How to Turn Off Facebook Notifications
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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Today I'm going to show you the best ways to shut off notifications for a single Facebook post, and control what you see and when. How To Turn Off Facebook Notifications
Use these guidelines if Facebook typically informs you with an email when there's a new discuss a post by somebody.
Why would I wish to turn off notices on a Facebook post?
In some cases you want to post a discuss a Facebook post but you do not want to see all of the replies and comments that come after it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
These instructions work for posts in either your primary timeline or a Facebook group, but they look slightly different so I've broken it down into two areas.
So, how do I avoid Facebook from emailing me every time there's a comment, if I do not wish to alter 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 readily available in your timeline (i.e. you don't desire to hide it) however you do not want to get alerts of more discuss the post once you've commented, here is how to Stop notifications.
Initially, find and press the little down-arrow in the top right-hand corner of the post:
This will offer you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can also Hide the post or unfollow the person who published it. But we wish to click on Turn 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 notifications back on at any time (so that you receive an email whenever somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click on the down-arrow and choose Turn on notifications:
Now you will get an email every time someone talk about the post.
How do I shut off Facebook alerts on my own post?
Of course this is somewhat different-- if you want to shut off notifications on among your very own posts, you get more options when you click that down-arrow:
How do I turn off Facebook notices in a Group?
If you belong to a Facebook Group however pick not to have it show up in your timeline (for instance, if you remain in a photo-a-day group and would wind up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a somewhat different method to turn off notifications.
In this example, a friend has actually posted about the Excellent British Bake-Off and another pal has discussed, and tagged me in their remark, that I have not seen it yet and will be enjoying it tomorrow. I don't wish to see anymore remarks in case someone lets slip who's left the competition.
Click the little down-arrow in the top right corner of the post ...
This will bring up a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you have to-- however we're going to focus on turning off the notices. You do that by clicking Switch off notifications:.
When you've done that, you'll see a message above the post telling you that you will no longer get notifications about this post. This suggests that whenever anybody discuss the post, you won't get an email informing you that this has actually taken place.
Note that you will also see a clickable link permitting you to Switch on Notices-- which is really useful if you've done this by accident. You can click Turn On Alerts to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you desire to turn notices back on for a post, go and discover the post (you have not hidden it, so it will still be in your timeline or the group it was published in). Click the down-arrow again and pick Turn on notices:.
Now you will get an email whenever someone remarks on the post.
This post has actually revealed you ways to turn off alerts in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social networks in the Resource Guide or by using the Search box in the right-hand column.
Use these guidelines if Facebook typically informs you with an email when there's a new discuss a post by somebody.
Why would I wish to turn off notices on a Facebook post?
In some cases you want to post a discuss a Facebook post but you do not want to see all of the replies and comments that come after it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
- Your buddy has had a great (or bad) event in their life and published about it, and you desire to publish a message of congratulations or assistance however you understand about a million other -people are going to post a similar comment and you don't desire great deals of e-mails flooding your mail box.
- You have actually entered a competition by talking about a company's post but you don't want to see all the other entries.
- You have actually commented on a news item someone's shared but it's rather disturbing and you do not desire to be reminded of it every time another person remarks.
These instructions work for posts in either your primary timeline or a Facebook group, but they look slightly different so I've broken it down into two areas.
So, how do I avoid Facebook from emailing me every time there's a comment, if I do not wish to alter 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 readily available in your timeline (i.e. you don't desire to hide it) however you do not want to get alerts of more discuss the post once you've commented, here is how to Stop notifications.
Initially, find and press the little down-arrow in the top right-hand corner of the post:
This will offer you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can also Hide the post or unfollow the person who published it. But we wish to click on Turn 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 notifications back on at any time (so that you receive an email whenever somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click on the down-arrow and choose Turn on notifications:
Now you will get an email every time someone talk about the post.
How do I shut off Facebook alerts on my own post?
Of course this is somewhat different-- if you want to shut off notifications on among your very own posts, you get more options when you click that down-arrow:
How do I turn off Facebook notices in a Group?
If you belong to a Facebook Group however pick not to have it show up in your timeline (for instance, if you remain in a photo-a-day group and would wind up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a somewhat different method to turn off notifications.
In this example, a friend has actually posted about the Excellent British Bake-Off and another pal has discussed, and tagged me in their remark, that I have not seen it yet and will be enjoying it tomorrow. I don't wish to see anymore remarks in case someone lets slip who's left the competition.
Click the little down-arrow in the top right corner of the post ...
This will bring up a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you have to-- however we're going to focus on turning off the notices. You do that by clicking Switch off notifications:.
When you've done that, you'll see a message above the post telling you that you will no longer get notifications about this post. This suggests that whenever anybody discuss the post, you won't get an email informing you that this has actually taken place.
Note that you will also see a clickable link permitting you to Switch on Notices-- which is really useful if you've done this by accident. You can click Turn On Alerts to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you desire to turn notices back on for a post, go and discover the post (you have not hidden it, so it will still be in your timeline or the group it was published in). Click the down-arrow again and pick Turn on notices:.
Now you will get an email whenever someone remarks on the post.
This post has actually revealed you ways to turn off alerts in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social networks in the Resource Guide or by using the Search box in the right-hand column.