Getting too many Facebook notifications on your Samsung smartwatch? Here are some simple steps to help you turn off Facebook notifications on your Samsung Galaxy Watch.
Why Turn Off Facebook Notifications on Your Samsung Watch?
There are a few good reasons you may want to turn off Facebook notifications on your Samsung Galaxy Watch:
- The constant dings and vibrations from Facebook notifications can be distracting and annoying.
- Seeing too many notifications on your watch may make you too tempted to check your phone when you should be focusing on other tasks.
- Facebook notifications are often not that important or timely. Missing them for a while on your watch is no big deal.
- Having fewer notifications makes it easier to see at a glance any notifications that are more important.
Overall, cutting down on Facebook notifications helps you avoid distractions, focus better, and only see the most relevant alerts on your Samsung Galaxy Watch.
How to Turn Off All Facebook Notifications
The easiest way to turn off Facebook notifications on your Samsung watch is to turn them off at the source – the Facebook app on your paired Samsung smartphone:
- Open the Facebook app on your phone.
- Tap the three horizontal lines menu icon in the top right.
- Go to Settings & Privacy > Settings.
- Tap Notifications.
- Turn off all the notification toggles for things you don’t want to be notified about on your watch.
This will stop those Facebook notification types from going to your Samsung Galaxy Watch. You can toggle off pretty much everything here, or just pick certain notification types you don’t need on your watch, like normal posts from groups or friends.
Customize Facebook Notification Settings
For more selective control, you can customize which specific Facebook notifications come through to your Samsung watch:
- On your phone’s Facebook app, go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Notifications.
- Tap a notification type, like Posts, Comments, or Live Videos.
- Toggle off Samsung Galaxy Watch to stop that notification type going to your watch.
- Repeat for each notification type you want to turn off.
Doing this for individual notification types allows you to really fine tune which Facebook alerts you do or don’t need on your Samsung Galaxy Watch.
Use Do Not Disturb on the Samsung Galaxy Watch
Another way is to use Do Not Disturb mode on your Samsung Galaxy Watch itself to block Facebook notifications:
- On your watch, swipe down from the top to access Quick Settings.
- Tap the Do Not Disturb icon to enable it. This is the icon with a moon inside a circle.
- In the next screen, toggle on “Turn on now” and select how long you want Do Not Disturb enabled for. You can choose up to 12 hours.
- In Advanced Settings, you can add exceptions for Allow Calls, Allow Messages and Allow Alarms so that only Facebook notifications are blocked.
This puts your Samsung Galaxy Watch in a Do Not Disturb mode for a set period where you won’t get any Facebook notifications coming through.
Block App Notifications on the Samsung Galaxy Watch
You can also totally block Facebook app notifications on your Samsung watch:
- On your watch, open the Settings app.
- Go to Apps.
- Tap Facebook.
- Toggle off Notifications to completely block them.
This stops all Facebook notifications from coming to your Galaxy Watch until you toggle them back on.
Turn Off Facebook Notifications in Galaxy Wearable App
The Galaxy Wearable app on your Samsung phone lets you control your watch’s connected features. You can use it to turn off Facebook notifications as well:
- Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone.
- Go to Watch settings.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap the App notifications toggle to switch it off. This disables notifications for all apps.
- To selectively disable Facebook notifications, tap App notifications, choose Facebook, and toggle off Show notifications.
This method lets you turn off all app notifications from your watch or specifically just Facebook ones.
Uninstall Facebook App from Samsung Galaxy Watch
The most nuclear option is to uninstall the Facebook app from your Samsung Galaxy Watch entirely:
- On your watch, open the Settings app.
- Go to Apps.
- Tap Facebook.
- Tap Uninstall and confirm to remove the Facebook app and all its notifications.
This removes the ability for Facebook to send any notifications to your watch. Reinstall the app from the Play Store to regain Facebook functionality.
Troubleshoot Facebook Notifications on Samsung Galaxy Watch
If you’re still getting Facebook notifications after trying to disable them, here are some troubleshooting tips:
- Check that your watch is running the latest software update – notifications issues are sometimes fixed in updates.
- Ensure your watch and phone are within Bluetooth range of each other.
- On your phone, check that notifications are enabled for the Facebook app in the system Settings app.
- Force close and restart both the Facebook and Galaxy Wearable apps on your phone.
- If issues persist, try resetting your watch to factory settings, then set up Facebook notifications again from scratch.
Conclusion
It’s easy to eliminate distracting Facebook notifications from your Samsung Galaxy Watch using one of these methods. Just remember you need to action changes from your phone’s Facebook or Galaxy Wearable apps for them to sync across to your watch. With Facebook notifications out of the way, you can better focus on daily tasks without the constant ping of your watch alerting you to the latest Facebook activity.