Hide Friends, Pages, Applications from your Facebook Newsfeed

One of the things that came up on during my Social Networking Etiquette to Business Success presentation was a question on how to graciously defriend people on Facebook. I suggested instead of defriending someone, instead hide them from your newsfeed. OR if the person is sending out way too many game announcements and updates, hide the game applications.

No one seemed to be aware that this was possible.

Here are the steps to those who want to start hiding people, pages and applications from their Facebook newsfeed: