- Navigate to your profile page.
- Below your Profile Picture and Name, select the “About” tab.
- Click on the “Preferences” tab.
- Scroll down on this new page, and look for the wording “Allow new messages only from friends” underneath the section titled “Messages and Chat”.
- Click on the toggle to the left of this wording to adjust your preference.
- Note: If the toggle has been slid to the right with a purple line to the left of the white circle, then this feature has been turned “on”. If the toggle has been slid to the left with no purple line present, this feature has been turned “off”.
- Navigate to your profile page.
- Below your Profile Picture and Name, select the “About” tab.
- Click on the “Preferences” tab.
- Scroll down on this new page, and look for the wording “Allow new messages only from friends” underneath the section titled “Messages and Chat”.
- Click on the toggle to the left of this wording to adjust your preference.
- Note: If the toggle has been slid to the right with a purple line to the left of the white circle, then this feature has been turned “on”. If the toggle has been slid to the left with no purple line present, this feature has been turned “off”.