Facebook has become abitoverzealous with what it deems desirable of notifying us about . Sure , easy reminders about friends ' birthdays are always welcome , but do I care when a random individual I went to college with attends a poetry slam somewhere in my oecumenical locality ? No , no I do not .
The deluge of notifications has rendered them not only nonmeaningful , but downright obnoxious . But fuss not , fellow Facebookers : there ’s an easy room to prepare things up so you ’re only receiving the alerts you actually care about . Here ’s how .
Within Facebook
To keep those little red numbers in assay , tap the orb icon where all your notifications stack up , and clack preferences . Here , you may pluck your scene to think over what you do and do n’t care about . Do n’t give a crap about alive videos ? Turn those apprisal off completely .
However , if you want to do this on a case - by - case basis ( i.e. , you do n’t care about sure champion , but you want to keep tabs on others … not in a creepy-crawly stalker direction , right-hand ? ) , go to the notification degenerate - down carte , vacillate over the notification in head , and get through the three - loony toons picture that seem on the right . You ’ll have the option to " change by reversal off notifications " from that specific friend or page .
On mobile
To switch up what apprisal show up on your headphone , head to the setting sections within your Facebook peregrine app . Go toSettings > Account configurations > Notifications > Mobile , then go through and turn on or off the single that do and do n’t weigh to you .
On desktop
Are notification interrupt you all blamed daytime in the corner of your reckoner screenland , even when Facebook is n’t capable ? This means you ’ve enable notifications within whatever internet browser you ’re using . Open your Facebook preferences in a web internet browser windowpane , and go toNotifications > Desktop and Mobile . Under the section labeled " Desktop , " sprain them off – or , if you ’d rather they just cool it for a fleck ( say , you ’ll be doing a presentation using your computer ) , you’re able to " Mute " desktop notifications for up to 24 hour .
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