- There is no way to find out who has visited your Facebook profile.
- Third-party Android or iPhone apps claiming to do so may display your profile visits but steal your data discreetly.
- It is best not to connect any Facebook App with your account for such requirements.
Can You See Who Viewed Your Profile?
No, Facebook doesn’t let you know who has visited your profile—whether it’s friends or strangers. Nor is there any way to find out who has visited your Facebook profile.
Myth Origins
This myth seems to have originated from the days of Orkut. If you recollect, Orkut had the famous Profile Visitors option, which lets you see who visited your profile and vice versa.
As Facebook slowly replaced Orkut on the social media platform, this question refused to fade away. Given how invested Facebook is in tracking your online movement, it’s natural that they have this data. To put it simply, they have the data, but no, they are not sharing it with anyone.
App Alternatives
Given the number of results that Google fetches when you type the query in the search box or the fact that someone shares a post containing the list of visitors every month or so, the myth is far from dead.
Several Facebook Groups, Android apps, and Google Chrome extensions do an excellent job of fanning the ‘Facebook timeline visitors’ rumor. However, many of the apps are two-way streets.
They will show you a result only when you trade something for it. It can be anything from your personal information to the right to access your friend’s list or a payment. In worse conditions, they can infect your system with malware.
In short, these apps’ functionality can be visualized as entirely doing nothing or stealing your data in the guise of a clickbait app.
Remember that once you give an app permission, it stays there until you revoke the access manually or Android figures it out when it’s not used for a long time.
So, there’s a lot at stake when you want to see who visited your profile.
How to Stay Safe
If you have given any app such permissions before, go to Settings > Apps and revoke the access. At this point, another question arises—how do you know if somebody is tracking you on Facebook?
Over the years, Facebook has gone the extra mile to introduce many safety features to the platform. Notable ones control who can discover your Facebook profile, see your basic information on Facebook, and view your profile picture.
