If you’re having trouble keeping track of important birthdays for friends and family, you need to make arrangements. Old school calendars (or even Google calendar notifications) can remind you when to send a card or buy a special gift, but there are other ways you can keep track, including using your calendar. his Facebook profile.
Facebook users often leave their birthdays visible on their profiles, allowing other users to wish them happy birthdays when it arrives (unless they’ve already signed up). increase their privacy settings). You can use this to quickly find your birthday on Facebook — here’s how.
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How to see birthday notifications on Facebook
If you’re friends with someone on Facebook and they’ve made their birthday public, you’ll get a notification on their birthday as long as your notification settings aren’t turned off.
On PC and Mac
- To view Facebook birthday notifications on your PC or Mac, open Facebook website and login.
- Once you’re signed in, select Notify at the top right.
- If one of your friends is celebrating a birthday, Facebook will notify you here. Select a notification that will be taken to their profile, allowing you to send a happy birthday message.
On your Android device, iPhone or iPad
- To view Facebook birthday notifications on Android, iPhone, or iPad, open the Facebook app and select Notify icon in the menu at the top.
- If you have a friend with the same birthday, Facebook will prompt you to send a message. Select notifications to go directly to their profile, allowing you to send birthday messages publicly.
Facebook can also notify you of a birthday when you log in by prompting you directly above the contact list in the top right corner.
How to see upcoming birthdays on Facebook
Facebook will notify you when it’s a friend’s birthday. But if not, you can check the birthday calendar with your Facebook profile. All of your friends with publicly accessible birthdays displayed on their profiles will be listed here.
On PC and Mac
- To view your Facebook birthday calendar, open Facebook website and login.
- Once you’re signed in, select Event in the menu on the left.
- inside Event menu, select Birthday in the menu on the left.
- Also, choose Friend at the top, then select Birthday from the menu on the left.
- inside Birthday , your Facebook friends will be separated by their birth month. Starting from the current month (or the next available birthday, depending on your friends list), you’ll be able to see each friend’s birthday listed.
- Hover over your friend’s profile icon in Birthday to see their date of birth in the pop-up box.
- If you have a friend with a current date of birth, you can write a message on their profile directly in Birthday menu. Enter your message in the box provided and select enter key to send the message.
On your Android device, iPhone or iPad
- To view your Facebook birthday calendar on Android, iPhone, and iPad devices, open the app and select menu icon at the top right.
- From the menu, select search icon.
- Using the search bar, type birthday. Choose Birthdays (see upcoming birthdays) options appear at the top.
- inside Birthday , you’ll be able to see all the upcoming birthdays for your Facebook friends, starting with the next birthday. Below your friend’s name will be their next birthday.
- If it’s your friend’s birthday, there’s an option to post a congratulatory message on their profile or contact them on Facebook Messenger. Enter your message in the box provided and select parcel to do this or select Facebook messages icon above it instead.
How to find birthdays on Facebook profile
For those of you on Facebook who have their date of birth displayed on their profile, you can easily look up this information at any time by visiting that friend’s profile. If you can see the data, you can check the date. This may or may not include the year of birth (and thus the person’s age), depending on the person’s privacy settings.
On PC or Mac
- To find your Facebook friends’ birthdays on PC or Mac, open Facebook website and login.
- Once you’re logged in, use Search bar in the top left to search for your friend by name.
- Select your friend’s name in the search results to see their profile.
- Also, choose profile icon in the top right, then select Friend in your profile list. Your friends will be listed here — choose one of them to see their profile.
- On your friend’s profile page, select About > Contact and basic information to view information about their date of birth. If their date of birth is displayed, you should be able to see it listed in Basic information section.
On your Android device, iPhone or iPad
- To find birthdays on your Facebook profile via your Android device, iPhone, or iPad, open the Facebook app and select menu icon at the top right.
- In the menu, select search icon.
- Using the search bar, search for a Facebook friend or another Facebook user to see their profile, then select their name from the search results.
- Also, choose menu icon > View your profile > See all friends and choose one of your friends from your list. You can also select another Facebook user with a public profile to see their date of birth, but only if the information is visible to Facebook users who are not friends.
- On your friend’s profile page (or another Facebook user’s public profile), select About information option to view more information.
- If the friend you’re viewing has their date of birth listed on their Facebook profile, this will show up in Basic information section.
Use Facebook effectively
Finding your birthday on Facebook is just one way you can use the platform to stay up to date and stay in touch with old friends and family far away. For example, you can use a custom Facebook friend list to organize your friends into different categories, or use Facebook’s sharing tools to limit or increase access to posts your.
If you’re worried about snoopers, you can use self-destructing messages in Facebook Messenger to make sure your secrets stay private. You can also use Facebook Pay to send or receive money from your friends. Or, if you’re bored, you could try watching some of the free video content accessible with Facebook Watch.
