Since its inception, one of the main uses of Facebook has been to add contacts in order to interact and communicate with them. However, with the evolution of social networks , certain rules have been implemented where you may be restricted from sending friend requests.

There are several reasons why Facebook may prevent you from sending friend requests. Some of these reasons may be up to you, but there are others where the problem may be the account you’re trying to add. If you are interested in knowing what these possible causes are, keep reading this article.

Reasons Why Facebook Doesn’t Let You Send Friend Requests

These are the possible reasons why you cannot send friend requests on this social network:

They have no friends in common

Facebook over the years has been implementing changes with the intention of making this platform more secure for its users. Among those changes is an option that allows you to configure your profile to avoid receiving friend requests from any user.

You may not be able to add a specific person because they have their profile set to only receive friend requests from users with whom they have mutual friends. That is, this account can only receive friend requests from friends of your friends. If so, you have the option to send this user a message and ask them to add you.

Another option would be to search the same profile you are trying to add a button that says Follow. By selecting this option you will be able to see all the publications they make, as long as they do not have their profile configured with any audience limitation.

You cannot have more than 5,000 friends on Facebook.

Facebook prevents accounts with 5,000 added friends from sending or receiving friend requests. So if you or the person you’re trying to add have 5,000 people on their friend list, you won’t be able to send them a friend request, as Facebook doesn’t allow you to exceed this limit.

If you are the one with 5000 added friends, you will need to remove someone from your friends list before you can add someone else. Another option would also be that instead of removing someone, you change your account from Facebook profile to page.

You have already sent him a friend request before

If the Cancel request button appears instead of the Add button, it means that you already sent a request to this person on another occasion, but it has not yet been accepted. In this case, you have the option of pressing the button to cancel the request and resubmit it. This way, the notification will come to him again and hopefully, he may add you this time.

Ways you can delete a friend request sent on Facebook

The first method that you can use to cancel a sent friend request would be simply by entering the profile of the person to whom you have sent the request and once there, press the Cancel request option. Although, there is also another option in which you can see all the friend requests that you have sent in one place.

Cancel friend requests from Android

These are the steps you must follow to delete a friend request sent from your mobile:

• First, enter the Facebook app and go to the Find friends section. This might be pinned to the shortcut bar at the top, but if it’s not there, you need to hit the three lines in the top right corner and select the Find Friends option.
• At the top you should see a section with all the friend requests you have received. Select the See All adoption on the right side of the screen.
• Now, hit the three dots in the upper right corner and select View Sent Requests.
• Once there, you will be able to see all the requests you have sent. To cancel any, you just have to press the Cancel option.

Cancel friend requests from your computer

These are the steps you must follow to delete a friend request sent from a computer:

• In the shortcut bar at the top, select the Friends option.
• Then, right on the right side of the screen, under your profile photo, click the See all option.
• On the left side of the screen you will see the option to View sent requests. Select it to display all the requests you’ve submitted.

You have sent too many friend requests

The fact of sending many friend requests in a short period of time can cause the platform to temporarily block you and prevent you from sending requests. Although when receiving this block the same platform does not specify how long it could last, in general, a block of this type usually lasts between 2 or 3 days.

To prevent Facebook from stopping you from sending friend requests, it’s best to stick to adding only people you really know and not just any user you come across. Something you can also do to avoid sending so many friend requests is that instead of adding accounts, start following them.

Another recommendation to avoid being blocked is to use your real name. By using a fictitious name, Facebook could consider your profile to be that of some anonymous stalker. You may also receive a block if most of the requests you have sent are not answered or are marked as spam.

This is what you must do so that you can send friend requests on Facebook again

While it is true that there are some factors that prevent you from sending friend requests that do not depend on you, there are others that do. Among those factors that you can change are the following:

• Verify that the contact you are trying to add is not blocked. If so, you must first unlock it before you can send the request.
• In case you have a total of 5000 users added to your Facebook account, you will need to remove someone from your friends list in order to submit the request.
• Now, for the cases of blocking by the platform, accounts configured to not receive friend requests from anyone, accounts with 5000 friends, etc., there is not much you can do. Although, you have the alternative of leaving them a message asking them to add you or start following their accounts instead of adding them.

And those would be all the possible scenarios that prevent you from sending a friend request on Facebook. As you can see, most of these restrictions have been added over time to make the coexistence of users within this platform more comfortable. Now Facebook has certain settings that allow you to have greater control over the privacy of your profile.

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