How to Delete Facebook Notifications
Facebook’s reputation for spamming people has grown. You receive several alerts from the smartphone app. Every day, dozens of emails arrive. And you should expect to receive a ton of brand-new notifications each time you enter into the online app.
Thankfully, things don’t have to be this way. Here’s what you need to know if you want to know how to entirely disable Facebook notifications, erase Facebook alerts, or clear Facebook notifications.
How to Delete Facebook Notifications
The most crucial issue to address first is how to remove Facebook notifications.
Use the detailed methods below to remove a Facebook notice from the web app:
- Navigate to Facebook.com and log into your account.
- Click on the Notifications bell in the upper right-hand corner.
- Find the notification that you want to hide.
- Click on the three horizontal dots alongside the notification you want to delete.
- Select Remove this notification.
On the mobile app, the procedure to erase Facebook alerts is comparable. Open the app, then select the Notifications tab. Tap the three dots and select Remove this notification after finding the alert you wish to delete.
How to Clear All Facebook Notifications
You should remove your unread alerts as soon as you log into Facebook and find a mountain of them there. The red dot representing unread alerts vanishes when you click the bell icon.
You haven’t actually resolved the issue, though. When you receive a new alert, the alerts will automatically reappear if you don’t clear them. You must mark every notice on Facebook as read in order to permanently delete it.
Strangely, the smartphone app does not allow you to delete unread alerts without first clicking on each one. Instead, you must carry out the procedure using the web application.
To mark all of your Facebook notifications as read, follow the guide below:
- Head to Facebook.com and log into your account.
- Click on the Notifications icon in the upper right-hand corner.
- Click on the three horizontal dots.
- Select Mark all as read.
How to Turn Off Facebook Notifications
The following two sections should have made it easier for you to manage your current Facebook notifications. But just half of the battle is won there. In the future, you must take care to avoid being bothered by all of that notification spam; else, you’ll find yourself right back where you started.
There are two approaches to the issue. As they come in, you can choose to disable notifications for a specific category of alerts, or you can use Facebook’s Settings menu to take a more comprehensive approach.
How to Turn Off Facebook Notifications as They Arrive
The process to turn off Facebook notifications as they arrive is similar to the process for deleting Facebook notifications.
Follow the steps below to learn about the process on the web app:
- Type Facebook.com into your browser and log into your account.
- Click on the Notifications icon in the upper right-hand corner.
- Find a notification that you want to turn off.
- Click on the three dots.
- Select Turn off notifications of this type (the exact wording may change depending on the type of notification).
(Note: When you disable notifications on a page, you will also have the option to Turn off all notifications from this page.)
Smartphone users may see the same options by launching the app, going to the Notifications tab, and clicking the three dots next to the notice in question.
More Ways to Make Facebook Work for You
Regaining control of your Facebook alerts is only one method for making Facebook work for you. Yes, there is some micromanagement required, but it is well worth the work to ensure that Facebook is more beneficial than unpleasant.
This is true for a large portion of the Facebook experience; the more time you spend customizing the app, the more enjoyable your experience will be.