidden" to the world.

What is a private marketplace?

If your marketplace is private, only logged in users (users who have a confirmed account and are signed in) can see your marketplace's content such as listings or seller profiles.

Users who are not logged in will see the homepage on which you can customize some content to explain the situation.

What are the impacts of making the marketplace private?

If you set your marketplace as private:

• unlogged users won't be able to view the marketplace listings

• sharing buttons on each listing page (Facebook and Twitter buttons) will be disabled

• the RSS/Atom feed won't contain any information

• the sitemap will be disabled

How to make your marketplace private?

To enable the "Private" feature:

• log in as an administrator,

• open your Admin Panel,

• go to "General> Privacy",

• in the "Private marketplace" section, check the "Make marketplace private (users must log in to browse listings and user profiles)" box,

• save settings.

That's it! This change is in use and live immediately.

You can now add some instructions texts visible to unlogged users.

How to edit content visible to the unlogged user on the homepage for private marketplaces?

It's important to explain to visitors who don't have an account in your marketplace yet or are not logged in why they can't browse any content.

To write some content there:

• log in as an administrator,

• open your Admin Panel,

• go to "General> Privacy",

• scroll down to the "Private marketplace landing page content" section,

• click the "Open in editor" button,

• add your content,

• save.

That's it! The change is visible to all of the unlogged users immediately.

The Facebook Marketplace is a great place to get rid of things you no longer want or need while making a few bucks in the process. Sometimes though, there’s an item or two you want to list that you don’t want your friends knowing about.

Thankfully, Facebook allows you to list items like these and hide them from your friends. The system isn’t perfect, so you should read up on who might be able to see your listing, but it might be enough to fit your needs.

In this article, we’ll show you how to hide Facebook Marketplace listings from your Facebook friends on your Android, iPhone, or PC.

Yes, but there are some exceptions. Currently, only listings with the “Item” category can be hidden from your Facebook friends. Vehicles, rentals, and property can’t be hidden from your friends.

Note that new listings won’t automatically post to your timeline, but if your listing is not hidden from friends then they may come across it while browsing the Facebook Marketplace.

You can read about who can see hidden Facebook marketplace listings here.

How to Hide New Facebook Marketplace Listings from Friends

You can hide new Facebook Marketplace listings from friends by toggling on the Hide from friends option when creating a new listing. Here’s how, step-by-step, on your Android, iPhone, or PC:

Android/iPhone

1. Open the Facebook mobile app and sign into your account.
2. Tap your Profile picture/3 bars in the upper right corner and then tap the Marketplace tile on the following screen.
   
   
3. Tap the Person icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook Marketplace and then tap Create New Listing.
   
   
4. In the menu that appears, select the Items listing type. Unfortunately, you can’t currently hide other listing types from your friends.
   
   
5. On the following screen, scroll down to the Listing Options section and tap the Toggle icon to the right of Hide from friends to enable it.
   
   
6. Finish creating your listing and publish it as you would any other listing. It will not be visible to your friends on Facebook or in Messenger.

Desktop/PC

1. Open Facebook.com in your web browser and sign into your account.
2. Click Marketplace in the menu on the left. You can also simply open https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ in your web browser.
   
   
3. In the leftmost menu of the Marketplace, click Create new listing.
   
   
4. On the following page, select Item for Sale. Unfortunately, you can’t currently hide other listing types from your friends.
   
   
5. In the leftmost menu, scroll down and click Hide from friends to toggle the option on.
   
   
6. Finish creating your listing and publish it as you would any other listing. It will not be visible to your friends on Facebook or in Messenger.

How to Hide Existing Facebook Marketplace Listings from Friends

You can hide existing Facebook Marketplace listings from friends by editing your listing and toggling on the Hide from friends option. Here’s how, step-by-step, on your Android, iPhone, or PC:

Android/iPhone

1. Open the Facebook mobile app and sign into your account.
2. Tap your Profile picture/3 bars in the upper right corner and then tap the Marketplace tile on the following screen.
3. Tap the Person icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook Marketplace and then tap Your Listings under Selling.
4. Tap the 3 dots to the right of the listing your wish to hide from friends and select Edit listing.
5. On the following screen, scroll down to the Listing Options section and tap the Toggle icon to the right of Hide from friends to enable it.

Desktop/PC

1. Open Facebook.com in your web browser and sign into your account.
2. Click Marketplace in the menu on the left. You can also simply open https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ in your web browser.
3. In the leftmost menu of the Marketplace, click Selling and then Your listings.
4. Click the 3 dots at the bottom right of the listing you wish to hide from friends and select Edit listing.
5. In the leftmost menu of the following page, scroll down and click Hide from friends to toggle the option on.