Things which I like about Google plus are the ‘easy-to-access’ privacy settings. You can easily protect your profile from people you don’t know or you don’t want to share your and your friends information. It takes just a few clicks to redefine your privacy settings, and hiding your friends circles from the public view.

If you have privacy concerns and you want to limit access to your information in Google Plus, and don’t want to show your friends circles in Google Plus in public than follow the easy steps mentioned below.

Steps to Hide your Friends Circles in Google Plus

Follow the step by step instructions to hide your friends circles in Google plus:

(Updated on June 9, 2012)

Step 1: Login to your Google Plus account

Step 2:  Click on the profile tab (left side)

or click your profile picture
or click on your name on the top left and then click on “View your Profile” button.

 

Step 3: Click on the “Edit Profile” button near your big profile picture as shown in the picture.

 

Step 4: Scroll down your browser and find “IN YOUR CIRCLES” option (Right Side)

 

Step 5: Click “IN YOUR CIRCLES” BOX.

Step 6: Uncheck “Show people in your circles” to hide the list of users to whom you are following.

 

Step 7: Click save.

Step 8: Click “HAVE YOU IN CIRCLES”.

Step 9: Uncheck “Show people who have added you to circles” to hide the users who are following you.

 

Step 10: Click save

Step 11: Click “Done editing button” (Top) and we are done.

 

Here is the video showing you how to hide your friends circle in google plus:

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