As a social networking site, Facebook has a over 400 million active users, all of which could potentially be your friend.http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics With that many users and that much activity, it is a good idea to know how to change Facebook email notifications. By default Facebook will notify you by email every time something important happens on your Facebook account. This means that may receive emails each time someone adds you as a friend, invites you to join a group, leaves a post on your wall, tags you in a photo, or any number of other actions. Being able to control what notifications you receive allows you to customize your Facebook experience and stay as up to date as you like. Maybe you want to receive notification for every little detail or maybe you only want to receive emails for the really big stuff. Either way, you can change your Facebook email notification settings in a few minutes with just a couple clicks of the mouse.
Step 1: Where to Locate Your Facebook Notification Settings
Your Facebook notification settings can be accessed through your account settings. To change these settings you first need to login to your Facebook account. Once you are logged in click on the Account button at the top right-hand corner of the Facebook page. Choose Account Settings from the pull-down menu. This takes you to the center for all of your account settings. You can choose which account settings to edit by clicking on one of the numerous tabs available on the page. To change your email notifications you will want to click on the Notifications tab. All of your current notification settings are displayed here and you can begin changing them.http://www.facebook.com
Step 2: Facebook Notification Options
There are many different actions for which you can be notified by email. You can also be notified by text message on your cell phone. All of the notification options appear on this page. Your notifications are broken up into categories. The Facebook category contains all of your options for profile specific actions, such as a new friend request, a new wall post, etc. The Photos category includes such action as being tagged in a photo, receiving a new comment on your photo, etc. The Groups category includes notifications for new group invites, new group wall posts, and more. Under the Pages category you will see notification options for page suggestions, page updates, etc. You can also be notified for actions related to events, such as new event invitations, under the Events category. Other categories include Notes, Links, Video, Gifts, Help Center, Wall Comments, Other Updates from Facebook, and Other Applications.http://www.facebook.com
Step 3: Change Your Facebook Email Notifications
To change your Facebook email notifications you will need to go through each notification option and choose whether or not you want to receive an email. If you do want to receive an email notification, click the check box next to each option. Remove the check box mark if you do not want to receive notification. If you want to stay very up to date and do not mind receiving many emails, click many of the email notification options. If you don't like receiving many emails from Facebook a day, only check the options that are important to you. If you don't want to be updated at all you can choose to receive no email notifications whatsoever and simply keep up to date on Facebook by logging in. Once you have chosen what email notifications to receive, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. Now you will begin receiving only the email notifications that you have chosen to receive.http://www.facebook.com
How to Change Facebook eMail Notifications
This video demonstrates the steps in changing the email notifications that you receive from Facebook. There are many different options for receiving email notifications and you have the power over which ones to receive. Simply choose the options that interest you in your account settings. You can also receive Facebook notifications by text message.
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- How to Customize Your Profile on Facebook
- How to Edit Your Facebook Profile
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- How to Create a Facebook Group
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- How to Tag Someone in a Picture on Facebook
- How to Update Your Facebook Status
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Fast Facts
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The more friends that you have, the more emails you will receive each day.
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You can also choose to receive your notifications by text message.
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Choose as many or as few email notifications you like. You can always change your settings again the future.
