Disallow people to search you by phone number on Facebook

Question

On Facebook, people can find you by searching the phone number you have linked to your account.

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I’ve gone to Profile → About → edit your contact and basic info and it shows that the phone number is only visible to me.

However, people can still search and find me by it.

I don't want to remove the number completely—because the phone number is good for recovering your account—, but I don’t want to be found by it. How can I disallow this?

Answer 1

The setting you're looking for is actually on the Privacy tab in your settings.

Change it from "Everyone" to "Friends", and only people who you are in your Friends list will be able to find you by your phone number.