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Facebook Messenger is the instant messaging part of any person's Facebook account however it's not something that everybody likes ... vice versa.

Most of us have many kinds of communication clamoring for our attention-- phone calls, SMS/texts, e-mail to numerous accounts and also immediate messaging. Checking each of these can be a discomfort in the (you know where).

Facebook Messenger is one messaging service that you can do without. WhatsApp or Signal are much much better. To make points complete stranger, WhatsApp is additionally possessed by Facebook.

Exactly how to switch off Facebook Messenger?

You can not.

Facebook's pompousness reaches making Messenger compulsory. If you have a Facebook account, you get Messenger whether you like it or not.

There isn't even an 'Out of Office' or auto-reply function that you could make use of to point individuals to your favored contact method.

It makes sense from Facebook's viewpoint. They earn money when people get on the Facebook site. An option to disable or mute Messenger would certainly suggest much less revenue for Facebook.

Your only choice is attempting to ease off the Messenger hassle so it does not intrude.

The human option

Before we take a look at the settings available, there's a simple, effective method to stop individuals contacting you on Facebook Messenger.

Ignore it.

After a short time, get in touches with will certainly get the message (no pun planned) that you do not react to Facebook Messenger and they'll try some other method to call you.

The tech alternatives

According to Facebook assistance, open up the different Messenger app as well as touch the Active button to toggle on/off.

Messenger also shows up in the Facebook applications.

Android

We have the Android app to hand so here's the actions to silence Messenger.

Faucet on the head/menu icon at leading right then the equipment symbol to expose the Facebook chat option.

Faucet on the menu to toggle Facebook conversation OFF.

Facebook after that reveals a popular punctual to turn chat back on-- ignore it.

As an added safety measure go to the applications major Setups menu, Alerts and also shut off any type of that you don't desire.

The Alerts change at leading right is not a global toggle on/off. Rather it merely offers the selection to 'mute' notifications for up to a day.

To absolutely stop alerts, deselect all the options (Wall Messages etc) and, "for the more far better guarantee" likewise turn off the Vibrate, Phone LED as well as Sounds options.

Website

On the Facebook internet site consider the bottom best edge for the chat bar and the Setups/ gear symbol.

Faucet on the gear icon then pick 'Switch off Chat' after that pick whether to transform all chats off or just some.

Maybe also 'Turn off Video/Voice Telephone Calls'.

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