How Do I Turn Off Notifications On Facebook
Saturday, June 30, 2018
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Today I'm going to show you ways to shut off alerts for a single Facebook post, and control what you see and when. How Do I Turn Off Notifications On Facebook
Utilize these instructions if Facebook usually notifies you with an e-mail when there's a new comment on a post by somebody.
Why would I want to turn off alerts on a Facebook post?
Sometimes you desire to publish a discuss a Facebook post but you do not want to see all of the replies and remarks that follow it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
These guidelines work for posts in either your main timeline or a Facebook group, but they look somewhat different so I have actually broken it down into 2 areas.
So, how do I prevent Facebook from emailing me whenever there's a comment, if I don't desire to change my whole Facebook alerts settings?
How do I shut off Facebook notices in a post on my timeline?
If you desire to keep a post readily available in your timeline (i.e. you don't want to hide it) but you do not want to get notices of further talk about the post as soon as you've commented, here is how to Stop notices.
Initially, find and push the little down-arrow in the leading right-hand corner of the post:
This will give you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can also Conceal the post or unfollow the person who posted it. However we want to click on Shut off notifications at the bottom of the list.
Now Facebook will confirm what you've done:
This is useful, as you can click Turn On Notifications if you did this by mistake.
If you desire to turn your alerts back on at any time (so that you get an e-mail whenever somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click the down-arrow and select Turn on notices:
Now you will receive an e-mail every time someone remarks on the post.
How do I turn off Facebook notices on my own post?
Naturally this is somewhat various-- if you want to turn off notifications on one of your own posts, you get more choices when you click that down-arrow:
How do I shut off Facebook notices in a Group?
If you are a member of a Facebook Group however choose not to have it turn up in your timeline (for instance, if you remain in a photo-a-day group and would end up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a somewhat various way to shut off notices.
In this example, a buddy has actually posted about the Terrific British Bake-Off and another buddy has actually pointed out, and tagged me in their remark, that I have not seen it yet and will be viewing it tomorrow. I do not wish to see any more comments 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 raise a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you need to-- however we're going to focus on turning off the notifications. You do that by clicking on Turn 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 means that whenever anybody talk about the post, you won't get an email telling you that this has actually taken place.
Note that you will also see a clickable link allowing you to Switch on Notices-- which is extremely beneficial if you have actually done this by mishap. You can click Turn On Notices to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you desire to turn notices back on for a post, go and find the post (you have not concealed it, so it will still be in your timeline or the group it was posted in). Click the down-arrow once again and pick Switch on notices:.
Now you will get an email every time somebody remarks on the post.
This post has shown you how to shut off notifications in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social networks in the Resource Guide or using the Search box in the right-hand column.
Utilize these instructions if Facebook usually notifies you with an e-mail when there's a new comment on a post by somebody.
Why would I want to turn off alerts on a Facebook post?
Sometimes you desire to publish a discuss a Facebook post but you do not want to see all of the replies and remarks that follow it. Why might this be? Here are some examples ...
- Your friend has actually had a great (or bad) occasion in their life and posted about it, and you wish to post a message of congratulations or support however you understand about a million other -individuals are going to publish a comparable remark and you don't want great deals of emails flooding your mailbox.
- You've entered a competition by discussing a service's post but you do not wish to see all the other entries.
- You have actually commented on a news item somebody's shared however it's rather upsetting and you don't wish to be advised of it whenever somebody else comments.
These guidelines work for posts in either your main timeline or a Facebook group, but they look somewhat different so I have actually broken it down into 2 areas.
So, how do I prevent Facebook from emailing me whenever there's a comment, if I don't desire to change my whole Facebook alerts settings?
How do I shut off Facebook notices in a post on my timeline?
If you desire to keep a post readily available in your timeline (i.e. you don't want to hide it) but you do not want to get notices of further talk about the post as soon as you've commented, here is how to Stop notices.
Initially, find and push the little down-arrow in the leading right-hand corner of the post:
This will give you a menu of things you can do:
You can see here that you can also Conceal the post or unfollow the person who posted it. However we want to click on Shut off notifications at the bottom of the list.
Now Facebook will confirm what you've done:
This is useful, as you can click Turn On Notifications if you did this by mistake.
If you desire to turn your alerts back on at any time (so that you get an e-mail whenever somebody else comments), go and discover the post, click the down-arrow and select Turn on notices:
Now you will receive an e-mail every time someone remarks on the post.
How do I turn off Facebook notices on my own post?
Naturally this is somewhat various-- if you want to turn off notifications on one of your own posts, you get more choices when you click that down-arrow:
How do I shut off Facebook notices in a Group?
If you are a member of a Facebook Group however choose not to have it turn up in your timeline (for instance, if you remain in a photo-a-day group and would end up with 80 posts a day in your Facebook timeline), there's a somewhat various way to shut off notices.
In this example, a buddy has actually posted about the Terrific British Bake-Off and another buddy has actually pointed out, and tagged me in their remark, that I have not seen it yet and will be viewing it tomorrow. I do not wish to see any more comments 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 raise a menu. Here you can likewise report a post as spam if you need to-- however we're going to focus on turning off the notifications. You do that by clicking on Turn 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 means that whenever anybody talk about the post, you won't get an email telling you that this has actually taken place.
Note that you will also see a clickable link allowing you to Switch on Notices-- which is extremely beneficial if you have actually done this by mishap. You can click Turn On Notices to make sure you still get remarks emailed to you:.
If you desire to turn notices back on for a post, go and find the post (you have not concealed it, so it will still be in your timeline or the group it was posted in). Click the down-arrow once again and pick Switch on notices:.
Now you will get an email every time somebody remarks on the post.
This post has shown you how to shut off notifications in your Facebook timeline, on your own posts and in Groups. You can find more on social networks in the Resource Guide or using the Search box in the right-hand column.