How to Change Which Notifications Display on Facebook

This How.com.vn teaches you how to customize Facebook's internal notifications, such as notifications for birthdays or Facebook apps. Unfortunately, you cannot disable notifications involving your profile or your activity, though you can hide these notifications.

Method 1

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On Mobile

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Open Facebook. This app is blue with a white "f" on it. If you're already logged in, tapping this app will open your Facebook News Feed.
- If you aren't already logged into Facebook, type in your email address (or phone number) and password and tap Log In.
It's either in the bottom-right (iPhone) or in the top-right (Android) corner of the screen.
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If you're using an Android drive, you'll tap Account settings here instead.
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Tap Account Settings. It's an option in the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen.
- If you're on Android, skip this step.
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Tap Notifications. This option is toward the bottom of the screen.
- If you're using a phone with a 4.7 inch screen, you'll first need to scroll down.
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Review the "What Notifications You Get" section. The categories you see here will vary based on your own Facebook use, but some common ones include the following:
- Close Friends activity - Covers notifications for activity from close friends like new posts, likes, and uploads.
- Birthdays - Displays notifications on friends' birthdays.
- Group posts - Entails individual settings for each of the groups to which you belong. You won't see this option if you don't belong to any groups.
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Tap a category. As mentioned previously, the categories you see here will vary, so just tap one for which you'd like to change the settings.
- For example, if you'd like to disable notifications for activity from your close friends, you'd tap Close Friends activity.
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Edit the notification category's settings. This process will vary depending on the category you choose:
- If you're editing the "Close Friends activity" category, simply check or un-check the box to the right of "Get notifications."
- If you're editing the "Group posts" category, tap a group name on the "Group posts" page and then tap an option under the "In-App Notifications" heading at the top of the page.
- If you're editing the "Notifications from apps" category, tap the checkmark next to each app from which you wish to remove notifications. Tapping an app's name again will enable notifications for it.
It's in the top-left corner of the screen. Doing so will save your changes; if you wish to change more notifications settings, you can do so by tapping their appropriate categories and then tailoring the options based on the kind of notifications you would like to see (or not see).
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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

On Desktop

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Open the Facebook website. If you're logged into Facebook, doing so will open your News Feed.
- If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) into the top-right corner of the screen and click Log In.
It's in the top-right corner of the Facebook page.
It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
This option is on the left side of the page.
It's near the top of the page. The "On Facebook" category of notifications covers all internal notifications you'll receive on Facebook (e.g., notifications for pokes or likes).
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Review the options beneath the "What You Get Notified About" heading. It's toward the top of the page, just below the "Sounds" heading. Some types of notifications you'll see here include the following:
- "Close Friends activity" - Covers notifications for activity from close friends like new posts, likes, and uploads. Clicking the On or Off button on the right of this category will prompt a drop-down menu with the opposite option available.
- "Birthdays" - Regards notifications for your Facebook friends's birthdays.
- "Pages You Manage" - Covers your created or managed pages. You'll see a button that says Edit to the right of this heading; clicking it will allow you to enable or disable notifications for each page you manage.
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Change the settings for your preferred notifications. Do this by clicking the button on the far-right side of the category (e.g., you'd click Edit to the right of "Group posts" or On to the right of "Live Videos") and then tailoring the options based on the kind of notifications you would like to see (or not see).
- When you're done, you can exit Facebook or go back to browsing your News Feed. Your changes will be saved.
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