Today I was trying to suggest a friend on Facebook to another one of my friends. I opened the friends’ profile and the link to Suggest friends wasn’t there. It’s used to be located under the main profile photo. It has moved though. To find it, follow these steps.
Update 12/19/2018: Facebook appears to have removed this option from their site. There is no word from Facebook on if or when the feature will be enabled again.
These steps below used to be the way you could suggest a friend on the desktop version of Facebook.
- Login to Facebook.
- Go to the profile of the person you would like to suggest friends to.
- Hover over the “Friends” button on the person’s page.
- Choose “Suggest Friends…“.
- Search for a person, then use the “Suggest friend” button next to their name.
FAQ
How can I do this from the iPhone or Android app?
There does not seem to be a way to do this from the Facebook app for iPhone or Android. Your best option would be to view the desktop version of Facebook from your browser, then follow the above steps.
Lallie Leighton says
Good to know that my failure to find the “Suggest Friends” option is because it was removed rather than that I wasn’t looking in the right spot. Hope that whatever security concerns that caused the removal will be dealt with soon so the option can be restored. Really does help to show mutual friends how to connect on FB.
tyta says
please bring the “suggest friends” back. I am seriously not liking the changes.
Sukhomoy says
Thank you …. but did not help as I do not have this option anymore
I only have as follow
– Get Notifications
– Close friends
– Acquaintances
– add to another list
– Unfriend
Do not have “Suggest Friends….” Options on the list
John Laubenthal says
Has it disappear on both the iPhone App & MacBook ? I can’t find it either place ???
Michael Lin says
it’s gone
Roger Burke says
Absolutely not!!!
Patrick Bouchaud says
Yep it’s gone. But here is a workaround: send a message to both of your friends :)
Maribeth says
I don’t have it either. It is gone.
Paul Kim says
I’ve been facing the same problem. There is a “Friends” dropdown option with a check box and a upside-down triangle on the upper-right corner of their list of friends and the “Friends” dropdown option at the bottom of the big picture on top of their list of friends only if you go to any of your friend’s Facebook account. When I get to the “Friends” dropdown option, I only have these options: Get Notifications, Close Friends, Acquaintances, add to another list, and Unfriend but no “Suggest Friends” option on that “Friends” dropdown option list also. I reported this technical problem last month and I’ve been waiting for a month but still no answer.
Pete says
My best guess is this area was one of the security holes that was getting exploited and they took it down to fix it. The lack of response is likely they don’t want to push more bad news out there. All just guessing on my part.
Sean Prónay says
What Makoto said. No “Suggest friends” option in the hover dropdown. That was a useful tool — I wonder why FB trashed it.
Sharon says
Same problem. I am admin for group where all are in leadership training together, but they don’t know one another and how to connect. I’ve done the legwork for the last 10 classes of 50 people each and gotten all 500 to interconnect. The new group of 30: no way to introduce to each other or the alumni. Facebook is trying to find ways to be more relevant. Note to Facebook: For crying out loud, don’t disable the connection option!
Bob Bruer says
I do not have a “suggests friends” button. Where did it go?
Bridget Swahlen says
So here’s a work around. I went to my friend list. Right clicked on my friends name that I want to share. “Copy link address”. Go to my other friends page, message and past the link in comments.
Marcelo Ferrao says
Just sent a message to FB reporting the same issue – Suggest friend option removed.
Chris, if I get any answer I’ll keep you posted through here.
Regards
chris blair says
same thing here- tried FB heil- no anwer
Makoto Kamatani Haynes says
Thank you …. but did not help as I do not have this option anymore
I only have as follow
– Get Notifications
– Close friends
– Acquaintances
– add to another list
– Unfriend
Do not have “Suggest Friends….” Options on the list
Chris says
Looks like they’ve done away with this above “suggest friends” under “friends” by hovering on it option, too. Just tried it for suggesting someone to my mom and it wasn’t an option when hovering on “friends” as shown above on your article. Have they done away with it altogether as of today, 1/7/2019?!