In this post you will learn how you can search for people on Facebook, either by your name and surname, your phone number, your city, email, and even without being registered on the network.
Facebook is one of the most important platforms in the world, and by this we mean the volume of users who use it every day.
It is estimated that this platform has more than 2,700 million active users all over the world, and every year it is increasing.
So if we want search for a person on the internet, It's essential start searching on Facebook.
In this step-by-step guide, you will learn how to search for people by their first and last name, their city, phone number and email, even without having to register on the social network. Go!
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Steps to find a person on Facebook
As we mentioned, there are different methods to find someone on Facebook, since depending on the privacy settings of those people, we may find them only by a certain method.
On Facebook, you can search for a person even by their phone number, city, and of course, by their first and last names, but it depends on whether the person allows it in their privacy settings.
We can only find out by searching among the different methods to see which one we have the result with. So let's get started!
Search by first and last name
First, we will look at the most common Facebook search: searching for people by first and last name. It is usual that we start with its name first, since it is the one that will give us the highest success rate.
Consider the following search tips to increase your success rate:
- Do not just put the name, since on Facebook, there are thousands of people registered with the same name; put all the full name if necessary.
- Filter the results so that only people appear (change the tab from "All" to the "People" tab).
- If you do not have results putting the full name with accents (if included), remove the accents.
Follow these steps to be able to search for people on Facebook by their first and last names:
1 First, go to facebook.com, and locate the search bar at the top of the portal.
2.- Once located, put the first and last name of the person you want to perform the Facebook search.
3.- Then, press «Enter», and wait for the results:
Search by city
Similarly, Facebook search also you can filter the results by location or city. We just have to put the name and surname of the person and filter by location.
You just have to enter the platform, search for the person, and filter the data by "People", as you can see here:
On the left side, you can filter by "People", and there, search for people by city on Facebook. You will see the results in the central part.
Search by phone number
This search is a bit unusual, but if you have the person's phone number in your contacts, and the person is allowed to be found on Facebook by their phone number, you can start looking.
You just have to put your phone number in the search bar (top left), hit "Enter" and you can search for people by phone.
Search by email
Although it is difficult to know if an email is linked to a certain person, you can try to search for people by email on Facebook.
You only owe type email in Facebook search bar and press «Enter». In case the profile is linked to the email, it will appear in the results.
How to search for people on Facebook without registering?
Another of the users' concerns is whether someone can be found without the need to be registered on the platform, and the answer is: it depends.
Yes, it depends on whether the user you are trying to search has configured in their privacy settings to be found outside of Facebook, or even to be able to simply be searched, since these can be blocked.
Although, not many people know that this can be done, and we can have a higher success rate by not having this option as an impediment.
There is a way that will help you find a person without having to register:
Using Google shortcuts
Google has search shortcuts, which filter the results in a more precise way. Then we can use them to our advantage.
Follow these steps to search for people on Facebook without registering:
1.- First, access the Google search engine.
2.- Then, place the search as follows: [name and surname] + Facebook.
3.- You will see the search results:
4.- Access any of these resulting links, such as the first one. You will see that Facebook will give you a public list of the people who are called by a certain name:
We hope this article has been of your help to be able to search and find people in the Facebook social network.
See you in another post!