How To Find Out What Groups Someone Is In On Facebook 2020

How to view a person's groups on Facebook

How to view a person's groups in Facebook. A few weeks ago a colleague of his recommended that he enroll in a Facebook group of which, however, you no longer remember the name. All his searches on the famous social network did not give the desired result but, before annoying his colleague again and causing a bad impression by his forgetfulness, he would like to try to track the name of the group by browsing his profile and his.

In the following paragraphs, in fact, I will explain how to view a person's groups on Facebook, to track the groups in which a particular person is registered. First, I will provide you with the detailed procedure to view the list of Facebook groups that you manage and / or are subscribed to (in order to retrieve the name of the group that you have now forgotten, if you already subscribed). Below you will find the instructions to access the section Groups of Friends, which lets you know which groups your friends are subscribed to on Facebook.

Table of Contents

1 How to see a person's groups on Facebook step by step
2 How to view your groups on Facebook
- 2.1 From mobile phones and tablets
- 2.2 From the computer
3 How to view groups of friends on Facebook
- 3.1 From mobile phones and tablets
- 3.2 From the computer

How to see a person's groups on Facebook step by step

Before getting to the heart of this tutorial and explaining how to view a person's groups on Facebook, you need to make a necessary premise. In fact, you should know that in the famous social network it is possible to see the list of pages followed by a particular user but it is no longer allowed to see the list of groups to which they are subscribed.

With that said, you will be pleased to know that there is a workaround that lets you know which groups a person is enrolled in, as long as the person is among your friends. However, this procedure is not valid for a secret Facebook group: it can only be used for public and private groups.

How to view your groups on Facebook

If your intention is to see the Facebook groups to which you are subscribed, you will be happy to know that the procedure to follow is simple and fast. All you have to do is access the section of the social network dedicated to groups: from here you can see both the groups for which you are an administrator and the groups you have subscribed to, quickly managing notifications and settings. Here is everything in detail.

From mobile phones and tablets

To view your groups on Facebook from mobile phones and tablets, start the application of the famous social network for devices Android o iOS / iPadOS, and if you haven't already, press the button Log In, to log in to your account.

Now if you have a device equipped with Android, touch the ☰ button, and in the new screen that is displayed, select the item Groups ; then click on the option Mostrar todo related to the article Your groups, to see the complete list of groups to which you are subscribed, divided by Groups set to the top, Groups you manage > Other groups.

If, on the other hand, you have a iPhone / iPad, play the little man located in the menu below, to access the section Groups, and click the option Your groups.

In the new screen that appears, you can see the complete list of all the groups you are subscribed to.

Regardless of the device in use, pressing the item Edit and touching the icon of a pushpin, you can add new groups to pin to the top or remove those that you no longer want to appear.

Also, pressing on the element configurations (the icon of a gear wheel, if you use an iPhone / iPad), you can access the section related to group settings and select one of the available options: Notifications to change the notification preferences for each group, choosing whether to receive a notification for each new post ( All messages ), only for posts published by friends and for suggested content ( In evidence ), exclusively for content published by users present among their friends ( Friends posts ) or to be notified only of any important mention or update of the group ( deactivate ); Follow to indicate, for each group, what contents to see in the section of News e Members to quickly exit one or more groups.

From the computer

If you prefer to see the list of Facebook groups to which you are subscribed from the computer, connected to the main page of the famous social network, enter your login details in the fields Email or phone y Password and click on the button Log In, to log in to your account.

Once done, locate the section Explore in the left sidebar and tap the item Groups. Alternatively, click the arrow pointing down and select the option Manage groups in the menu that appears.

In the sidebar on the left of the newly opened page, you can see the groups you are subscribed to: Groups you manage, with the groups that you have created or of which you have been designated administrator or moderator, and Groups to which you belonginstead, with the full list of the groups you joined.

Unlike the Facebook application, which allows you to quickly manage the settings of all your groups, from your PC you need to access each individual group (by clicking on their First name ) to change your notification settings or leave it: in this regard, my guide on how to leave a group on Facebook can be useful.

How to view groups of friends on Facebook

As mentioned in the opening lines of this guide, it is not possible to see all the Facebook groups that a single person is subscribed to.

However, if the user you are interested in is among your friends, you can access the section Groups of Friends and find out which groups your contacts are subscribed to, albeit with some limitations.

From mobile phones and tablets

For, view groups of friends on Facebook from mobile phones and tablets, start the social network application to Android devices or iOS / iPadOS (by touching the White "F" on blue background ) and if you haven't done so already, log into your account.

Now, tap on the ☰ button located in the top menu (bottom right if you use an iPhone / iPad), select the item Groups and touch the button suggestions.

On the new screen that appears, locate the section Groups of Friends and click on the option Mostrar todo, to see the list of groups to which your friends are subscribed and, for each group, the number of friends that are part of it.

Then press a Facebook group, touch your First name and, in the new screen that appears, touch the option See them all related to the article Members.

Now, locate the section Friends, to see the complete list of friends who are subscribed to the group in question.

However, you should know that the procedure I have just indicated is valid only if the group is public. If, on the contrary, the group is private, to see the list of registered members (including your friends) you must request the group to register by pressing the button join the group - In this regard, my guide on how to join a closed Facebook group may be helpful.

From the computer

The procedure to view the list of friends groups on Facebook from the computer it is almost identical to the information I just gave you for mobile phones and tablets.

All you have to do is access the section Groups of Friends and view the list of members registered in each group.

To continue, then connect to the main Facebook page and hit the option Groups, visible in the sidebar on the left, near the element Explore.

Alternatively, click the arrow pointing down, located in the upper right corner, and select the option Manage groups in the menu that appears.

On the newly opened page, find the section Groups of Friends and click on the entry Mostrar todo, to see the list of groups to which your friends are subscribed.

At this point, click the Cover image of each group of interest, click on the option Members visible in the sidebar on the left, find the item Friends and click on the script See all friends, to see the list of friends registered in the group in question.

If when accessing a group you see the box About this group and option Private, it means that the group is closed and the list of members cannot be viewed.

To be successful, click the button join the group, to request access to the group and wait for your request to be accepted.

At this point, log back into the group in question, select the option Members visible in the sidebar on the left, locate the section Friends and click on the option See all friends, to know which friends are registered.