How to Use Facebook's Favorites List

If you scroll through Facebook to find posts from your favorite friends or pages, there's an easier way. Facebook lets you identify friends or pages you choose as your Favorites, and prioritizes their posts on your news feed.

Select Facebook Favorites on a Computer

Here's how to designate friends and pages as Favorites to be prioritized in your Facebook news feed using a computer.

1. Log in to Facebook on a computer.

2. Select the arrow in the upper-right corner of your Facebook page.

   

3. Select Settings & Privacy from the drop-down menu.

   

4. Select News Feed Preferences.

   

5. Select Manage Favorites to display a new screen containing thumbnail images of your friends and the pages you follow.

   

6. Toggle the star next to the thumbnails of the people you want on your Favorites list until it turns blue, indicating they are among your favorites.

   

   The selections you make are not ranked. For example, the person or page you chose first won't necessarily be seen first.

7. Select X to close the window.

   

Select Favorites With the Mobile Facebook App

Here's how to identify your Favorites using the Facebook iOS or Android app.

1. Tap the three horizontal lines.

2. Scroll down and select Settings & Privacy.

3. Tap Settings.

   

4. Scroll down and select News Feed Preferences.

5. Tap Favorites.

6. Tap Add next to the names of the people or pages you want to prioritize on your news feed.

   

Add Facebook Close Friend Status on a Computer

Putting someone on your Favorites list is different from identifying them as a close friend. When you add a friend to your Close Friends list, you receive a notification every time they post on Facebook.

1. Go to your friend's profile.

2. Select the Friends button.

   

3. Select Edit Friend List.

   

4. Place a check mark next to Close Friends.

   

Add Facebook Close Friend Status in iOS or Android App

1. Go to your friend's profile.

2. Tap the three-dot menu icon.

3. Select Friends.

   

4. Tap Edit Friend Lists.

5. Tap Close Friends to place a check mark next to it.