Deactivate Facebook Messenger | New 2019

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

We all have several forms of interaction clamoring for our interest-- call, SMS/texts, email to numerous accounts and also instantaneous messaging. Inspecting each of these can be a discomfort in the (you recognize 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 owned by Facebook.

Exactly how to shut off Facebook Messenger?

You can not.

Facebook's conceit encompasses 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 feature that you can utilize to point people to your preferred contact technique.

It makes good sense from Facebook's viewpoint. They make money when people are on the Facebook website. A choice to disable or silence Messenger would suggest much less earnings for Facebook.

Your only choice is attempting to ease off the Messenger hassle so it doesn't intrude.

The human alternative

Before we look at the settings available, there's a basic, reliable method to quit people contacting you on Facebook Messenger.

Ignore it.

After a short time, calls will get the message (no word play here planned) that you don't respond to Facebook Messenger and they'll attempt some other method to call you.

The technology options

According to Facebook help, open the separate Messenger app as well as tap the Energetic switch to toggle on/off.

Messenger likewise shows up 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 icon at leading right then the equipment symbol to disclose the Facebook chat choice.

Tap on the food selection to toggle Facebook chat OFF.

Facebook after that reveals a noticeable timely to turn conversation back on-- ignore it.

As an added safety measure most likely to the apps main Setups food selection, Notifications and shut off any that you do not want.

The Notifications change at top right is not an international toggle on/off. Rather it merely gives the option to 'mute' notices for up to a day.

To entirely quit alerts, deselect all the choices (Wall surface Articles etc) and, "for the more far better guarantee" likewise shut off the Vibrate, Phone LED and also Sounds alternatives.

Website

On the Facebook internet site take a look at the bottom best corner for the conversation bar and also the Setups/ gear icon.

Faucet on the equipment icon after that select 'Turn Off Chat' then pick whether to turn all chats off or just some.

Maybe also 'Switch off Video/Voice Calls'.

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