Remove, update, or add Religious Views on your Facebook profile (your religion)

Facebook is quickly becoming the easiest way to meet like-minded people online; and two big topics that often make or break friendships and relationships are politics and religion, one reason for which you can show on your public Facebook profile your political views and your "Religious Views". As we'll learn in a later tutorial, you are also able to show or hide your political and religious views to everyone, friends of friends, your friends only, etc. This gives you full control over who knows what about your religion; in this free Facebook tutorial, we will explain how to add, remove, or update your religious views on your profile.

Edit your profile's religion on Facebook

Follow these steps to change the religious beliefs displayed on your profile:

Start by signing into your Facebook account; then, click on "Home".
Once you are logged in, click on the "Edit My Profile" link, as shown on the screenshot. Facebook will load your account profile screen, and show the "Basic Information" settings you can customize.
About midway down, you will see two text fields: the second one is labeled "Religious Views".
Unlike a regular text field, this one is tied to a database behind the scenes, which allows Facebook to try to match what you type as religion with a pre-existing set of religious beliefs.

Note: While you can type any variant of your religion's name, using the "standard" name as suggested by Facebook will make it easier for you and others to meet other Facebook users (members) with the exact same set of religious beliefs or spiritual affiliation.

Click inside the Religious Views text field, and start typing the first few letters of your sect's denomination: notice how Facebook starts loading various faiths whose official name matches the value you have typed so far (whether the religion starts with these characters or contains them).
Once you see your religious view appear as suggested choice, click on it to accept it in your profile. If your religious beliefs were not found in Facebook (no choice in the dropdown menu), double-click your spelling: if it is correct, leave it as is - this simply means that Facebook has not yet entered your faith in its (ever-growing) database of religions and spirituality denominations.
Once you have finished typing your religious views, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, and click on the "Save Changes" button to apply this new setting right away.
You have successfully updated your Facebook profile to show your religious beliefs! To double-check it, or preview your updated profile, just click on the "Profile" link at the top of the screen, and click on the Info tab to see your Facebook page like others will (minus the Edit buttons, which only you see).

Tip: as you perhaps noticed on the screenshot above, if you are a Christian, Facebook includes the word "Christian" in many case as part of the religion (denomination) name to help you find your religious beliefs, even if the official religion name does not contain the word "Christian".

Remove or hide your Religious Views on Facebook

Without going through your Facebook privacy settings, which we'll cover in a later tutorial, the easiest way to hide or remove your religious from your profile is to erase all text inside "Religious Views", and then click on the Save Changes button - after that, Facebook will no longer show any religious information on your profile.

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