Trying to find your old colleague or school friend is now easier than ever with Facebook’s new search feature, where users can search other Facebook friends by location, job or school, and other predefined criteria. Here’s how you can do it too.
Facebook is probably the largest social media platform with over 2.6 billion active users. It is a great place to connect with new people, friends, colleagues, and family members. It has now even grown into a huge business place as well. Interestingly, Facebook has made things much easier for users. You can do effortless searches, add new friends, and start conversations right away. However, since it has a huge user base, finding someone randomly might be burdensome.
There might be several users with the same name you are looking for. Sometimes, even when you type in their names, their profile does not appear on the search list. In this case, it might be a little difficult to find that particular person in such a huge list of users. Luckily, Facebook offers a few other efficient ways or, say, search filters to make your search easier. If you are wondering what these filters are and how to use them, you will have all your answers by the end of this article.
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How to Search Facebook Friends by Location, Job, or School
Facebook allows you to search for people even by their location, job, or school/ college details as well. So, even if you cannot find your friends by their names, you can increase your chances of meeting the right person if only you know one of these things about them. The steps to find someone using these filters are mentioned below:
Search Facebook Friends by Location/ Job/ School on PC
- Open any browser and go to Facebook.com
- Log in to your Facebook account.
- Click on the Search bar and type in the name of the person you are looking for.
- Now, in the Filters menu at the left side of your display, click on ‘People’.
- You will see three additional options ‘City’, ‘Education’, and ‘Work’.
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To Search Via Location
- Click on ‘City’.
- Type in the name of the city and select from the suggested list.
- And here is your search result.
To Search Via Job
- Click on ‘Work’.
- Type in the name of the company or organization related to the person and select from the suggested list.
- This will produce the search result for you.
To Search Via School
- Click on ‘Education’
- Type in the name of the School/ College and again select from the suggested list.
- And here is your result.
Search Facebook Friends by Location/ Job/ School on Mobile
- While on smartphones, launch the Facebook application.
- Login to your account.
- Now, search for the name of the person you are looking for.
- Click on ‘People’ from the filter menu under the Search bar.
- Click on the Filter icon at the top right corner beside the search bar.
To Search Via Location
- Click on ‘City’.
- Type in the city name and tap on the Show Results button.
To Search Via Job
- Click on ‘Work’.
- Type in the name of the workplace of the person and click on Show Results.
To Search Via School
- Click on ‘Education’.
- Type in the name of the institute, and click on Show Results.
Following these steps, it should take you one step toward finding your friend you are looking for. The process is almost similar and simple, of course, on both a PC and a Cell phone.
Conclusion
Search via city, work, or education are the basic filters that help you search for a particular person on Facebook. They surely increase the chances of finding the person online. Moreover, searching for someone on Facebook through their location, job, or school is really a piece of cake if you carefully follow the article’s steps. Finally, I hope this article has solved your problem and had helped you find your friend after all.