How to Stop Receiving Notifications from Random Friends on Facebook

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: June 1, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent Facebook from notifying you about your friends’ new posts and notifications.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Stopping Notifications for a Specific Person

1
Open Facebook on your mobile phone or tablet. It’s the blue icon with a white ″f″ inside. You’ll usually find it on your home screen.
2
Go to the profile of the person you want to stop seeing notifications from. You can find the profile by searching for their name in the search bar.

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3
Tap Friends. It’s near the bottom-left corner of your friend’s profile photo.
4
Tap Edit Friend Lists. A list of your friend lists will appear.
5
Tap Acquaintances. Now that your friend is added to this list, you will no longer receive notifications of their posts and actions on Facebook.
6
Tap Done. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. Your changes are now saved.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Stopping All Notifications from Friends

1
Open Facebook on your mobile phone or tablet. It’s the blue icon with a white ″f″ inside. You’ll usually find it on your home screen.
2
Tap the ≡ menu. It’s at the top of the screen in iOS, and at the bottom on an Android.
3
Scroll down and tap Settings (iPhone and iPad only). If you’re using an Android, skip to the next step.
4
Tap Account Settings. If you’re using an Android, you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom of the menu to find it.
5
Tap Notifications.
6
Tap Close Friends activity.
7
Remove the check mark from ″Get notifications." You will no longer be notified of your friends’ new posts and interactions on Facebook.

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About This Article

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Nicole Levine, MFA

Tech Specialist

This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 4,424 times.

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Updated: June 1, 2018

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Categories: Facebook

Article SummaryX

1. Go to the person's profile.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Tap Edit Friend Lists.
4. Tap Acquaintances.
5. Tap Done.

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