Facebook is great for connecting with friends and family. Besides, Facebook revamps your connections by suggesting people you may know to add them as your friends.
The problem comes in when the people suggested are people you don’t know, and these notifications may start to annoy you.
Luckily, there is a way to hide the “People You May Know” on Facebook, and this guide covers everything.
This guide discusses how you can hide the people you may know on Facebook. We will see the steps for disabling the notifications and how to hide the suggestions from your News Feed. Stick around, and let’s check it out!
How To Hide “People You May Know” on Facebook
On your Facebook account, you will see the “people you may know” on your News Feed.
- How To Hide “People You May Know” on FacebookMethod #1: Temporarily Hiding the “People You May Know”Method #2: Hiding Notifications for “People You May Know”For iOS and AndroidFor DesktopConclusionFrequently Asked Questions
The sad news is that you have no permanent way of disabling this feature. However, you can temporarily hide these suggestions and turn off the notifications for the same, ensuring you don’t get emails or push notifications about people you don’t know.
Let’s see the methods of achieving this.
Method #1: Temporarily Hiding the “People You May Know”
Even after temporarily hiding the “people you may know,” you can still see the suggestions appearing in other sections of your Facebook account.
Nonetheless, follow the steps below on your Facebook app and browser:
- Open Facebook and log in to your account.Locate the “People you may know “section.Click on the three dots on its right.In the menu that appears, click the “Hide people you may know” option.
Facebook will minimize giving suggestions of the people you should add as friends.
Method #2: Hiding Notifications for “People You May Know”
Seeing the suggestions of the people that Facebook thinks you know on your News Feed is less annoying than getting random notifications about them.
You can get rid of these notifications using your Facebook mobile app or accessing your Facebook account via the browser.
For iOS and Android
- Open your Facebook app.Open the menu by tapping the three lines.Click on “Settings & Privacy”, then tap on “Settings”.Under the “Preferences” section, click on the “Notifications” option.Tap on the “People you may know”.Toggle off all the options, including Push, Email, SMS, and Facebook notifications.
Facebook will no longer display notifications for suggestions of the people it presumes you may know. However, you will still see the section of the people you may know on your News Feed.
For Desktop
If accessing your Facebook account using a Mac or Windows, via a browser or the Facebook desktop app, use the below steps.
- On your Facebook account, tap on your profile icon at the top.Click the “Settings & privacy” option.Tap on “Settings”.Under the settings, click on “Notifications”.Click on the “People you may know”.Disable all the available options.
Facebook won’t show any notifications about the “People you may know”. If you change your mind later, use the same steps and enable the notification options.
Conclusion
If not controlled, Facebook notifications about friend suggestions can easily annoy you.
Furthermore, you have no permanent way of hiding these suggestions from your News feed.
Using the steps in this article, you can disable getting notifications.
