How to Add a Life Event on Facebook and Edit Existing Ones

Facebook’s life events feature allows you to share and commemorate important moments from your life on your profile. Here you can keep a track record of major life changes like getting married to smaller achievements like running a marathon. In this guide, we’ll explore the step-by-step process to add a new life event to your Facebook profile and edit the existing ones as well.

How to Add a Life Event on Facebook and Edit Existing Ones

How to Add a New Life Event on Facebook

Option 1: On Desktop

  1. Visit Facebook and click on What’s on your mind?
  2. Click on the three-dots icon and select Life event.
  3. Select the category or choose Create Your Own if you don’t see an applicable option.
  4. Lastly, click on Done to share the life event to your timeline.

click on Done to share the life event to your timeline

Option 2: On Mobile

  1. Open the Facebook app and tap on the three horizontal lines.
  2. Go to your profile and tap on the What’s on your mind? box to create a new post.
  3. Select Life event and choose the life event category and type.
  4. Enter all the pertinent details as prompted.
  5. Tap on NEXT, and then on POST to share the life event on your timeline.

tap on POST | How to Add a Life Event on Facebook and Edit Existing Ones

How to Edit Existing Life Events on Facebook

Option 1: On Desktop

  1. Open Facebook and click on the hamburger icon.
  2. Click on your name to go to your About section.
  3. Click on the specific existing life event post you want to edit and then on the three dots (…) given next to it.
  4. Select Edit post.
  5. Make any desired changes to the title, date, description, location, etc, and click on Save when finished.

Click on Save

Option 2: On Mobile

  1. Open the Facebook app, go to your profile, and tap on the Life Event you want to edit.
  2. Tap the three dots icon (…) next to the existing life event and select Edit post.
  3. Make the desired changes to the title, date, description, location, etc.
  4. Tap on DONE when finished.

tap on DONE | How to Add a Life Event on Facebook and Edit Existing Ones

How to Remove a Life Event on Facebook

Option 1: On Desktop

  1. On Facebook, go to your About section, and select the Life Event post you want to delete.
  2. Click on the three dots (…) given next to it and select Delete post from the context menu.
  3. Again, click Delete to confirm that you want to delete the life event permanently.

Click on Delete post

Option 2: On Mobile

  1. In the Facebook app, find and tap on the Life Event you want to delete.
  2. Tap the three dots (…) icon and select Delete from the menu.
  3. Again, tap on Delete to confirm.

tap on Delete | How to Add a Life Event on Facebook and Edit Existing Ones

Also Read: Can You Edit a Facebook Event After Posting?

So, this is how you can add, edit, or delete a life even on Facebook. If you have any queries or suggestions, let us know in the comments section below. Stay tuned to TechCult for more helpful guides.

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