How to Turn Off Notifications for Likes & Reactions on Facebook

Facebook sends you notifications for just about anything you can think of. Whether someone posts to your timeline, likes or reacts to your post, or sends you a message, Facebook will make sure that you’re aware of it.

While some people may not mind receiving notifications for every little thing that happens on Facebook, others might find some types of notifications more annoying than helpful.

Thankfully, Facebook allows you to customize which types of notifications you receive. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn off notifications for likes and reactions to your Facebook posts on your Android, iPhone, or PC.

How to Turn Off Notifications for Likes & Reactions in the Facebook Mobile App

You can turn off notifications for likes in the Facebook mobile app by toggling off Allow Notifications on Facebook in the More Activity About You category in Notification settings. Here’s how, step-by-step:

1. Open the Facebook mobile app and sign into your account.
2. Tap your Profile picture/3 bars in the upper right corner, scroll to the bottom, and tap Settings & Privacy > Settings.
   
3. On the following screen, tap Profile Settings and then Notification settings.
   
4. In Notification Settings, tap More Activity About You. This category controls whether you receive notifications when someone posts to your timeline and likes or reacts to your posts.
   
5. Finally, tap the Toggle icon to the right of Allow notifications on Facebook to toggle off these notifications.
   

Turning off Facebook Notifications for Likes & Reactions on PC

You can turn off Facebook notifications for likes on PC by toggling off Allow Notifications on Facebook under the More Activity About You category in Notifications Settings. Here’s how, step-by-step:

1. Open Facebook.com in your web browser and sign into your account.
2. Click your Profile picture in the upper right corner of Facebook and select Settings & Privacy > Settings.
   
3. In the leftmost menu of the following screen, click Notifications under your name.
   
4. In the right panel, under Notifications Settings click More Activity About You. This category controls whether you receive notifications when someone posts to your timeline and likes or reacts to your posts.
   
5. Finally, click the Toggle icon to the right of Allow Notifications on Facebook to toggle off these notifications.
   

Final Thoughts

It’s nice to see notifications for some things on Facebook, but you may not want to be notified about every little thing. Thankfully, Facebook allows you to customize which notifications you want to receive.

Another type of notification you might want to turn off is Facebook Marketplace notifications.