Sometimes we find our feeds swamped by notices from various games our Facebook friends play, that we no longer see important information about them. For those of us who do not play those games that they play, these notices are nuisances.
So what can we do so these do not keep showing up on our news feeds? Follow these instructions:
- Hover your mouse over the type of notice that you do not want to see. On the right side of that notice, the word “Hide” will appear.
- Click that word.
- A pop-up will appear where the notice was. Click on the middle button that says “Hide [application name]”. You will no longer get notices from that application.
Eventually, if you wish to see these notices back (like when you start playing that game) you can:
- Go to the upper right hand of your screen where you will see “Account”.
- Click on the down arrow then go to “Application Settings”. A list of all applications you used will come up.
- Click on “Edit Settings” found on the same row of the application you are concerned with. A pop-up will appear.
- Click on the tab “Additional Permissions”.
- Put a check mark on “Publish recent activity (one line stories) to my wall”.
- Click “Okay”.
In contrast, some notices come up because we used the application. Although we no longer use these applications, these still post notices on our News Feeds. To totally disconnect our Facebook accounts from these applications, go back to the list of applications as instructed above:
- Instead of clicking “Edit Settings”, click on the x mark. A pop-up will appear confirming if you want to continue with the removal of the application.
- Click “Remove”.
Do not let those notices overwhelm you. You have control over what you want to see on your Facebook homepage.
