How to View Private Facebook Photos/Albums without Being Friend (2024)

Last Updated on August 23, 2023 by Peter Wood

Facebook is one of the most popular social networks. You are willing to post fun photos on Facebook, to great extent, because you can control the visibility of your individual photos on Facebook.

The paradox is that you think highly of protecting privacy, yet others are always full of curiosity. There are a multitude of reasons to want to look at private Facebook photos.

You are eager to know how to view private Facebook photos when you friends are hiding photos on Facebook. Hence keep reading and you can find out the method to see hidden photos on Facebook for free.

• Part 1. How to view private Facebook photos without any programming languages

1. See part of their profile information on Facebook
2. Create a fake Facebook account to access private Facebook photos

Part 1. How to view private Facebook photos without any programming languages

Perhaps you would like to hide photos on Facebook for particular reasons, instead of sharing the photos to social media sites.

But what should you do if you may well to be interested in the photo and want to browse private Facebook photos.

At that time, you can communicate with your Facebook friends.

For instance, you honestly tell your Friends that you want view private Facebook photos on their profiles. They are either delight to share the photos to you or express their refusal.

Anyway this should be the most directly and easy way to view friends private photos Facebook.

Otherwise you can try another way to view people’s private Facebook photos:

See part of their profile information on Facebook

Step 1. Search for the person whose private photos you want to see by typing user’s name. Meanwhile add him or her to be your friends.

Step 2. After you finished request them as a friend, you need to send a message through click Add a personal message. It can be vague but friendly.

Step 3. Once they answer, no matter what they will say, you are able to go to their Facebook profile and view private Facebook photos on their page.

If someone ignores your message or this doesn’t work in some point, it means you are not allowed to view private photos on Facebook Timeline. You can try some another effective ways.

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Create a fake Facebook account to access private Facebook photos

If you do not want to use your own Facebook account to add the one with hidden Facebook photos, you can create an identity the person will recognize and accept.

Step 1. Check the bio preview box by clicking View Friends. Find someone who does not have a profile picture loaded.

Step 2. Sign up another Facebook account using the same exact name of the friend you found without an image.

Step 3. Use this fake Facebook account to add 20 friends of your target and make them your friends.

Step 4. After that, you can do back to clicking Add Friend to add your target and get easy to accept. If you are successful, you can easily view the hidden photos on Facebook of this target.

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Part 2. How to find private Facebook photos through chrome extension app

Actually there are a variety of extensions and apps can enable you to view private Facebook photos online.

Mostly you can find extensions such as PictureMate, I Can See You and Facebook profile picture revealer from Chrome web store.

And usually people would like to view private Facebook photos by Greasemonkey or view private Facebook photos JavaScript.

And now you will get the easier way to view hidden photos of any Facebook user through use PictureMate.

Just get specific steps as below:

Step 1. Go to Chrome web store and search for PictureMate in the upper left search box.

Step 2. Find PictureMate and click ADD TO CHROME, besides it takes time to add.

Note: Make sure PictureMate is Enabled in Chrome Extensions prior to try it.

Step 3. Go to the user’s Facebook profile.

Step 4. Click PictureMate on the right of the address bar and then click VIEW PHOTOS WITH ADS.

Hit the SKIP AD button in upper-rignt corner of a newly opened window.

Step 5. It will find the Numeric ID and will perform the graph search for you. Then enter https://www.facebook.com/Numeric_ID/photos_of/ on any browser. You may see the hidden tagged photos.

At this point, you can find private Facebook photos of that user. So if you wish to view private Facebook photos successful you can try to add such applications.

Moreover you can not only view private Facebook photos free but also view private Facebook photos albums through use those apps.

You can arbitrary browse any Facebook photos the user posted.

If this method cannot show all private Facebook photos, you can try the following method:

Search person name and then photos like WidsMob’s photos or photos of WidsMob in Facebook search box and then click on See All.

It will uncover hidden photos of the Facebook friend.

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Part 3. How to browse private Facebook photos without being friends

Now that you have already the method to view private Facebook photos chrome.

Besides when you used those apps you can even view private Facebook photos without being their friends. And, you will have other choice to view private Facebook photos easily.

Also you can view photos on private Facebook profile from your mobile with this approach.

Step 1. Go to the Facebook profile of the user whose private pictures you want to see.

Step 2. After you are going by the user’s profile. Get the username from the profile address. Generally it can be: http://www.facebook.com/eriklensherr

Step 3. Replace the username into yours in the link as below: http://graph.facebook.com/username/picture?width=1000

Step 4. After replacing the link mentioned above, the final address will look like: http://graph.facebook.com/eriklensherr/picture?width=1000

All four steps mentioned above seem complex but easy to apply.

However if the user who make photos private on Facebook, you are unable to see private Facebook photos on his or her page.

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Part 4. How to see hidden photos of someone on Facebook with Facebook ID

In this part, you can learn how to get Facebook owner ID to view private Facebook photos.

Step 1. Go to the timeline of the person you want to check its hidden photos. It should be like https://www.facebook.com/username.

Step 2. Then visit the website https://findmyfbid.com/ and paste the URL to the box. Click submit button to get Facebook owner id.

Step 3. Copy the link www.facebook.com/search/facebook_id/photos-of/ and paste into any browser to add Facebook owner id you get on the /facebook_id/.

Now you can see private Facebook photos of the person you want to see in your browser.

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Part 5. How to view private Facebook videos on Windows/Mac

Once you have downloaded the private Facebook videos, how do you view them secretly on your computer? WidsMob MediaVault is the desired choice to hide different file formats. It not only keeps your personal photos and videos hidden from prying eyes but also manages photos, videos, and PDFs within the program. Moreover, you can also sort the desired files, export the videos, or set up different parameters.

1. Import photos and videos in different file formats, or even upload a whole folder directly.

2. Group private Facebook videos to the favorite folder, sort for the desired video, and more.

3. Create new albums to manage different photos, videos, PDFs, and others with a few clicks.

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Step 1: Download and install WidsMob MediaVault, you can launch the program and enter the password to get into the program. You have to confirm the password if it is the first time to use the private Facebook video vault. After that, click the Import Files button or the Import Folder button to upload all files.

Step 2: Go to the default Video tab from the left menu, where you can find the private Facebook videos from the list. When you need to playback the video, you can double-click the video to view the private Facebook video on a full screen. Moreover, there is an audio volume slider to adjust the audio volume during the playback.

Step 3: Just click the Lock button in the upper-right corner, and you can hide the playback windows of private Facebook videos. Moreover, you can also click the Add to Favorite icon to add to another folder, or even the Export icon to save the video to your computer before sharing them with others.

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Conclusion

Here are the 5 optional methods you can choose to view private photos on Facebook of the person you want. You can try anyone you think it’s easy for you.

However! It seems that unless Facebook users delete photos on Facebook, they cannot feel a full sense of security on Facebook. If you want to establish an equal and respectful relationship with your Facebook friends, you would better talk to them patiently.

To clarify the purpose of viewing private Facebook photos. Do not try to play a hacker to view your friends’ private Facebook photos to satisfy your own curiosity.

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