How do I take back a friend request on Facebook?

Question

How do I take back a friend request on Facebook?

Answer 1

One way that is guaranteed to work is to block the person. Also I have heard that if you block the person, then unblock him/her it will go away.

However whether you do those above steps or not, the request will still have been "sent" (ie. It will show in their email (if applicable), and/or it will say "1 new notification".) However on the request page they should not see your request in there anymore.

However, chances are if you don't know the person, they probably don't know you either, and will probably deny your request.