Facebook allows you to create custom friend lists to organize your connections and control who sees your posts. These lists make it easy to share content with specific groups, like close friends, family, or colleagues. Here’s how you can create and edit your custom friend lists using the Facebook app on your Android phone or tablet.

Why Use Custom Friend Lists on Facebook?

Friend lists provide several benefits:

• Control privacy: Choose which lists can see certain posts, photos, or info on your profile
• Post to specific people: Share updates that are relevant to particular groups
• See posts from certain friends: View a News Feed that only includes posts from a list
• Manage notifications: Opt to receive notifications only for posts from a specific list

1. Creating a New Custom Friend List

Before you can edit a custom list, you’ll need to create one:

1. Open the Facebook app and tap the three-line menu icon
2. Scroll down and expand the See More section
3. Tap Friends to view your existing friend lists
4. Tap the Add button in the top-right corner
5. Enter a name for your new custom list
6. Tap Next and select friends to add to the list
7. Tap Done to finish creating the list

2. Viewing Your Custom Friend Lists

To view and manage the custom lists you’ve created:

1. Go to the Friends tab using the steps above
2. Locate the Friend Lists section
3. Tap See All to view your full list of custom friend lists
4. Tap on a specific list name to view the friends it contains

3. Adding or Removing Friends from a Custom List

Once you’ve created a custom list, you can easily edit its members:

1. Select the custom list you want to modify
2. Tap the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner
3. Choose Edit List from the popup menu
4. The current list members will be shown with checkmarks
5. Tap on a friend to toggle their list membership on/off
6. Tap Save to confirm the changes to the list

Alternatively, you can add or remove friends via their profiles:

1. Go to a friend’s profile page
2. Tap the Friends button under their name
3. Select Edit Friend List from the menu
4. Check/uncheck the custom lists you want to add them to or remove them from

4. Posting to a Custom Friend List

To share a post so that only people on a certain list can see it:

1. Begin creating a post as you normally would
2. Tap the Audience Selector (default is Public)
3. Choose the custom friend list you want to use
4. Finish your post and tap Share to post to that list

Only the friends on that specific list will be able to view the post on Facebook.

5. Managing Your News Feed with Custom Lists

Friend lists also allow you to filter your News Feed to only see posts from certain people:

1. From the News Feed, tap the three-line menu icon
2. Scroll down to the Feeds section
3. Tap See More
4. Select a custom list to only view posts from those friends

This is a great way to catch up with important friends without other posts cluttering your Feed.

Conclusion

Facebook’s custom friend lists are a powerful tool for organizing your social connections and controlling your privacy. By creating, editing, and posting to these lists, you can ensure the right people see the right posts. Managing your News Feed with lists also lets you focus on updates from your closest friends.

With the Facebook Android app, creating and maintaining custom lists is a simple process. Follow the steps above to start slicing and dicing your friend list into more meaningful categories. A little list curation can go a long way in making Facebook a more pleasant and useful experience.