How to Find My Facebook ID

On Facebook, an app user ID is the same as your Facebook ID.

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Every Facebook account has a unique ID number used for identification. One way to get your Facebook ID is from the Settings page of any Facebook app that you use. A second way is to edit the Web address, or URL, of a Facebook profile.

Finding Your Facebook ID in Settings

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Step 1

Click Settings.

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Step 2

Click "Edit Settings."

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Click the Apps icon in the left menu. Hover the cursor over any app and then click the pencil-shaped Edit Settings icon that appears.

Step 3

Your User ID appears in the App Settings window.

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Scroll down to the Get Help From App Developers section. The number in the first sentence is your User ID for that app and your Facebook User ID.

Changing the Facebook URL

Step 1

Highlight the "www" in the URL.

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Log in to Facebook and go to any profile or page. To get to your own profile, click your profile picture beside the Facebook search field. Drag the cursor over www in the URL to highlight it.

Step 2

Replace the "www" with "graph."

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Type graph over the www to change the URL. For example, if the URL was "http://www.facebook.com/myname," it should now read "http://graph.facebook.com/myname."

Step 3

The Facebook ID appears in the first line.

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Press Enter. The Facebook ID is the number displayed in quotation marks in the first line.