February 7, 2013

How to turn off the annoying Facebook notification beep

Here's how to turn off the annoying beep that Facebook recently starting making when you get a new notification:

1. Click on the gear in the upper right corner
2. Choose Account Settings
3. On the left side of the screen, click on Notifications
4. In How You Get Notifications/On Facebook, click View on the right
5. Click to remove the check mark in "Play a sound when each new notification is received."
6. Click Save Changes

Presto! No more beeps!

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