How do I delete an accidental friend request?

To do so:

1. Click on the search bar at the top of the screen.
2. Type the name of the person to whom you sent the request.
3. Click on their profile.
4. Click on Friend Request Sent to the right of the person’s name at the top of their profile.
5. Click on Cancel Request, then click on Cancel Request again to confirm.

How do I get rid of unwanted friend requests on Facebook?

Disable the Friend Request Option Go to Settings, select Privacy, and go to How People Find and Contact You. Under Who can send you friend requests, select Friends of Friends. In this manner, the “Add Friend” button won’t be visible for people who don’t have any friends from your own list of friends.

Why did I get a friend request from someone I don’t know?

Today most of the friend requests we get are from people we don’t know. Many of them are fake accounts, set up by spammers and hackers trying to get some of your information. You may delete those friend requests but that is not always the end of the story.

What happens when someone rejects your friend request on Facebook?

You can click on your Friend Requests icon. If they declined your friend request, you will see it there. If they didn’t confirm or decline your request — and your request is still out there — they didn’t accept it nor did they reject it. They’ve done nothing.

When you delete a friend request do they know?

When you delete a friend request, the person who sent you the request isn’t notified and can’t send you another request for one year.

How do I cancel or delete a friend request on Facebook?

Go to http://www.facebook.com. Use the link or type the URL into a web browser and press ⏎ Return . Click on the icon that’s a silhouette of two people in the upper-right part of the window. Click on Delete Request next to an incoming friend request you’d like to cancel. Cancel a friend request that you sent.

How does the sender know when you cancel a friend request?

So when the sender revisits your wall he will see “add friend” and this will be a signal that you canceled the request. However they will not receive a notification from facebook informing them that their sent request was canceled. F… If the other person takes deliberate efforts to find out, they will know.

Do people know when you reject a friend request on Facebook?

But they will not be notified of this by Facebook. Specifically, if you visit the main profile page of a person to whom you’ve sent a friend request, it will say “Friend Request Sent” instead of “Add Friend”. If the person goes back to your page and sees “Add Friend”, they could know that you rejected it.

Is it possible to block a friend on Facebook?

However, you can block the person if you want to avoid this. Thanks! If you cancel someone’s friend request or decline it, they cannot tell that you canceled the friend request until they either go to your page and it says to add friend or until they go to their friends list and see that you are not on it.