Change your audience on a reel that you shared to Facebook

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You can choose who sees your reels on Facebook.
Change the audience of a reel
Using www.facebook.com to change the audience of your reel on Facebook isn't yet available to everyone. If you're unable to change your audience, use the Facebook app for iPhone and Android.
  1. From your feed, click your profile picture in the top right.
  2. Click your name.
  3. Click Reels, then click the reel that you'd like to change.
  4. Click in the top right.
  5. Click Edit audience.
  6. Click the audience that you'd like to share your reel with. Your change will be saved immediately.
Available audiences
  • Public: Anyone, including people off Facebook, can see your reel.
  • Friends: Only your friends on Facebook can see your reel.
  • Friends except...: Your friends on Facebook, except for the friends you choose, can see your reel.
Reels and public audience
The audience of your reel are the people who can watch it on or off Facebook.
Reels are first set to the Public audience. Public reels can be viewed by anyone on or off Facebook.
When reels are Public they can have remixing enabled and their original audio may be used by other people in their reels on Facebook.
You can change your audience when you create your reel, or any time after you have shared it. You can also set a default audience for your future reels.
Default audience when you share a reel from Instagram to Facebook
If you share a reel from your Instagram account to your Facebook account, and you haven't selected a default audience for reels on Facebook, then your default audience on Facebook is automatically set to Friends for a private Instagram account or Public for a public Instagram account. This will be your default audience for reels on Facebook until you change it on Facebook.
Your followers on Instagram may not be the same as your friends on Facebook, so if you share a reel from Instagram to Facebook, you may be sharing your reel with different people.
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