How to create categorized lists within your Facebook friends.

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2. Go to your Facebook homepage and click on “friends” in the left hand column.

3. A box will appear on the page in the top left hand corner. Click on that box titled “Edit Friends”

4. Once you click on “edit list” you will see an option to “create a list” on the left hand side of the page and any preexisting lists already created on the left side of the page

5. Anytime you want to set up a new list for certain friends click this You can set the members and preferences for each individual list you create.

6. You can edit names of lists or the list privacy criteria at any time. Facebook will also “suggest” other people on your friends list that may fit into a specific list you’ve created.

7. To set privacy settings for lists go to “Privacy” under Facebook account and click on the "Custom” option.

8. This page will let you decide what lists can see what content you post or are tagged in. Set the privacy settings for each type of criteria.

9. When you want to customize list privacy settings click on the “customize” option.

10. You can decide who will see what and who won’t. Select either individual profiles or lists you have created when customizing your privacy settings.