Want to know how to tag someone on Facebook? Want to know what tags are and how to use them? How can I tag someone by their Facebook username? Or do you want to know what all the fuss is about? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this tutorial is for you!
Tagging is very similar to hyperlinking. You create a virtual link between the post, image or video you tagged and a Facebook friend or follower. This friend will be warned about the content you’ve tagged and can read or comment as they see fit. It’s like a digital ‘hey look at this’ and works well to draw people’s attention to the content.
Facebook Tags
Tagging someone on Facebook is different from mentioning them. When you mention someone, you let people in a post know about the situation, event or whatever. When you tag someone, you let people know about the event in a picture or video.
You should use Facebook tagging sensibly. You can actually tag as many posts as you want, but you shouldn’t. You can also tag up to 50 people per picture, but you shouldn’t do this or do it too often. To work properly, the people you tagged will want to interact with the content you tagged. Do this too often or tag too many irrelevant items and they won’t notice. Tagging on Facebook must be measured and careful to be successful.
If you want people to pay attention to tags, use them sparingly and only when relevant to the person or discussion.
How to tag someone on Facebook
Tagging someone on Facebook is very simple. If they allow tagging, you can tag them on your own page or on a friend’s picture. You can tag pages as well as people.
- Open a Facebook photo containing the person or page.
- Select Tag Photo from the bottom right of the image.
- Select the person in the photo and write their name.
- Select the correct contact from the displayed list.
- Select Done Tagging.
You can do this on any image with tagging enabled. Some users set their privacy settings so that they cannot be tagged. If the name doesn’t appear when you type inside a picture, that could be the reason.
How to tag multiple people in a photo
You can tag up to 50 people in a single image on Facebook. This can be ideal for old school or prom photos or group shots for any reason. The process is pretty much the same as tagging individuals.
- Open a Facebook photo containing the person or page.
- Select Tag Photo from the bottom right of the image.
- Select the person in the photo and write their name.
- Select the correct contact from the displayed list.
- Rinse and repeat until you’ve labeled everyone you want.
- Select Done Tagging.
You can also tag someone in more than one picture if you wish.
How to tag someone in multiple photos on Facebook
If someone appears in more than one picture and you want to tag them in each one, you can do so. Pictures should be collected in an album first and then you can tag them.
- Go to the Facebook album you created.
- Select Label in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Type the person’s name and select their name when it appears.
- Select each picture you want to tag.
- Select Save Tags.
You can repeat Steps 1-5 for each person you want to tag, up to the 50-person limit.
How to tag an event on Facebook
A good use of tags is to connect people as well as an event. This could be telling people where you’re going or promoting a particular event.
- Select Create Post from your Facebook profile page.
- Select the three gray dots on the right.
- Select Tag Activity.
- Type an event from the displayed list.
- Select Submit when complete.
How to remove yourself from a tag
Not everyone is comfortable being tagged in an image as it makes it easy for any Facebook user to identify them. While there’s no such thing as privacy on a social network, making it easy isn’t always a great idea. If you’ve been tagged in a photo and don’t want to be associated with the photo for any reason, you can remove the photo yourself, even if you haven’t placed the tag.
You’ll be notified when you’ve been tagged and you can say no if you want. Otherwise:
- Open the post you were tagged in.
- Select the gray down arrow at the top right of the post.
- Select Remove Tag.
Tagging on Facebook is widely used and relatively harmless. It creates links and draws the attention of friends to certain photos or videos and can be a simple way to associate or remember people with events and places.
Now you know how to tag someone on Facebook. Go there and have fun with it!
