Currently Facebook has about 350 million users!
And the popular Facebook game FarmVille has about 69 million users!
Therefore if you happen to be a Facebook member, who doesn’t get involved with games, you might be getting a little bit annoyed with all those status updates.
Moreover, the Facebook News/Live Feed provides valuable information and updates about your friends, so you might need to keep it clean, or simply filter out specific items.
Here is how to hide / filter items from your News/Live Feed:
– Hover your mouse on top of the item that you would like to hide.
– Click on “Hide” that appears on the top-right corner of the item.
You should now see the message: “Application Name” has been hidden from your News Feed. This is it, you have just blocked all messages coming from the specified application.
Whenever you wish to bring something back, or in other words unhide it, do the following:
– Go to your News Feed (it doesn’t work on the Live Feed).
– Scroll to the bottom of the page, until you find the “Edit Options” link.
– On the popup window, just click on “Add to News Feed” next to the application you wish to unhide.
On a side-note, I am a FarmVille player myself, so my friends who are tired of watching the endless FV status updates, should follow this simple guide!
ever since fb made their big so-called privacy change, i cannot find apps that i hid in the edit options area and i cannot unhide them!!
and how fb calls their great change a change for privacy is beyond me!! i had my options set so that every single move i made was not put out : recent activity!! ever since their great change for privacy, now every single darn move i make is put on my profile and main news wall and i have to spend so much time constantly deleting all of this crap that fb insist to inform everyone about what i am doing!!!!
privacy my arse!!
Well said!! and exactly right !! thank you I’v spent the whole evening trying to “un”hide a friends game requests , …Stupid Stupid Stupid changes !!
I can’t get me FV news feed back either!! Can someone tell me how to do this!!?? I’ve followed every detailed instruction and still no farmville!! Now that I play it I am wanting to view it!!!
I second this plea for help. I came here looking for the same advice!!!!!
same issue with me. when i go to farmville.com the live feed is gone too. i have no idea how to fix it. i tried what is explained above but farmville is not located in that box. i have no idea what to do.
Same here, I did it, then looked and it does not appear to bring it back!! Guess it’s gone for good. Maybe if we all re-install it? Like Block the game….then add it again it may work
no game feed posting to my wall same as everyone else!! Sounds like this fixed has @#$##%everything up!!! at least tell us how to fix it!!!!
Hover over that person’s comments. Left click on the arrow to the right of the message. The options are all there to hide game and/or person or unhide same. Took me quite awhile to figure it out, I’m a new user and all the game updates were driving me crazy. No more! My son headed me in the right direction. Facebook needs to update their instructions on this feature.
To unhide: Make sure Top News is highlighted on top (not Recent News).
Go to bottom, click on Edit Options, and all the hidden items are there for you to unhide.
Facebook needs to update their instructions on the web.
To hide: Hover over the message and click on arrow to the right. Easy!
Good luck!
Thanks so much for your easy to understand instructions. Been trying for days to unhide FV postings to no avail. Now got it back thanks to you!! Was beginning to drive me mad that nothing was working! You are a life saver!!
Thanks.
Angie
I accidently hide FV feeds on my FB page, no matter what I do I can not get it back. Also if I was running FV on zynga.com it had a feed at the bottom of the page..that has dissappeared too.
I am new to all of this Face Book stuff and have made a mistake that I am not able to correct as the edit options button on the bottom of the screen to the right keeps popping up stating that there is a problem and that you are working on fixing it. I NEED TO ASK is it possible for you to go into my news feed and live feed and unhide all of the applications that I have hidden??? PLEASE HELP I AM DESPERATE 🙂 !!!
Thanx much for your time and help and I look forward to hearing back from you within 48 hours.
Sincerely,
Patricia Shoemaker
shoekids1@yahoo.com
I completely agree with Cherry. I really dont like the News Feeds, and really dont like the fact that all my recent activities are displayed for evceryone to see.I tried deleting all the recent activity posts from my wall by hand, but this was getting ridiculous as they were showing things from like two years ago … anyway, instead of wasting any more time i deactivated my account … until they fix this new and improved privacy issue. if anyone has a normal and easy fix to this, please let me know.
Totally addicted to Farmville at the moment! I wonder how much longer the craze will continue for though? Or what will be the next big thing, Fishfille perhaps?
I am totally addicted to Farmville at the minute I just can’t stop playing it! I wonder what will be the predecessor to it though? Has anyone began to play Fishville yet? Good post though thanks.
Thanks, just the information I was looking for!
Make sure with the new layout you are in the newsfeed and on “Top News” in order for this to work. Learned the hard way.
Thank you .you are my hero
I have spent 3 days trying to figure out how to get Mwars back. Thank goodness for google and you. You deserve an award 🙂
Thank you, thank you Carrie. My panic attach is over HAHAHA
For anyone else that didnt get Carries magical answer…..to UNHIDE FARMVILLE, simply make sure you are in Top New, not Most Recent when you go to options!
Luv ya Carrie xxxx
Thanks Carrie.
You are a Legend fixing this for me
Regards
Karen
Thanks so much, Carrie!
Thank you, thank you. I just kept clicking the edit button at the bottom of my page and nothing worked. I would not have thought to hit the “Top News” link at the top and then the edit button. You saved me A LOT of frustration.
Genius! Thank you!
ok so i’m reading you are a hero awesome but where is the “top news’ i don’t see that wording anywhere
Just want to say thank you…. lost farmville feeds about a week ago and been searching for it ever since…
Thanks to you its back…. I play at night after the kiddos are in bed…. its my time to do nothing usefull… 🙂
Thanks….
Thankyou so much Carrie I have been searching and searching for help with unhiding cafe world from publishing to my news feed ….. god I feel like an addict who now has a fix 😉
thanks carrie, you are my hero also!
Carrie, you are a Godsend to us facebook game addicts! Thank you so much for helping us all. I have been going nuts trying to figure this out =)
Cant get farmville on my news feed. Tried the edit options but the only window that pops up is friends, not “add to news feed”. Sux! Wish I could get some help with this.
OK.
I accidentally “hid” Farmville – not blocked it. How do I unhide it?
If I go to Edit Options, it only shows the friends I’ve hid….
PLEASE HELP!!!
Go to the facebook page for FV and “unlike” it then “like” it again and the feed should return.
Thanks for the excellent post. Is this a wordpress site? I like that platform, very good.
Thanks Carrie! I’m never on top news so it would never work for me!
How to unhide FV news feed
thanx carrie…
Thanks man!!! You helped me a lot!!!!
I’ve been playing Club Penguin for a while and it’s wild fun. Can’t wait for the orange puffles to come out.
How do I unhide FV post from my facebook wall , I have done what was described by going to edit options at the bottom of my wall page and I did that . But the page it brings up is nothing like you are showing to unhide it ….. I need help thanks
As Carrie said “Make sure with the new layout you are in the newsfeed and on “Top News” in order for this to work”
– Scroll to the bottom of the page, until you find the “Edit Options” link.
– On the popup window, in the top left corner You can select PAGES or APPLICATIONS so select Applications
– Then click on “Add to News Feed” next to the application you wish to unhide.
Hi friends, some of you help me know how to unhide farmville feeds. I clicked ‘hide’ to check how does it work and refreshed the page. The ‘undo’ thing was also vanished and now i was farmville new feeds back… Help me guys
…I want farmville feeds back… Help me guys**
please get my farmville news feed again, being lost since this morning..Thank you.
Thank you so much for the help!!!
please get my farmville news feed again, being lost since this morning..Thank you.
What am I missing.
When i click on edit options on the top news page i just get a blank box for hidden from newsfeed,no list of games and applications.
Hi all im missing all game feeds for some reason… Ive tired what is said here but my games are not hidden or blocked.. All i see is status updates and whose friends with who… please help.
As Carrie said “Make sure with the new layout you are in the newsfeed and on “Top News” in order for this to work”
– Scroll to the bottom of the page, until you find the “Edit Options” link.
– On the popup window, in the top left corner You can select PAGES or APPLICATIONS so select Applications
– Then click on “Add to News Feed” next to the application you wish to unhide.
Thanks for your reply Kutt but as i said the applications are not hidden. So when i do what your saying there isnt an option to “add to newsfeed”
I too would like my FarmVille feeds back. We’re used to you messing with our home page and menu bars and everything else, but you’ve really crossed the line this time. What’s the deal? Why can’t you just leave it along and let us enjoy our gaming?
I’ve followed ALL the advice to the letter. I never blocked/hid FV from my news feed but when I go to Edit Options it is there! I click on “Add to News Feed” and nothing happens. I am in Top News and not Most Recent (thought I’ve tried it in both)! I go back to Edit Options – and FV is still hidden! Go through the whole process again – and again – and again! I’m very, very close to giving up on both FV and Facebook. I don’t need all this stress in my life!
Hi Norma mine is the same only im missing all news feeds except friend status messages and “is now friends with” .. Its doing my head in
I WILL POST THIS AGAIN: PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW!
As Carrie said “Make sure with the new layout you are in the newsfeed and on “Top News” in order for this to work”
– Scroll to the bottom of the page, until you find the “Edit Options” link.
– On the popup window, in the top left corner You can select PAGES or APPLICATIONS so select Applications
– Then click on “Add to News Feed” next to the application you wish to unhide.
Im not normally one to reply to comments but we all come here for help and not to be patronized Matt. You say about READING as if ppl are stupid but if you read both what Norma an myself has said you will see that we have ALREADY done that an that we never hid anything in the first place. Also that when we do as you say the games are not in the list to be added to the news feed. I do realize you are only trying to help an thanks
Not trying to patronize anyone, just explain what has work on 7 different Facebook account of friends and clients who had the same problem.
When following the initial instructions verbatim it did not work as the “PAGES or APPLICATIONS selection” was not mentioned.
I hit edit options at the bottom of the page and it brings the box up with Pages and Applications on it, but just sits there loading. I clicked it and went out for lunch with some friends for 3 hours and came back and still doing the same.
Any ideas? i have tried firefox and safari since i have come back with no luck either.
Thanks.
I am having the same exact problem as chris is…
Thanks a lot….
This website has updated how to do it. http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/updated-how-to-unhide-a-facebook-application-or-page/
1. Go to Home or News Stream page
2. Switch to News Feed if you are using the Live Feed. (Does anyone not use the live feed?)
3. Go to Hide something. Remember you have to hover on the right side of an item so the hidden “Hide” button appears. It doesn’t matter who or what you select to hide because you will immediately be able to add it back.
4. The area will be yellow and there will be an Undo button and and Edit Options link. Click on the Edit Options link.
5. You will get a box with three areas of hidden information: Friends, Pages and Applications. Make sure you unhide whatever it was you hid in order to get this box.
6. And remember this won’t work if you are using the Live News Feed. Switch to the regular or boring News Stream.
7. Click on “Add to News Feed” for each item you want to see again and click the Close button.
Sometimes using Facebook is like a really hard treasure hunt that has a very disappointing prize.
I think maybe what some people are experiencing – because I am – is when i do all you say, I do not get anything that says Hide or Hidden.
Please help… i hid or blocked fishville on my News feed and cant get it back…. now im screwed on help… please let me know… i did everything they told me and it dont work… thanks
@ Matt ~ yup you sounded like a jerk. Followed all the “Unhide” options – in TOP NEWS not MOST RECENT to the letter. Always kept getting an empty box when you click “Edit Options” at the bottom. Tried everything that was suggested above. I think some of us have a glitch that it just doesn’t show up when we do that. You just keep getting an empty box and no option to “re-add” farmville to your feed. So yeah – even though it worked for SEVEN of your friends – doesn’t mean it’s the ONLY and RIGHT options for those of us who’s been struggling to fix this!
@ Galena ~ THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking the time to add your suggestion and comments. After trying everyone else’s suggestions, YOURS were the one that was needed to fix my problem. By “HIDING” one of my current applications (while in TOP NEWS and not MOST RECENT) I was able to unhide my applications. Thanks ❤
Galena’s trick still didn’t work for me. I had hope reading your post. If anybody knows how to get it direct contact with someone at FB, please let me know. I’ve tried everything possible to get game posts to show up in my feed – and nothing. Thanks.
THANK YOU!!! I’ve tried over and over to get Cafe unhidden, now that I actually play it and nobody gave me the secret handshake except for you…
Go to your News Feed (it doesn’t work on the Live Feed).
I, like about 99% of everyone else, click the “most recent” button first thing, so I was trying to unhide while on that page.
I cant un-hide. I followed the instructionsbut it doesnt unhide farmville . its not even in the pop up list.
Account on top right hand corner
Then privacy settings
then at the bottom of the page click on Block List
then go to blocked applications
you will get a list of ALL the apps that u blocked.
Thank you so much for the information. Im so glad that i brought back the farmville from my boyfriend. (*sigh*)
Now he is satisfied. You helped me a lot. 🙂
Again thanks!
Carrie , u r my hero… i had tried b4 n wrote a lots of comments to FV support center.. their also guide me 8 ways to unhide d FV but i still cant solve it.. tonight i m so lucky n read thru yr msg n thanks a lot… i can seen my FV posted gifts..
Love u so much…
muck….
I know my “friends” can hide all my “games posts”(e.g Farmville,cafeword”.
Is there any way I can hide these posts from specific group of people.
On FB privacy setting, I can choose who can view my status,updates etc, but I still want other posts to be visible to them, only hide those game-related posts.
TIA!
I am looking for the same thing as van.
I started with FaceBook just to play these games, but currently I’m adding more and more people i know. I don’t want to upset every single one of them and have them to hide messages from every single game.
I want to hide the messages for them. I found the “Activities for Games & Applications” setting on FaceBook, and I chose to only make it visible for my game-friends (special group created), or better: i chose to hide my friends&family group. but somehow, this setting das not work. They still get messages on their news feed….
Any help?
so i am having the same problem as alot of others. i hid a couple games from my news feed….thinking if i played them later on i would be able to get it back on there. i followed all the instructions given at the top of this page and i couldnt get it to work. when i click edit options mine doesnt look anything like the pic shown…what to do…what to do
I followed the instructions and do not see FV as an application to choose from.
This was again unsuccessful.
Unhide Cafe World: Go to your FB home page. click on Top News, then on News Feed. Then scroll down to bottom of page and on the right you will see Edit Options. It includes Friends, Games and Applications. Choose the category you want and then Add to News Feed. Hope this helps.
You have to make sure that top news is clicked at the top of your start page in facebook. Then go down to the very bottom and click edit options. Viola!!
Nope. Tried it, tried it and tried it. I get nothing showing as being hidden. I don’t even get the option to look at applications or friends or anything. Nothing shows up as hidden. And no game posts are coming through on my feed.
I was having the same problem untill i re-read this part of her answer
“- Go to your News Feed (it doesn’t work on the Live Feed).”
Iwas using the most recent view
they may have changed it before my time
but when I clicked the Top news feed and followed the rest of her instructions it poped right up
so make sure you have set your feed to top news not most recent
Unlike farmville on their facebook page, then like it to get the feed back up. 🙂
Nice article,keep up good work.
This still does not work. I know about the Top News thing. It doesn’t work. I am still not getting the posts showing in my feed. I have to go to each person’s Profile page and access the posts there. It is totally obnoxious and I wish this could be straightened out.
Thank you so… much for the tips!!! I never would’ve thought to click Top News first. I have posted in FB & Farmville with NO RESPONSE from either. Many thanks, again!!
I have a problem, I accendently bought something and lost my farmville money (FV). (and if I will sell the thing I accidently bought, I’ll only get farm ville coins back). Is there a way to undo it, and get all my farmville money (FV) back?
I’m having the same problem as Linda. The option to unhide applications is missing from my page.
Linda, did you figure out a solution?
No kk, nothing! I’ve tried everything. I wish it could be fixed.
I havent gotten any news feeds on my farm for two weeks on farmvill and it doesnt show up in the hidden news feeds page so i dont know how to fix it any ideas
A possible workaround is to check your “Game” tab located on the left hand column of your Facebook Home page. Your game feeds may display in your “Games” tab if they are not appearing in your News Feed or Game Feed after checking the settings above. They will be located at the bottom of the page, right below your Gift requests.
Source
http://zynga.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1937/kw/unhide
Can you please help me to fix my loading for cafe world to open. Please do write me my email is ngkenn@chef.net.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Kenny NG
with the new facebook this action does not apply is there a new way to unhide your applications from your newsfeed?
Instead of going to games tab in the news feed, go to Pages tab>Pages. Then go to Edit Option (near the OLD POST) then you will find there “Hidden from News Feed”. I hope this helps 🙂
TO UNHIDE your apps from newsfeeds: go to the top of your newsfeed, click on most recent, click on the drop down box, choose LINKS, then click the drop down box again and click edit options, then you should see a screen that pops up and there are 2 tabs, one that says friends and the other says apps, click on the apps and you will see ur apps you’ve hidden, simply unclick. 🙂 Hope this helps ya!!
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Thank you, thank you! I’ve been trying to unhide FV posts for days now, and all of you here helped me out. I even emailed FB, and all they would do for me is request a screen shot, like that’s going to help. It worked when I finally unliked FV. Thanks again!
Omgosh I tried everything over and over.. and UNLIKE the page worked!!! Thank you!!!
How do I Unblock a game?I blocked it by accident.
Wow! Thanks! Couldn’t find this info anywhere else! 🙂
My problem is I no longer get Bejeweld Blitz feed. It isn’t hidden, but I can no longer see game scores, coins, daily spins, or special gems. All of it is gone in my feed. I didn’t hide it, just isn’t there anymore. Very frustrating. Can anyone please help??
i updated my fb application this morning and now i dont see any feeds for fv on my walls, how do i get it back?? please help
Worked……….Thanks a ton 🙂
Nothing works for me, no farmville on the newsfeed since few days now. I tried everything but can’t fix it. Somebody help me please! 😦
i unhided farmville frontierville from the live news feed, scroll right down to bottom where it says edit settings (NOT YOUR HOME FEED). ( ITS THE LIVE FEED). in the edit settings i clicked the X away and now the posts are showing on the live feed. 🙂 p.s hope it helps!
Thank you so much!!!!
I have managed to hide these games on my pc but they are still coming up on my phone help !
not one of the suggestions above help with the new Facebook. you scroll downwards..doesnt matter if it’s top stories or recent..it just keeps loading previous feeds..i went back 3 days and it kept still loading..no option to edit settings appeared at all. i even tried blocking then unblocking farmvile. nope..no new feed
Doesn’t bloody work. F@*( these games. I can’t afford to buy real video games. But i’ll be damned if I am going to put up with this s*&^ anymore.
Wonderful. Can’t delete a comment made out of frustration.
why the heck they put the edit options at the bottom… I have so many neighbors posting stuff I can’t even get to the bottom of my page it’s endless @#$%@#$@#$
GOT IT!!!!! ok block another game from your news feed then when its says it did it and asks if you wanna delete all posts from that app agree and select it. then in the same little box it will say edit newsfeed options click it and a little boxs pop up with all the things blocked from news feed just click the lil X and your good to go 😀
Same here