![]() Constant red notification counts on the homescreen are an insidious growth hack, trying to pull in people’s attention to random Group feeds, Event wall posts and Marketplace. Users already get important alerts that they could actually control via their Notifications tab. The move could save the sanity and improve the well-being of people who don’t want their Facebook cluttered with distractions. In response to our inquiry, Facebook confirms that Shortcut Bar Settings is now rolling out to everyone, with most iOS users already equipped and the rest of Android owners getting it in the next few weeks. Over the weekend TechCrunch spotted the option to remove certain tabs like Marketplace, Watch, Groups, Events, Profile, Friend Requests, News, Today In, Gaming and Dating or just silence their notification dots. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and tap the “Shortcut Bar” option.Are those red notification dots on your Facebook home screen driving you crazy? Sick of Facebook Marketplace wasting your screen space? Now you can control what appears in the Facebook app’s navigation bar thanks to a new option called Shortcut Bar Settings. To change shortcut bar settings, go to the Menu tab > Settings & Privacy > Settings. Thankfully, Facebook lets you personalise the tabs that you want to display in the shortcuts bar. How do I get a Facebook shortcut bar at the top? It’s the digital equivalent of pinning a list of your most called phone numbers to a bulletin board. When you pin a shortcut, it stays visible in your side menu. When you hide a shortcut, you no longer see it at all in the Shortcuts section. ![]() What is Facebook your shortcuts?įacebook also gives you the ability to both hide and unpin shortcuts. And you don’t have to add them back when you reinstall the app. All your friends will continue being your friends on Facebook. Your friends list isn’t going anywhere by uninstalling the Facebook app. What happens if I delete and reinstall Facebook app? Uninstall your Facebook app, restart your phone and then re-install the Facebook app from the Google Play Store. Review Google’s tips for troubleshooting download issues. Log out of Facebook, then retry the download. If your System Preferences doesn’t include Software Update, use the App Store to get updates instead.Ĭancel and restart the download.
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