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.
Matthew Mosley says
June 18, 2019 at 7:48 pmI think they should put this “Suggest Friends” feature back on Facebook!
Fkfbfgs says
June 10, 2019 at 11:29 pmThey replaced it with another notification.
Benjamin Berzins says
June 7, 2019 at 12:20 amI am attempting to connect a woman friend to my parents on the suggest friends feature. I am disappointed that I can not do this anymore. This is pretty important.
Elizabeth M Donovan says
May 28, 2019 at 10:17 amwhy do they delete something as important as suggest friends as I have also suggested friends with people with the same rare disease as me and then go and create that stupid YOUR STORY option, what is wrong with the facebook people this is just stupid
Giuseppe Pagliacci says
May 24, 2019 at 8:42 pmAll the above proves to be true – I wondered the same months ago – and yet I just now got a Friend Suggestion” though it doesn’t indicate from whom……
Ron Patrick Kelleher says
May 21, 2019 at 6:12 amIt is a shame the option suggest friends no long exists. I was making very good use of it linking people with the condition Hydrocephalus with others in their location showing them that they are not alone. I have linked over 112,000 + . Spreading this condition & ideas is very important to me & all to those I can help sharing my 57+ yrs of shunted experience. I hope this option will return soon. Thank-you
Ron Patrick Kelleher (Hydropioneer) 1st generation Hydrocephalus survivor
susan ann cohen says
May 1, 2019 at 11:44 amNo, this did not help. There no longer is the suggest friends option.
Katherine says
April 29, 2019 at 2:19 pmDoes FB still have the capability to make “New Friend Suggestions “ even though it’s members do not?
Dana Henson Kotula says
April 27, 2019 at 6:42 pmThe friend suggestion button is gone completely.
Carolyn says
April 22, 2019 at 6:39 pmThe desktop version does not have ‘suggest friends’ either. I don’t understand how to access this now?
thalia freamon says
April 19, 2019 at 8:25 pmThe hovering did not work. I had to get someone else to do the friend suggestion for me. Frustrating
hcd says
April 4, 2019 at 7:03 pmFB don’t want people to congregate and get to know each other outside the established groups witch can be / have been controlled .
Trelbi Watkins says
April 3, 2019 at 11:29 pmI am ready to give up facebook totally it is getting like CNN
DaSalse says
March 26, 2019 at 8:52 pmRegarding how to do this from the mobile app, I use the Messenger app to create a group conversation. This way, you can leave a written introduction.
Lallie Leighton says
February 24, 2019 at 3:05 amGood 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
February 14, 2019 at 10:09 pmplease bring the “suggest friends” back. I am seriously not liking the changes.
Sukhomoy says
February 4, 2019 at 11:51 pmThank 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
February 4, 2019 at 12:29 pmHas it disappear on both the iPhone App & MacBook ? I can’t find it either place ???
Michael Lin says
February 4, 2019 at 10:59 amit’s gone
Roger Burke says
February 2, 2019 at 8:08 pmAbsolutely not!!!
Patrick Bouchaud says
January 31, 2019 at 2:03 amYep it’s gone. But here is a workaround: send a message to both of your friends :)
Maribeth says
January 27, 2019 at 3:08 pmI don’t have it either. It is gone.
Paul Kim says
January 26, 2019 at 8:40 pmI’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
January 23, 2019 at 10:14 amMy 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
January 22, 2019 at 9:42 amWhat Makoto said. No “Suggest friends” option in the hover dropdown. That was a useful tool — I wonder why FB trashed it.
Sharon says
January 20, 2019 at 11:41 amSame 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
January 18, 2019 at 9:55 pmI do not have a “suggests friends” button. Where did it go?
Bridget Swahlen says
January 18, 2019 at 3:08 pmSo 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
January 17, 2019 at 11:24 pmJust 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
January 15, 2019 at 8:07 pmsame thing here- tried FB heil- no anwer
Makoto Kamatani Haynes says
January 12, 2019 at 11:49 pmThank 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
January 7, 2019 at 8:36 amLooks 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?!