How to block Facebook game requests from friends on iPhone and iPad

BY Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Published 27 May 2014

If you’re tired of receiving game requests on Facebook from your friends, you’re certainly not alone — and getting those requests on your iPhone or iPad is another bother you probably didn’t mean to sign up for. Thankfully, it’s actually quite easy to turn off those notifications for some peace and quiet. Here’s how you can block Facebook game requests on your iOS device.

  • Launch Facebook on your device, and tap the More button at the bottom right corner.
    Tap the More button

    Tap the More button

  • Scroll to the bottom of the list and tap Settings.
    Scroll down and tap Settings

    Scroll down and tap Settings

  • Tap Notifications.
    Tap Notifications

    Tap Notifications

  • Under How You Get Notifications, tap Mobile Push.
    Tap Mobile Push

    Tap Mobile Push

  • Uncheck Application Requests and Application Invites.
    Uncheck Application Requests and Application Invites

    Uncheck Application Requests and Application Invites

And you’re done! You’ll no longer receive notifications for apps and games that people want you to add.

If you want to block requests from specific apps, here’s how you can do that:

  • Launch the Facebook app.
  • In your news feed, look for any post from a friend that comes from an app you want to block, and tap the downward arrow on the top right corner of the post.
  • Tap Hide all from Appname.

You’ll no longer see notifications from the app in question in your Facebook News Feed.

Have any tips or questions about blocking annoying notifications? Let us know in the comments!