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3 - Change your Venmo username Many people use their real names on Venmo, or something pretty close. Venmo even recommends this, saying it will help your “friends” to find you. True, but the problem is, it will also help other people to find you! If you’d like to be a little harder to find in Venmo’s search engine, change your name to something a bit more anonymous. You can do this by going to Settings Edit Profile and typing in a new username. 4 - Unfriend some people On Venmo, everyone can see your friends list. That can be a real privacy issue, especially if you’ve imported your phone’s contacts list or all of your Facebook friends. It’s a good idea to limit your Venmo friends list to only those people who you regularly use the service with … and to remove everyone else. To remove someone from your friends list, go to their profile, tap the checkmark next to Friends, and tap Unfriend. 5 - Block problem users If a specific person is a privacy threat, you can block them on Venmo. This could be a nosy friend or relative, an ex or a harasser, or maybe just people from your workplace. Basically, if you think someone might use Venmo to snoop around and uncover details about your personal life … block them! This prevents them from finding your profile in the Venmo search tool. To do this, go to the person’s Venmo profile, tap the three little circles in the upper right, and then use the red Block User option.