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November 14, 2025

Harper Lane

How to Fix Nearby Friends Not Working or Not Showing on Facebook

How to Fix Nearby Friends Not Working or Not Showing on Facebook

If you’ve opened the Facebook app recently and noticed that the Nearby Friends feature is missing, not loading, or simply not showing at all, you’re not the only one. Thousands of Facebook users worldwide report the same issue: the feature either disappeared completely, fails to refresh location data, or shows friends as “Unavailable.” Nearby Friends is meant to help users discover which friends are nearby in real time, but glitches, app updates, privacy settings, and device permissions often break the feature. In this guide, we take a deep, researched look at what causes the issue and how you can fix