How to create a Facebook account

Facebook is a social networking site that may be used by individuals or businesses and organizations.

Before you can use Facebook, you must sign up for a Facebook account. Let's do that now.

Start by navigating to facebook.com in your web browser, and fill out the Sign Up form on the home page.

You can sign up with either your email address or your mobile number.

Ensure you've entered a secure password that no one else will know.

Then enter your birthday. This ensures that you get the right Facebook experience for your age. You can hide your birthdate from others seeing it if you wish, by editing your profile.

Finally, select your gender, and then click the Sign Up button.

This page lets you search for your friends that are already on Facebook. We'll see how to do this in a later tutorial, so click Skip this step.

Click Skip again.

Enter as much of your profile info as you like for now. You can always update this information later.

When ready, click Next.

Uploading a profile photo will help your friends recognize you on Facebook. We'll learn how to do this in another tutorial.

To complete the sign-up process, you will need to check your email... Facebook will have just sent you a message. Let's check it now.

Click on the link provided to complete the sign-up process.

That's it! You've successfully confirmed your account, and signed up to Facebook.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create a new Facebook account.