How to Disable Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger is the immediate messaging part of anyone's Facebook account yet it's not something that every person suches as ... far from it.
Most of us have several kinds of communication clamoring for our attention-- call, SMS/texts, email to different accounts as well as immediate messaging. Examining 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 things stranger, WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook.
How to shut 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 otherwise.
There isn't even an 'Out of Workplace' or auto-reply feature that you can utilize to direct people to your preferred get in touch with method.
It makes sense from Facebook's point of view. They earn money when people are on the Facebook site. An option to disable or mute Messenger would certainly indicate less revenue for Facebook.
Your only option is attempting to moderate the Messenger hassle so it doesn't intrude.
The human option
Prior to we check out the setups available, there's a basic, effective method to stop people calling you on Facebook Messenger.
Ignore it.
After a short time, calls will certainly get the message (no pun planned) that you don't respond to Facebook Messenger as well as they'll attempt some other means to call you.
The tech alternatives
According to Facebook assistance, open up the separate Messenger application as well as touch the Energetic switch to toggle on/off.
Messenger additionally appears in the Facebook applications.
Android
We have the Android app to hand so right here's the actions to silence Messenger.
Faucet on the head/menu icon at leading right then the gear icon to reveal the Facebook conversation alternative.
Faucet on the food selection to toggle Facebook chat OFF.
Facebook after that reveals a prominent timely to turn conversation back on-- ignore it.
As an extra precaution most likely to the applications main Setups food selection, Notifications and also switch off any kind of that you do not want.
The Notices change at top right is not a worldwide toggle on/off. Rather it merely provides the selection to 'silence' alerts for as much as a day.
To completely stop alerts, deselect all the options (Wall Posts etc) and, "for the even more better assurance" additionally shut off the Vibrate, Phone LED as well as Appears options.
Web Site
On the Facebook web site consider the bottom appropriate edge for the chat bar and also the Setups/ gear icon.
Tap on the gear icon then choose 'Switch off Chat' then pick whether to transform all talks off or simply some.
Perhaps also 'Switch off Video/Voice Calls'.