how to Clear all Notifications on Facebook

• Facebook.com: Select the bell. Hover over a notification, select the three-dot icon, and choose Remove this notification.
• Facebook mobile app: Select the bell icon. Tap the three-dot icon and then tap Remove this notification.
• Stop Messenger notifications: Click Messenger icon > See All in Messenger > select friend > Privacy & Support > Mute Conversation.

This article discusses how to remove Facebook notifications from a desktop browser or a mobile Facebook application. It contains details about generally limiting notifications. Information on disabling notifications from particular users when using the Messenger app is also provided.

Delete Facebook Notifications in a Browser

The amount of notifications you receive depends on how many Facebook friends you have and how many Facebook Pages you follow. Both the mobile app and the online browser have a delete button for Facebook alerts.

In a web browser, erase Facebook notifications as follows:

1. Sign in to Facebook.com in a web browser.

2. Select Notifications (bell icon) in the upper-right corner on Facebook.com.

3. Hover the cursor over the notification you want to delete and select More (three dots).

4. In the menu that appears, select Remove this notification to clear it from your notifications. You have a few seconds to select Undo if you change your mind.

Select Mark as Read if you’d prefer to preserve the notification but label it to keep it apart from your most recent ones. This causes the notification’s backdrop to change to white. You cannot accomplish this on the Facebook app; you must use Facebook.com.

1. Depending on the type of notification, you have additional menu options that reduce unnecessary notifications. These include:

• Get fewer notifications like this: These notifications won’t stop completely, but you won’t see as many of them.
• Turn off notifications about [name’s] updates: Reduces the number of alerts you receive from a specific person’s updates to a post.
• Turn off these notifications: You’ll no longer see a particular kind of notification, such as less important ones from Pages rather than direct interactions from friends.
• Turn off all notifications from this Page: You’ll no longer receive any alerts from this specific Page, whether it’s a Page you’ve liked or it’s a Page you manage from your account.

1. If you selected any of the options listed in the previous step, you can still select Remove this notification afterward to clear it from your alerts.

Delete Facebook Notifications in the App

You can also delete Facebook notifications in the mobile Facebook app.

1. Select Notifications (bell icon) in the bottom menu to display your notifications.

2. Tap More (three dots) next to a notification you want to delete.

3. In the menu that appears, select Remove this notification to clear it from your notifications.

4. Select from any of the additional options to limit your notifications.

There isn’t a function on Facebook that lets you erase all of your account alerts at once. To delete it, follow the directions above for each one. Facebook only keeps a select number of your most recent alerts and deletes the older ones on its own.

Stop Unnecessary Notifications in a Browser

By disabling or limiting some notifications that you know you’ll eventually delete, you can make things easy on yourself. You can reduce them even though you can’t completely turn them off.

Here’s how to decrease Facebook.com browser notifications.

1. On Facebook.com, select Account (down arrow) in the upper-right corner.

2. Select Settings & Privacy.

3. Select Settings.

4. Select Notifications from the menu on the left to open the Notifications Settings screen.

5. Select the arrow beside any of the notification types to display the options.

6. Next to Allow Notifications on Facebook in any notification category, toggle off the switch to stop receiving these notifications.

Stop Unnecessary Notifications in the App

To cut back on notifications in the mobile app:

1. On the Facebook app, tap Menu (three lines) from the bottom menu.

2. Scroll down and select Settings & Privacy.

3. Tap Settings.

4. Under Preferences, tap Notifications.

5. Under What Notifications You Receive, tap any category to change your preferences. Or, toggle on Mute Push Notifications to stop receiving many notifications.

6. To stop receiving notifications under that heading, turn the toggle next to Allow Notifications on Facebook off. Change your notification preferences, if desired, to receive notifications through Push, email, or SMS.