How to Make a Facebook Post Shareable (2025 Guide)

Facebook is a great platform to share your thoughts, photos, and videos. It will help you to reach a large audience within a few moments. Others can comment and share it on their profile or pages if needed. But sometimes they may complain that they cannot share, and your Facebook posts have no share option.

Have you heard such complaints?

Do you want to know how to make your Facebook post shareable to improve reachability and traffic?

Today, we’ll tell you how to make a post shareable on Facebook.

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How to make your new Facebook post shareable?

Let us check how to manage privacy and make your new Facebook post shareable.

Scroll down and expand Your Story options to manage privacy.

Choose ‘Public’ to share your content with everyone on Facebook, including your non-friends. So they can view and share it with others. If ‘Friends’ mode is selected, people outside your friend circle can’t view or share the post. Click on pthe ost to publish.

How to make your existing Facebook post shareable?

Do you want to change the privacy of an existing post? It’s very easy.

Click the small drop-down box next to your post’s timestamp. A menu will open with various privacy levels. Choose ‘Public’ to make your post publicly shareable. Then, your ‘friends’ will be replaced with a ‘globe’ icon to indicate that your post is public now.

Friends to Public—Anyone on Facebook can view and share your posts

Public to Friends/Friends except/Specific friends—Not shareable outside your network. But friends or specific friends can read and leave comments on them.

In this way, you can make a post shareable or not shareable on Facebook.

How to Make all your future posts on Facebook shareable?

You saw how to handle single posts on Facebook. Now we will set a privacy level for all your future posts on Facebook. So they can be shared by friends and non-friends on the social site.

Select ‘Privacy’ from the left pane. Locate the ‘Your activity’ section on the main screen. Click ‘Edit’ for the ” Who can see your future posts option to expand. Click the user icon and pick ‘Public’ to publish your future posts with the maximum reachability.

Go to the next option, Limit past posts, to make your previous posts shareable in one click. Click Limit past posts to make them shareable or not shareable based on your new settings. If your future posts are public, this option will apply the same setting to previous posts also. In other words, they will become publicly accessible irrespective of their old privacy levels.

Do you have any other queries about creating Facebook posts? Let us know through comments.

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FAQ

How do I create a Facebook post?

To create a Facebook post, go to your profile or business page, click on the “Create Post” button, then type your message, add media if desired, and finally click “Post.”

What are all the types of Facebook posts?

There are 9 types of posts you can make on your Facebook profile,
1. Photos & videos
2. Status updates
3. Link posts
4. Activity or feeling
5. Live video
6. Check-in
7. Article
8. Life event
9. GIF

What is the most popular post on Facebook?

This is the most viewed post on Facebook,
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1634989513562474 (158M views). It is a short video (42-seconds long) shared by LADbible, a news company, on October 24, 2022.

How do I see my shares on Facebook Post?

Sign in to Facebook and visit your profile. Tap the three-dots icon from the main screen (above post composer) and choose Activity log from the menu.

A new page will open with full history of your posts, shares, comments, reactions, and others. Expand a section from the left sidebar and click a notification on the main screen to view relevant content in the full screen.

How do I change my sharing settings on Facebook?

1. Open Facebook and tap your profile picture from the top-right corner.
2. Select Settings & Privacy from the menu, followed by Settings.
3. Visit Privacy from the left sidebar.
4. Under ‘Your Activity’ on the main screen, you can see this option—Who can see your future posts?. Set it as Public. This will make your future posts publicly visible, so people can view and share them anywhere.
5. If you want to apply the same setting to existing posts also, locate ‘Limit The Audience for Old Posts on Your Timeline’ option and click on Limit past posts.

Why can’t people share my posts on Facebook?

Facebook allows you to set privacy controls for each post. They include only me, friends, friends of friends, public, and custom. If your post is shared with friends or selected friends, no one can share it on their profile. Change the privacy setting to Public, to let people share your post.

How do I know who shared my post?

Find a Facebook post on your timeline to get statistics. Click on the number of shares (Eg, 25 shares). A small pop-up box will appear with profile links who shared your post publicly. But it will not list all shares due to their privacy controls.

Sometimes, a person who is not in your friend list might have shared your post and his/her audience is limited to friends only. If so, you can’t see their info in sharing statistics.

Can I stop people from sharing my posts?

Yes, you can. Open your privacy settings and set ‘Who can see my future posts’ to friends or custom friends only. Also limit past posts to stop people from sharing your previous posts. Thereafter, no one from outside your friend network can view and share your content.

If you don’t want to apply this setting globally and need to stop sharing certain posts only, locate the post and tap the three-dots icon from the top right corner. Select ‘Edit audience’ option. Pick an option like Friends, Specific friends, Friends except, or a custom list. Done.

How can I increase the reach of my Facebook posts?

To increase the reach of your Facebook posts, focus on creating engaging content that resonates with your audience. Encourage likes, comments, and shares by asking questions, posting videos or images, and responding promptly to interactions.

Can I edit or delete a Facebook post after it’s been published?

Yes, you can edit or delete a Facebook post after it’s been published. Simply locate the post on your profile or page, click on the three-dot menu, and choose either “Edit Post” or “Delete Post.”