How to Make Your Venmo Friends List Private
How to Make Your Venmo Friends List Private
By default, anyone using Venmo can view your friends list. However, you can make your Venmo app's friends list private. Additionally, you can block your Facebook friends and phone contacts from locating you.
Venmo is more than a money transfer app; it's a "social network." By default, your friends list—and all transactions you send—are visible to everyone. That makes it a more effective social network, correct? Therefore, why would you wish to conceal your friend list?
Thankfully, as of June 2021, Venmo now includes additional privacy controls, including the ability to hide your friends list—if you so desire. However, by default, everyone's friends list is public. If you leave this setting unchanged, anyone can view your friends list.
How to Make Your Friends List Private
To begin, open the Venmo application on your iPhone or Android device.
Navigate to the home screen of the Venmo app. In the upper-right corner, tap the menu icon.
Near the bottom of the menu screen, tap "Settings."
Near the bottom of the screen, tap "Privacy," and then "Friends List."
If the Friends List option is not visible under "More," try updating the app via the App Store (on iPhone) or Google Play (on Android) (on Android).
Select the "Private" option from the Friends List screen. Ascertain that the "Private" option has a blue check mark or blue circle beside it—this indicates that the option is selected.
Additionally, you can choose whether or not to appear on other people's friend lists. By default, this switch is set to green, indicating that you will be included in other people's friends lists.
If you do not wish to appear on anyone's friends list, tap the toggle switch to the left, making the circle gray.
Go Private from Facebook and Phone Contacts
Because Venmo aspires to be a social network, it wishes to integrate your Facebook friends and phone contacts automatically. If you do not wish to be discovered through your Facebook friends or phone contacts, follow these steps:
Navigate to the home screen of the Venmo app. In the upper-right corner, tap the menu icon.
Near the bottom of the screen, tap "Settings."
Near the bottom of the screen, tap "Friends & social." Then, tap each toggle switch adjacent to "Facebook," "Facebook Friends," and "Phone Contacts." The switches will change to a gray color to indicate that the options have been disabled.
Depending on how you registered for Venmo, you may not have access to all three options.
That is all! You can now relax in the knowledge that your Venmo contacts are secure.
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