How to manage or turn off Facebook notifications

Facebook notifications can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you obviously want to keep on top of the conversations, but on the other hand, too many notifications can be annoying, like if someone keeps poking you. It can be a good idea to manage and even turn off Facebook notifications so you don’t have to continually delete them. Here’s the complete step-by-step process for managing notifications on Facebook desktop, the mobile app, and Facebook Messenger.

How to manage and turn off Facebook notifications on the desktop site

1. Go to Facebook.com and log in if needed.
2. Click your profile icon at the top-right of the page.
3. In the menu that appears, go to Settings & privacy.
4. Choose Settings.
5. Then, select Notifications.

You will see a long list of Facebook notifications. Go down the list and pick how you want to get each notification. You can get a pop-up on Facebook, an email, a text message, or any mix of these. So, to stop all Facebook notifications, switch everything off.

For some things, like Reminders, there’s a special switch to turn them off. But, to be sure, just turn off every switch you see.

How to manage and turn off Facebook notifications on the app

It is the same procedure on the app, but as always, it’s a case of figuring out where the settings have been hidden.

1. Launch the Facebook app.
2. Tap the profile icon. On Android, it is at the top-right corner, and on iPhone, it is at the lower-right corner.
3. Scroll down and select Settings & privacy.
4. Go to Settings.
5. In Preferences section, tap Notifications.
6. Go down through the notification list and enable or disable each one.

How to manage and turn off Facebook notifications on Messenger

This guide wouldn’t be complete without looking to see the best tips and tricks of Facebook Messenger. A lot of people get many notifications from Messenger because they chat a lot. So, here’s how to get fewer notifications without chatting less.

If someone is talking too much to you, you can mute their messages for a certain length of time.

How to mute Messenger conversations

1. Launch Messenger.
2. Press and hold the conversation you want to mute.
3. Tap on the Mute button.
4. Select what you want to mute. Hit OK.
5. Select for how long you want to mute this conversation. Hit OK.

General Messenger notification settings

Do you want to turn off all Messenger notifications for all conversations? Here’s how.

1. Launch Messenger.
2. Tap on the three-line menu button in the top-left corner.
3. Tap on the Settings gear icon.
4. Select Notifications & sounds.
5. Go through the options and disable any notifications you don’t want to get.

How to manage Message requests on Facebook

If you often receive spam messages on Facebook, you can determine how to handle them here. Do you want them in your chat, sent to a separate Message Requests folder (where you won’t get a notification), or if you would prefer not to receive them at all? This is how you do it.

1. Launch Facebook.
2. Tap on your profile icon. On Android, it is in the top-right corner, and on iPhone, it is in the lower-right corner.
3. Expand the Settings & privacy option.
4. Select Settings.
5. Tap on How people find and contact you.
6. Scroll down to the How you get message requests section. From there, you can pick which messages get sent where.

Turn off notifications using your device’s settings

Turn off notifications on iOS

1. Launch the Settings app.
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom and select Apps.
3. Find and select Facebook.
4. Go into Notifications.
5. Review the options and make your selections.

Turn off notifications on Android

1. Launch the Settings app.
2. Go into Apps.
3. Tap on See all apps.
4. Find and select Facebook.
5. Select Notifications.
6. Go through all the options and make your preferred selections.

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