Turn off short messages on Facebook

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The Facebook internet platform is constantly being improved and enriched with new functions. The short messages are current messages from friends and acquaintances and are displayed in your own Facebook profile directly above the chat. So you are always up to date and know exactly what your friends are doing. If you disturb these short messages, you can switch them off completely.

Too many short messages are annoying
Too many short messages are annoying © Thorben Wengert / Pixelio

The short messages from Facebook can also be annoying

  • Not all of Facebook's new features are solely beneficial. Some functions are even perceived as annoying or unnecessary by many members of the Internet platform. Opinions differ greatly when it comes to the new short messages.
  • The short messages are a kind of live ticker, this is located above the chat on your own profile page. Every time a friend shares something new, you will receive a message about it directly in your profile. The messages are relatively simple, but can be very numerous. In the worst case, you will even receive such messages all the time.
  • Many Facebook members appreciate it when you keep them up to date with your news friends be notified immediately, other members can use the normal pinboard function for this purpose. If you feel annoyed by the short messages, you unfortunately cannot switch this function off directly in Facebook. But there is a free extension that allows you to do this.

With FB Purity you can switch off the short messages

FB Purity is a free extension for Facebookwhich offers you numerous new setting options. You can also completely switch off or significantly restrict the short messages with this useful tool.

  1. Install yourself first FB Purity, the extension runs as an add-on in all common Internet browsers. After you've downloaded and installed the tool, you'll need to restart your browser.
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  2. Sign in to your Facebook profile. The settings bar of FB Purity is now automatically under "What are you doing". Click on the extension and a large settings menu will appear on your screen.
  3. If you would like to completely switch off the short messages from Facebook, you only have to remove the tick from the "Ticker Bar" and press the "Save and Close" button.

In addition to reliably deactivating all short messages on Facebook, you can use the extension to make further changes to your profile make. Even if the options are in English, you shouldn't have much trouble with their meaning.

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