Turn Messenger notifications on or off
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You can turn notification alerts off for all conversations or for just a single conversation. You can also turn off the ability to preview messages in your notifications.
You can also learn how to temporarily mute a group chat. If you turn off notifications in a group chat, you will no longer receive notifications for messages, message reactions and mentions in that group chat.
Turn off Messenger notifications for all conversations
Desktop app
- Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Preferences.
- Click Notifications.
- Click the toggle below Do not disturb to turn notifications off.
Desktop web (messenger.com)
- Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Preferences.
- Under Notifications sounds, click the toggle next to Do not disturb.
- Choose how long you want to mute notifications for, then click Next.
Turn off notifications for a single conversation
Desktop app
- Open the conversation.
- Click
in the top right.
- Click Mute.
- Choose how long you want to mute notifications for, then click Confirm.
Desktop web (messenger.com)
- Below Chats, hover over the conversation.
- Click
then click Mute notifications.
- Choose how long you want to mute notifications for, then click Mute.
Turn off message previews in notifications
Desktop app
- Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Preferences.
- Click Notifications.
- Click the toggle below Show previews to turn previews on and off.