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To add a friend:
1. Type your friend's name, email or mobile phone number in the search bar at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Click their name to go to their profile.
3. Click Add Friend. You might not see this button on some people's profiles, depending on their privacy settings.
Find More Friends
To find more friends to add, you can:
+ Upload your contacts from your mobile phone or other accounts (ex: email).
+ From your uploaded contacts, you can add friends who already have a Facebook account, or invite people who don't have an account to create one.
+ Find People You May Know.
People You May Know can appear:
+ On the Find Friends page
+ On your homepage
+ In ad space around the site
You should send friend requests to people you know in real life, like your:
- Friends
- Family
- Coworkers
- Classmates
To get updates in your News Feed from people you don't know personally (ex: journalists, celebrities, political figures), try following them instead of sending them friend requests.
Learn about our policies by reading the Facebook Community Standards.