Does Facebook app not showing up friend suggestions on your iPhone? Friend Suggestions are extremely helpful, mainly when you are new in the Facebook. In that case, if you can’t find the friends suggestions on the Facebook app, it can be an issue for you. But, don’t worry. These fixes will be helpful in your case to fix this problem on the Facebook app.
Why the Facebook not showing the friend suggestions?
The friends suggestions on the Facebook app let you find new friends based on your contacts, mutual friends, locations, preferences. The absence of the Facebook suggestions not showing up on your screen can be due to some reasons. Facebook can’t just show you the friends on the ‘Suggestions’ tab. It will scan all the contacts on your phone book and recommend the friends based on your contacts. So, the lack of proper contacts permission can make the Suggestions box appear empty in the Facebook app. Otherwise, a bug in the app can be another possible cause for this app behavior. In that case, a restart of the Facebook app may help you fix the issue.
Fix – 1 Change the Contacts permission
You should change the Contacts’ permission settings from within the Facebook app.
Step 1 – Open up the Facebook app on the iPhone.
Step 2 – Later, go to the three-bar button on the dock. Tap the “Settings & Privacy“.
Step 3 – Now, touch the “Settings” option there.
Step 4 – After opening up the Facebook settings, tap the “Accounts Center” tab.
Step 5 – Next, tap the “Your information and permissions” option.
Step 6 – Thereafter, tap the “Upload Contacts” option.
Step 7 – Now, you must select the account which you want to toggle the contacts settings.
Step 8 – After this, turn on the “Upload Contacts” option.
Now, you will get a pop-up requesting contacts permission from the Facebook app. Do what is required and provide partial or full contacts permission to the app.
Once you are done, the Suggestions on the Facebook app should function normally.
Fix 2 – Modify the Facebook contacts
You can take care of the Contacts permissions directly from the Facebook settings.
Step 1 – Go to your Settings tab, and from there, open up the “Apps” tab.
Step 2 – On the Apps tab, open up the “Facebook” settings.
Step 3 – You can find the “Contacts” settings directly on the Facebook settings tab.
Step 4 – Now, you do have a choice to make between ‘Limited Access’ and ‘Full Access’ modes. The ‘Limited Access’ mode allows access to the limited number of contacts that you prefer.
Choosing the ‘Full Access’ should allow you the complete access to all the contacts on your iPhone. Select the one according to your preference.
Once you have selected it, the contacts will be shared with the Facebook and the app then can make suggestions based on them.