Control who sees or joins your Facebook event
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Personal account co-hosts of a Page's event can't see event responses.
When you create an event, you can choose its privacy setting. You can't change the privacy setting after the event has been created. Example: You can't change a public event to a private event.
Privacy settings
- Private: Only visible to the people who are invited. You can choose to allow guests to invite their friends. People who are invited can see the event description, photos, posts and videos.
- Public: Visible to anyone on or off Facebook. Anyone can see things like the event description, photos, posts and videos. All events hosted by a Facebook Page are public.
- Friends: Only visible to your Facebook friends. Your friends can see the event description, photos, posts and videos.
- Group: The group privacy setting determines who can see the event.
- Public group: Visible to anyone on or off Facebook. Anyone can see things like the event description, photos, event discussion and videos.
- Private group: Only visible to members of the group. Group members can see the event description, photos, posts and videos.
Event settings
Event settings depend on the privacy setting that's selected for the event.
Private and friends- Co-hosts
- Show guest list
- Co-hosts
- Show guest list
- Only hosts can post
- Posts must be approved by host
- Co-hosts
Learn how to edit your event.
Note: Anyone can download and export information about their events activity, such as a list of events that they've been invited to. Bear this in mind if you're considering naming the event something private.
