However, Facebook has a feature called mute conversations that allows you to put a stop to the flood of notifications on Facebook.
With the mute feature, you can determine or control the types of notifications you get from Facebook. You can mute a notification:
– For 30 minutes
– For 1 Hour
– For 8 Hours
– For 24 Hours or
– Until you turn it back on.
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In this post, you’ll see how to mute conversation on Facebook and on Messenger for as long as you wish.
How to Mute Conversation Notification on Facebook
To mute conversation on Facebook, do the following;
1. Open your Facebook account
2. Click on the messages icon at the top right corner of any Facebook page
3. Click to open a conversation with the person you wish to mute conversation notifications
4. Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of the Facebook chat box that appears
5. Next, you’ll need to select Mute Conversation
6. Choose the period you want to mute the conversation notification
7. Finally, click Mute at the bottom right of the dialog box that appears
How to Mute Conversation Notification on Facebook Messenger
To mute conversation notification on Messenger, do the following;
1. Type https://www.messenger.com in your browser and click enter
2. Click continue as your name on the next page that displays
3. Next, select the person you wish to mute conversation notification
4. Click Notifications at the right side of the chat interface
5. From the pop-up, uncheck the following;
– receive notification for new messages
– receive notification for reactions
6. Finally, click done at the top right corner of the pop-up box
How To Mute a Group Chat in Messenger
To mute a conversation notification of a group chat in Messenger, do this;
1. Navigate to the Group tab, and tap the More menu (3 vertical dots) displayed at the top-right corner of the desired group.
2. Next, choose “Mute Notifications“
3. Note that you can choose to mute notifications for the selected conversation or group for a specific time period (15 minutes, 1 hour, 8 hours, etc.) or until you manually unmute it.
Also, if you have an alarm configured on your smartphone, you can choose to mute notifications until the alarm goes off.