How To Turn Off Facebook Messenger Notifications

How To Turn Off Facebook Messenger Notifications: Facebook is a fun place to be, catch up with old friends, family members as well make new friends, and thanks to our esteemed Facebook team, we can keep in touch not just by being friends but also sending messages as well.

But sometimes, the message pop-up sounds get annoying after a while, especially if you are trying to give your sole concentration to something or someone. Putting your phone on silent may be a good option but what if you are expecting an important call?

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Does it mean that you are going to miss or forfeit taking that very important call simply because you don't want to be disturbed by all those pop-ups indicating that you have a message from a Facebook friend? NO! Instead of putting your phone on silent, why not simply turn off the Facebook messenger notifications?

Here's how to do it.

FOR ALL CONVERSATIONS

To turn off notifications for all your conversations:

1. Open your Facebook messenger application

2. Tap on this button at the top right hand of the page

3. On the screen that pops up, scroll down to Notifications & Sounds and tap on it.

4. On the screen that pops up, tap on Notification previews

5. Tap on it to turn off all Facebook messenger notifications and conversations

  

FOR A SINGLE CONVERSATION

To turn off notifications for a single conversation:

1. Open your Facebook messenger application

2. Scroll down to the particular message you want to turn off notifications for

3. Tap and hold the conversation

4. On the pop-up screen, tap on mute notifications

5. On the pop-up screen, tap on the length of time you want the notifications of the conversation to stay on mute

6. Tap on Ok

Go ahead, give your full and undivided attention to whoever you want to give it to or anything you are doing at the moment without any interruptions or diversions from messages from your Facebook friends.