You’ll also see how to clear Facebook notifications using your personal computer and Android devices.
We’ve also included in the later part of this post how you can manage your Facebook notifications settings.
Interestingly, Facebook notifications can alert you if you’ve received a new message, were mentioned in a post, tagged in a photo or comments on your wall and so on.
You’ll also see these interactions when you log in to Facebook.
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If you wish to remove certain notifications, you can opt out by editing your notification settings. Pop-up notifications that appear while you’re logged in can be deleted immediately.
Note that there is no way to delete notification messages you have already viewed. Facebook saves all of your notification messages but lists the most recent messages at the top of the list.
How to Delete Notifications on Facebook on iPad
To delete notifications on Facebook using iPad app, do this;
1. First, open your Facebook account. To do that, you’ll need to tap the Facebook app icon, which resembles a white “f” on a blue background.
If you’re logged in, doing so will open your News Feed.
Bear in mind that if you aren’t already logged into Facebook, you’ll need to type in your email address (or phone number) and password and then tap Login. You can skip this step if you’re already logged in to your account.
2. Next, tap the “Notifications” icon at the bottom of the screen. The Facebook Notifications icon is the globe-shaped icon. Doing that will open a list of your notification history.
3. Now, you will need to swipe from right to left over a notification. Doing that will pop up a red Hide option in the right of the notification.
4. Finally, tap on the Hide button.
Repeat the same step with the rest of the Facebook notifications you want to delete.
Don’t see how to delete or clear notifications on Facebook using iPad?
You can also do that using your personal computer and Android devices.
How To Clear Notifications Using Desktop
To clear or remove Facebook notifications on Facebook using your personal computer, do the following;
1. Type https://www.facebook.com in your browser and click on the enter button to proceed to the Facebook homepage. This will open your Facebook news feed if you’ve already logged in. If you’re yet to log in, you’ll be required to enter your login details at the login section of the Facebook login page.
Now, type in your phone number or email and password in the spaces provided and then click on the login button to proceed to your Facebook news feed.
2. Next, click on the notifications icon at the top right corner of any Facebook page. This is the globe icon next to the question mark icon. Doing that will display the list of all the notifications you have received.
3. Now, hover your mouse cursor on the entry for notification you want to delete and you should see “…” icon at the far right of the message. Click it and a small drop-down menu should display.
4. Finally, click hide this notification.
Once you do that, you’ll not see the entry again whenever you check your notification.
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Clear Facebook Notifications via Android
To clear Facebook notifications using the Android app, do the following;
1. Open Facebook app icon to proceed to your news feed.
Bear in mind that you’ll need to type in your email address (or phone number) and password, then tap Log In if you aren’t already logged into Facebook.
2. Next, tap the “Notifications” icon at the bottom of the screen. The Facebook Notifications icon is the globe-shaped icon. Doing that will open a list of your notification history.
4. Finally, tap Hide this notification from the pop-up menu. Doing so will delete the notification from the “Notifications” menu and the activity log. Make sure you repeat this process for each notification you wish to clear.
How To Manage Notification Settings on Facebook
You can customize Facebook to send you notifications for virtually every interaction you have on the site, however, if you have enabled several notifications, you can quickly become overwhelmed with messages from the platform.
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But, you can manage your Notifications list from your main profile page. To remove a notification from your Notifications list, you must “unfollow” the notification. When you unfollow a particular notification, you no longer receive messages when the notification’s criteria are met.
To manage Facebook notifications, do this;
1. Log in to your Facebook account
2. Click 🔻 at the top right of any Facebook account
3. Click Settings from the drop-down menu
4. Click Notifications in the left column of the page that appears. This will open up notification settings.
5. Click Edit at the far right of the option you want to edit.
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That is how to Delete Notifications on Facebook on iPad.