How to stop receiving notifications from Facebook

Facebook is one of the most popular social media applications used by millions of people across the globe. The app allows its users to share their photos, videos, views and information with family and friends on their profiles and pages. However, sometimes Facebook sends you an avalanche of unwanted notifications, especially, if you have many friends on Facebook or you are a member of an extremely chatty family group.

Receiving unwanted notifications can be very irritating. Now, if you're tired of the notifications blowing up your phone, you can simply block these pesky notifications. There are a number of different ways to stop notifications. Here is a step by step guide you can follow to turn off Facebook notifications using a computer or mobile app.

How to turn off Facebook notifications using computer

Steps you can follow to off Facebook notifications using a computer:

Step 1: Open any browser and visit, Facebook official website, facebook.com

Step 2: Next, log in to your account, by entering User ID and Password.

Step 3: Now, on the homepage click the down-facing arrow in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.

Step 4: From the drop-down menu, click on Settings.

Step 5: On the new page, click on Notification [left-hand side of the settings screen].

Step 6: Click on the down-facing arrow next to any of the options given on the screen. This will allow you to turn notifications on or off for a particular element of the Facebook site or mobile app.

Keep in mind that Facebook's notification controls are very specific, going through every option may be time-consuming. If you are using the Facebook app on your device, you can follow these steps to disable annoying Facebook notifications.

How to turn off Facebook notifications using the mobile app

Steps you can follow to turn off Facebook notifications using a mobile app.

Step 1: First, open Facebook on your device.

Step 2: On the homepage, tap on the three stacked horizontal lines to open menu options.

Step 3: On the new page, scroll down and tap on Settings and Privacy.

Step 4: An additional sub-menu will appear on the screen. Tap on the Settings, it will take you to your account settings page.

Step 5: Scroll through the long menu of options nearly to the bottom. Just below the Notifications header you will find an option for Notification Setting, tap on it.

Step 6: Now, to customize settings in each of these sections, tap on them individually to turn them on or off.

Thus by following the above-given steps you can simply turn off notifications for specific things like comments, tags and birthdays. You can also customize where you get each category of notification.

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