Point a phone at your Facebook Page
Paste your Page or profile URL and this builds a code that opens it — in the Facebook app if it's installed, otherwise in the browser. Put it on a shop door, a flyer or an event banner and people find and follow you without searching your name.
Worth doing first: claim a vanity URL like facebook.com/yourbusiness in your Page settings. Encoding that instead of the long facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057... link gives you a shorter, bolder code and a link people can actually read.
Fill the form to generate a QR code
Grab a vanity URL before you generate
New Pages often start with a numeric profile.php?id= address that's long and ugly. Set a username in your Page settings and you get facebook.com/yourname — cleaner for humans and much lighter in a QR code.
The shorter the encoded link, the less dense the pattern, so a vanity URL literally scans from further away. Do this once and reuse the tidy link everywhere.
Page or personal profile
For a business, encode your Page — it shows a follow button and business info to visitors who aren't friends with you. A personal profile is limited to friends and friend requests, which isn't what most walk-up scanners want.
If you run both, the Page is almost always the right print destination. Save the personal profile for genuinely personal networking.
App versus browser handoff
On a phone with Facebook installed, the link deep-links into the app and shows your Page with the follow button ready. Without the app it opens the mobile web version, where a logged-out visitor still sees your Page and a prompt to open or install. The scan never dead-ends, so you don't need to instruct people to open any app first.
How to make a Facebook code
- Paste your Page URL. Put the full facebook.com address in the url field. Use your vanity link, not the numeric profile.php?id= one, so the code stays short.
- Include https://. Start the link with https:// so the phone opens it directly instead of treating it as a search term.
- Confirm it's the Page, not a post. Link the Page itself for lasting print. A single post link gets buried, and reprinting for each post isn't practical.
- Test and download. Scan to check it lands on your Page, then export SVG for print or PNG for screens.
Technical details
- Maximum characters: 2953
- Recommended error correction: M (medium) — a short vanity URL needs only medium recovery, keeping the printed code light.
- Payload is a plain https link to your facebook.com Page or profile.
- A vanity username shortens the link and directly reduces the code's density.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I use my numeric Facebook profile URL?
- Yes, but you shouldn't. The profile.php?id=100057... form is long and makes a dense, fragile code. Set a vanity username in your Page settings first, then encode the short facebook.com/yourname link for a cleaner scan.
- Will scanning open the Facebook app or a browser?
- Both are handled. If the person has the Facebook app, the link deep-links into it and shows your Page; if not, it opens the mobile site with a prompt to install. You don't need to tell people which to use.
- Should I link my Page or my personal profile?
- Link your Page for anything public-facing. A Page shows a follow button and business details to strangers, while a personal profile only offers friend requests. Reserve the profile link for personal networking, not shop signage.
- Does the code break if I change my Page username?
- Yes. The code holds the exact URL, so renaming your vanity handle leaves the old code pointing at a dead address. Reprint after any username change, and pick a name you plan to keep.
- Can people follow me without a Facebook account?
- They can view a public Page logged out, but following or messaging needs an account. The code will still open your Page for them; Facebook then prompts them to log in or sign up to interact.
- Do I need to be online for the scan to work?
- The scan reads the link offline, but loading the Page needs a connection since Facebook content lives online. The link is stored in the code, so the phone can open it once it has data.