Disable Facebook Notifications
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Today I'm going to share with you how to shut off notifications for a single Facebook post, and control what you see and when. Disable Facebook Notifications
Use these guidelines if Facebook generally informs you with an email when there's a new comment on a post by somebody.
Why would I wish to switch off notifications on a Facebook post?
In some cases you want to post a discuss a Facebook post but you don't desire to see all the replies and remarks that follow it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
These directions work for posts in either your main timeline or a Facebook group, but they look slightly various so I've broken it down into 2 areas.
So, how do I avoid Facebook from emailing me whenever there's a comment, if I don't want to change my entire Facebook signals settings?
How do I turn off Facebook notifications in a post on my timeline?
If you want to keep a post available in your timeline (i.e. you do not wish to hide it) however you do not desire to get notifications of more discuss the post when you have actually commented, here is ways to Stop notices.
First, find and push the little down-arrow in the leading right-hand corner of the post:
This will offer you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can likewise Hide the post or unfollow the person who published it. But we want to click on Shut off notices at the bottom of the list.
Now Facebook will verify what you've done:
This works, as you can click Turn On Notices if you did this by error.
If you want to turn your notices back on at any time (so that you get an e-mail each time somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click on the down-arrow and select Turn on notices:
Now you will receive an email whenever someone talk about the post.
How do I turn off Facebook notifications on my own post?
Obviously this is a little different-- if you wish to shut off notices on one of your own posts, you get more choices when you click that down-arrow:
How do I switch off Facebook notifications in a Group?
If you belong to a Facebook Group but select not to have it come up in your timeline (for instance, if you're in a photo-a-day group and would wind up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a slightly various method to turn off alerts.
In this example, a good friend has actually posted about the Fantastic British Bake-Off and another buddy has actually pointed out, and tagged me in their comment, that I have not seen it yet and will be seeing it tomorrow. I do not wish to see any more comments in case someone lets slip who's left the competitors.
Click the little down-arrow in the leading right corner of the post ...
This will raise a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you need to-- but we're going to focus on shutting off the notices. You do that by clicking on Switch off alerts:.
When you have actually done that, you'll see a message above the post telling you that you will not get alerts about this post. This suggests that whenever anybody comments on the post, you won't get an e-mail informing you that this has occurred.
Note that you will also see a clickable link permitting you to Turn On Alerts-- which is very helpful if you have actually done this by accident. You can click Turn On Notices to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you wish to turn notifications back on for a post, go and find the post (you have not concealed it, so it will still remain in your timeline or the group it was published in). Click the down-arrow again and select Turn on alerts:.
Now you will get an e-mail whenever someone talk about the post.
This post has shown you how to turn off alerts in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social media in the Resource Guide or using the Browse box in the right-hand column.
Use these guidelines if Facebook generally informs you with an email when there's a new comment on a post by somebody.
Why would I wish to switch off notifications on a Facebook post?
In some cases you want to post a discuss a Facebook post but you don't desire to see all the replies and remarks that follow it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
- Your buddy has actually had a great (or bad) occasion in their life and posted about it, and you desire to publish a message of congratulations or support however you know about a million other -people are going to post a comparable comment and you do not want great deals of emails flooding your mail box.
- You've gotten in a competitors by commenting on a company's post however you do not wish to see all the other entries.
- You have actually discussed a news product someone's shared but it's rather disturbing and you do not want to be advised of it every time someone else comments.
These directions work for posts in either your main timeline or a Facebook group, but they look slightly various so I've broken it down into 2 areas.
So, how do I avoid Facebook from emailing me whenever there's a comment, if I don't want to change my entire Facebook signals settings?
How do I turn off Facebook notifications in a post on my timeline?
If you want to keep a post available in your timeline (i.e. you do not wish to hide it) however you do not desire to get notifications of more discuss the post when you have actually commented, here is ways to Stop notices.
First, find and push the little down-arrow in the leading right-hand corner of the post:
This will offer you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can likewise Hide the post or unfollow the person who published it. But we want to click on Shut off notices at the bottom of the list.
Now Facebook will verify what you've done:
This works, as you can click Turn On Notices if you did this by error.
If you want to turn your notices back on at any time (so that you get an e-mail each time somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click on the down-arrow and select Turn on notices:
Now you will receive an email whenever someone talk about the post.
How do I turn off Facebook notifications on my own post?
Obviously this is a little different-- if you wish to shut off notices on one of your own posts, you get more choices when you click that down-arrow:
How do I switch off Facebook notifications in a Group?
If you belong to a Facebook Group but select not to have it come up in your timeline (for instance, if you're in a photo-a-day group and would wind up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a slightly various method to turn off alerts.
In this example, a good friend has actually posted about the Fantastic British Bake-Off and another buddy has actually pointed out, and tagged me in their comment, that I have not seen it yet and will be seeing it tomorrow. I do not wish to see any more comments in case someone lets slip who's left the competitors.
Click the little down-arrow in the leading right corner of the post ...
This will raise a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you need to-- but we're going to focus on shutting off the notices. You do that by clicking on Switch off alerts:.
When you have actually done that, you'll see a message above the post telling you that you will not get alerts about this post. This suggests that whenever anybody comments on the post, you won't get an e-mail informing you that this has occurred.
Note that you will also see a clickable link permitting you to Turn On Alerts-- which is very helpful if you have actually done this by accident. You can click Turn On Notices to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you wish to turn notifications back on for a post, go and find the post (you have not concealed it, so it will still remain in your timeline or the group it was published in). Click the down-arrow again and select Turn on alerts:.
Now you will get an e-mail whenever someone talk about the post.
This post has shown you how to turn off alerts in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social media in the Resource Guide or using the Browse box in the right-hand column.