Does the ‘Add Friend’ button has disappeared from your Facebook profile on your iPhone? Facebook is nothing without friends and family. So, if the ‘Add Friend’ option is missing from your profile, only the friends of your friend can send you a friend request. To troubleshoot this problem, you have to first understand why the problem is affecting you and then have to follow the resolutions to fix it.
Why the Add Friend button in missing from the Facebook?
The ‘Add Friend’ option allows others to forward a friend request to you, so that you can accept that request to establish a link. Now, this Friend Request feature has two modes. If you have set it to ‘Everyone’ mode, every user on Facebook can send you a new friend request. But, the same Friend Request feature can be abused, and then you have to deal with a huge number of unnecessary friend requests.
In that case, restricting the capabilities of sending new friend request to only the ‘Friends of friend’ group can be useful. You can cross-check the person with your mutual friends and decide upon whether to accept or not accept the request. Now, if someone is completely unknown to you or doesn’t have any mutual friend, the friend request won’t show up on your profile page.
How to fix the Friend Request option not appearing on Facebook?
These are the steps that you need to follow to revoke the Friend Request restriction on your account.
Step 1 – At first, you have to open up the Facebook app.
Step 2 – In the Facebook app, touch your profile icon on the navigation bar.
Step 3 – Later, tap the “Settings & Privacy” option and open the “Settings” option.
Step 4 – Go to the ‘Audience and visibility‘ page.
Step 5 – Tap the “How people find and contact you” option.
Step 6 – In Your friends panel, tap the “Who can send you friend requests” option.
Step 7 – Choose the “Everyone” option.
After setting this up, everybody on Facebook can view the ‘Add Friend’ button on your profile page directly. This way, you can get rid of this issue.