This will not be communicated to the individual you’ve cut off. You may not see it happen, but after your pal has been deleted, he or she will no longer exist on Facebook.

When account holders deactivate their accounts, they become “invisible.” They are no longer present on others’ lists of friends, and users cannot “unfriend” them. Furthermore, as the research shows, Facebook does not notify its users when friends are added or deleted.

To verify, search for an old conversation with them; if their profile picture is still there but you can’t chat with them, send them a message, or even click on their profile, you’ve been blacklisted. If their profile photo isn’t there anymore, they’ve deactivated their account.

To stop them from seeing your posts, touch the Friends button on their profile or a post of theirs in your News Feed, then select Take a Break. Within the Limit, What [name of friend] Will See section, choose to See Options and then “Hide your postings from [name of friend].” The affected individual will be added to your

Open the Settings app on your Mac. Select Privacy from the left-hand menu. Edit the “Who can see my stuff?” option by clicking Edit under Who can see my stuff? Select Custom from the drop-down menu next to Post.