Social media huge Facebook is utilized by one and all to be in contact with our pals, colleagues, family and liked one's. With social media we always need some privacy and Facebook offers us the exact same through Privacy Settings.Privacy settings in Facebook help the users to hide or lock their profile photos and other pictures from public or specific people.This setting is quite required to utilize looking at the increase in users of Facebook so that unknown user/stranger is not able to obtain access to your profile picture or other albums.However, after using this setting there is a way where one can see surprise profile image in Facebook.In this post we are going to share How To View Private Facebook Profiles Without Being A Friend.



There are two methods to achieve this and see anybody's profile photo in Facebook although they may have locked them.

How To View Private Facebook Profiles Without Being A Friend

Approach 1 has quit working after an upgrade to Facebook API in June 2015. Nevertheless, Method 2 is working completely fine.

Approach 1- View Hidden Profile Image in Facebook.

• Log in to your Facebook account


• Go to the Profile of the user whose profile photo you want to view


• Right click on the Profile Image and select Copy Image URL

Paste the URL anywhere( MS Word, Notepad or in address bar in new Tab) you like.

Modify the URL-Remove the part in the URL beginning with "/ hprofile-ak" till "160 × 160".

For example if the URL is-.

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-1/p160x160/385743_10151157205939407_1558287225_n.jpg?oh=c169ad2252b3d0c96c8591334bc8c0a8&oe=54BA81B8&__gda__=1425577842_534791d8cbd55aa5b51832a09f1a7259.

Keep in mind: If you copy this URL paste it in URL address bar and Struck Enter you will see the Profile Picture in little measurement( 160 X 160) as in Facebook profile of that user.

Change/Edit this to-.

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/385743_10151157205939407_1558287225_n.jpg?oh=c169ad2252b3d0c96c8591334bc8c0a8&oe=54BA81B8&__gda__=1425577842_534791d8cbd55aa5b51832a09f1a7259.

If you observe "/ hprofile-ak-xfa1/ v/t1.0 -1/ p160x160" is eliminated from the above URL.

• Copy the edited URL and paste in URL Address Bar.Hit Enter or just Struck Get in if you copied and modified the URL in address bar itself.

There you go! You will view full surprise private profile photo of the Facebook user whose Profile Photo URL you copied.

Approach 2- View Hidden Profile Picture in Facebook.

• In this method, you require to know the User ID of the user whose profile image you wish to see.


• Log in to your Facebook account and check out the Profile of the user whose profile photo you wish to see.


• When seeing his/her profile in the address bar you can see the username of the user.

• You can follow our article on discover Facebook User ID or visit the following website-


• Get Facebook User id from username to get the User id from the Username.


• Enter the Facebook profile URL of the user whose profile photo you want to view and click Discover Numeric Id.


• Utilize the User Id in the below link.

http://graph.facebook.com/userid/picture?width=2000&height=2000.

For instance, if user id is 1111111 then you customize the above connect to-.

http://graph.facebook.com/1111111/picture?width=2000&height=2000.

• Copy this link in URL address bar of your browser and Struck Enter.

With these two techniques you can How To View Private Facebook Profiles Without Being A Friend of anyone.However this was just for useful purpose and you must not see others personal information.

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