How to Disable Facebook Messenger
All of us have many types of interaction clamoring for our attention-- call, SMS/texts, email to various accounts and also instant messaging. Examining each of these can be a pain in the (you understand where).
Facebook Messenger is one messaging service that you can do without. WhatsApp or Signal are much better. To make things complete stranger, WhatsApp is additionally possessed by Facebook.
How To Disable Facebook Messenger
Ways to shut off Facebook Messenger?
You can't.
Facebook's pompousness extends to making Messenger compulsory. If you have a Facebook account, you get Messenger whether you like it or otherwise.
There isn't even an 'From Office' or auto-reply attribute that you can make use of to point people to your favored contact approach.
It makes sense from Facebook's viewpoint. They make money when people are on the Facebook website. An option to disable or silence Messenger would certainly imply much less revenue for Facebook.
Your only option is trying to abate the Messenger hassle so it does not intrude.
The human option
Before we consider the setups available, there's a simple, reliable means to stop individuals calling you on Facebook Messenger.
Ignore it.
After a short time, contacts will get the message (no word play here intended) that you don't respond to Facebook Messenger and they'll attempt other way to call you.
The tech options
According to Facebook help, open the separate Messenger application and also tap the Active switch to toggle on/off.
Messenger also appears in the Facebook applications.
Android
We have the Android application to hand so right here's the steps to silence Messenger.
Faucet on the head/menu symbol at top right after that the gear icon to expose the Facebook chat option.
Faucet on the menu to toggle Facebook chat OFF.
Facebook then reveals a famous punctual to transform chat back on-- ignore it.
As an additional preventative measure go to the applications primary Settings menu, Notifications as well as turn off any type of that you don't desire.
The Alerts switch at top right is not an international toggle on/off. Instead it merely offers the option to 'mute' notifications for up to a day.
To totally stop alerts, deselect all the options (Wall surface Posts etc) and, "for the more better assurance" additionally turn off the Vibrate, Phone LED and also Appears alternatives.
Internet site
On the Facebook website check out the bottom appropriate edge for the conversation bar as well as the Settings/ gear symbol.
Tap on the equipment symbol then select 'Turn Off Chat' then pick whether to turn all chats off or just some.
Maybe likewise 'Turn off Video/Voice Calls'.