When you tag someone, you create a link to their profile. The post you tag the person in may also be added to that person’s timeline. For example, you can tag a photo to show who's in the photo or post a status update and say who you're with. If you tag a friend in your status update, anyone who sees that update can click on your friend's name and go to their profile. Your status update may also show up on that friend's timeline.

When you tag someone, they'll be notified. Also, if you or a friend tags someone in your post, the post could be visible to the audience you selected plus friends of the tagged person. Learn more about what happens when you create a tag.

Tags in photos and posts from people you aren't friends with may appear in timeline review where you can decide if you want to allow them on your timeline. You can also choose to review tags by anyone, including your friends.

Anyone can tag you in photos and other posts. Tags from people you're not friends with may appear in your timeline review, where you can decide if you want to allow them on your timeline. Remember, posts you choose not to allow on your timeline may appear in News Feed and elsewhere on Facebook.

Depending on your settings, you'll receive a notification when someone tags you. You can choose what notifications you receive about tags from your settings:

1. Click at the top right of any Facebook page and select Settings.
2. Click Notifications from the left side.
3. Click Edit next to the On Facebook section.
4. Next to Tags, select what audience you want to receive notifications from.

You can also choose to review photos friends tag you in before they appear on your timeline by turning on timeline review.

If you don't like something you're tagged in, you can remove the tag or ask the person who tagged you to remove the post.

When you add a tag to something, the tagged person or Page may receive a notification that you tagged them.

Keep in mind that you can adjust your notification settings to change what you receive notifications about.

When you tag someone, that content (ex: photo, post) may be shared with the person tagged and their friends. This means that if you haven't already included their friends in the audience, their friends may now be able to see it. For example, if you tag Jane in a photo shared with your friends, the audience expands to Friends (+) to include your friends and Jane's.

If you don't want your photo, post or other content to be visible to the friends of the person tagged, you can turn this setting off for each post when you post it. To do this, click the audience selector next to the story, select Custom, and uncheck the Friends of those tagged box.

The audience also expands to Friends (+) when others tag your post or photo. Learn how to approve or dismiss tags that friends add to your posts before they appear on Facebook.

This setting defaults to friends, which means when you’re tagged in a post, you and your friends can see the post, even if they weren’t in the original audience.

The post you're tagged in may be shared with the original audience, as well as the friends you suggest. These people may see it in News Feed, search and other places on Facebook.

Tag review is an option that lets you approve or dismiss tags that people add to your posts. When you turn it on, any time someone tags something you posted, that tag won't appear until you approve it.

When tag review is enabled, you’ll get a notification when you have a post to review. You can approve or ignore the tag request by going to the post.

Note: When you approve a tag, the person tagged and their friends may see your post. If you don't want your post to be visible to the friends of the person tagged, you can adjust this setting.

Face recognition helps Facebook recognize you in photos or videos based on your profile picture and photos or videos you are tagged in. Learn about how face recognition may be used on Facebook.

To turn face recognition on or off for your account:

When Face Recognition is set to off, templates are deleted.

To remove a tag from a post you've been tagged in, click in the top right of the post and select Remove Tag.

You can also remove tags from multiple posts at once:

Removed tags will no longer appear on the post or photo, but the post or photo is still visible to the audience it's shared with. People may be able to view the post or photo in places like News Feed or search results. To remove it from Facebook completely, ask the person who posted it to take it down.

Even well-meaning friends sometimes tag you in unflattering photos or mention you in stories you’d rather not share. If you’re not happy with a post you’re tagged in, you can remove the tag or ask the person who tagged you to take the photo or post down:

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