Hiding your MySpace friends list can help keep job recruiters and other strangers out of your personal life, and even keep your friends from fighting over Top Eight status. Best of all, you don't even need any additional software or programming knowledge to get it done!

1. Try cleaning up and reordering your friend list to see if you still want to remove the feature.
2. If you decide to completely hide your MySpace profile, copy and paste code from a third party website.
3. Switch to MySpace Profile 2.0 for a one click solution.

• MySpace is a free social networking site that allows you to keep track of your friends and meet new people. There is a box at the bottom of your profile page called top friends. This box displays your friend's names and pictures with a link to their MySpace page.

• A MySpace page can be viewed by everyone from friends and family to online predators and even potential employers.New York Times: For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Resume (June 11, 2006) It's possible to hide certain personal information on your profile so you can still enjoy the social networking experience without the negative consequences.

• Howcast: Signing Up For a Myspace Account (Time: 02:44)

• Before you make the decision to completely get rid of your "top friends" list, try rearranging things and cleaning up. The Top Friends list makes it easy to locate and communicate with your friends, so you might not want to get rid of it completely. If your page is loading slowly, cutting down on your friends list might help speed things up. Since you probably don't want to get rid of your friends, you can just choose how many "top friends" are displayed on your profile. The rest of your friends will still be available for viewing, if someone clicks on "view all of your friends" or the number of friends that you have on your profile.

1. Login to your MySpace Profile.MySpace: MySpace
2. Scroll down to the bottom of your home page to the box entitled Friend Space.
3. Click on Change my Top Friends.
4. Use the drop down box to choose the number of friends that are displayed on your homepage. This can be anywhere from one to forty.
5. Make sure and press the Save Top Friends button.

• The default friend for the first position will always be Tom Anderson, the founder of MySpace. It's possible to delete him or any of your friends.Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor: How do I Delete a Friend from MySpace You may not need to hide your entire friend space if you simply remove the friends with inappropriate profile pictures.

1. Start out in your friendspace.
2. Find the Edit Friends button and click on it.
3. Check any friends that you want to delete.
4. Press the button marked Delete selected friends.

1. Go back to the Change my Top Friends page.
2. Drag and drop your friends pictures in the order which you would like them to appear.
3. Choose between random and custom.MySpace New User Guide: Organize Your Friends - 2. Number of Top Friends The custom feature will allow you to choose the order of your top friends.
   • -Implement this feature by clicking on either the Randomize or Customize option.
   • -The randomizing feature will switch out your top friends every time the page is refreshed.MySpace New User Guide: Organize Your Friends - 2. Number of Top Friends
   • -This may keep your friends from being jealous because they should each get a statistically-fair turn in the top eight.
4. Save your new Top Friends settings.

• If you want to get rid of your friends box completely you will need to copy code from a third party site into your MySpace profile. It is not as complicated as it sounds and can be accomplished in a few minutes.

1. Highlight all of the code.

2. Copy the code by pressing ctrl+c.Webmaster Now: Copy and Paste

3. You can also copy the code by finding the edit menu in your web browser and choosing copy.

Hide your friend's list. Paste this code anywhere in your MySpace profile.

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Hide your friend's list and the view all link. This will make it very difficult for anyone to access your friend's list. Paste this in the About Me section of your profile.

1. Login to your MySpace account.

2. Find the Profile Menu.

3. Select Edit Profile.

4. Locate the correct box. The third party site where you got the code will tell you which box to paste the code into.Jeffrey Knows:Where do I Paste Code Into MySpace?

5. Paste the code by pressing ctrl+p. You can also go to the edit menu in your web browser and select paste.

6. Preview the section.

7. Save Changes.

• Myspace has a new way to easily customize your page called Profile 2.0.TechCrunch: MySpace Tests Profile 2.0 With Drag And Drop Interface In order to change your friend's list you will need to upgrade to Profile 2.0.MySpace Developer Platform: Profile 2.0!

1. Find the link under your Profile Edit tab that asks you to try out the new one click themes. This will automatically upgrade you to the Profile 2.0 system.USA Today: New Face for MySpace as Site Upgrades (June 13, 2008)
2. Select the Modules tab on the left hand side.
3. Find the friend space icon and simply click on it. The yellow smiley face means that it will appear on your blog. The gray plus sign means that you can add the friend space back in.

• It is easy and useful to hide your friends on MySpace. This can save you a lot of trouble with prospective employers, college admission officers and even friends. It's just a simple matter of copy and paste, if you are using the basic MySpace profile. With MySpace Profile 2.0, it will just take a few clicks of the mouse.

• Introduction
• Step 1: Clean and Organize
  • Choose the Number of Friends on Your Profile
  • Delete Unwanted Friends
  • Change the Order of Your Top Friends
• Step 2: Hiding Friends Completely
• Special Instructions for MySpace Profile 2.0
• Conclusion
• References