Turn Off Facebook Messenger | New 2019

Facebook Messenger is the immediate messaging part of anyone's Facebook account yet it's not something that everybody likes ... vice versa.

All of us have lots of forms of interaction clamoring for our focus-- phone calls, SMS/texts, e-mail to various accounts as well as instant 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 far better. To make things stranger, WhatsApp is additionally possessed by Facebook.

How to switch off Facebook Messenger?

You can not.

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

There isn't also an 'Out of Office' or auto-reply attribute that you might utilize to point people to your preferred call technique.

It makes sense from Facebook's perspective. They generate income when individuals get on the Facebook site. A choice to disable or mute Messenger would mean less income for Facebook.

Your only alternative is attempting to mellow out the Messenger nuisance so it does not intrude.

The human alternative

Before we check out the setups available, there's an easy, reliable means to quit people contacting you on Facebook Messenger.

Ignore it.

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

The tech alternatives

According to Facebook aid, open the separate Messenger app and also touch the Active switch to toggle on/off.

Messenger likewise appears in the Facebook apps.

Android

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

Faucet on the head/menu icon at top right after that the gear icon to reveal the Facebook conversation option.

Tap on the food selection to toggle Facebook chat OFF.

Facebook then reveals a famous timely to turn conversation back on-- ignore it.

As an extra preventative measure go to the apps primary Setups menu, Notifications and also shut off any type of that you do not desire.

The Notices switch at top right is not a worldwide toggle on/off. Rather it simply offers the selection to 'silence' notices for up to a day.

To entirely quit notices, deselect all the choices (Wall surface Articles etc) as well as, "for the more much better guarantee" likewise turn off the Vibrate, Phone LED and Appears options.

Web Site

On the Facebook internet site consider the bottom ideal corner for the conversation bar and also the Settings/ gear icon.

Faucet on the equipment icon then pick 'Switch off Conversation' then select whether to turn all talks off or simply some.

Perhaps additionally 'Shut off Video/Voice Calls'.

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