How to Turn off Friend Suggestions on Facebook?

Unwanted friend suggestions on Facebook can be quite annoying, especially when the suggestions are not even familiar to you. If you are being annoyed by the unwanted new friend suggestions notification in your Facebook account, it is suggested to overcome this problem by following the instructions provided in this guide below.

Guide to Turn off Friend Suggestions in Facebook

If you are using an Android device to access your Facebook account and you are experiencing friend suggestions issue on it, you can overcome the problem simply by turning off the permission to Facebook from having access to your Android device’s location. To know how to turn off permission to Facebook from accessing access to your device’s location, follow the steps provided below.

1. The process of preventing Facebook from access to the location of your device may vary according to the version of Android you are using.
2. If you are using Android Marshmallow, you can prevent Facebook from accessing location by following these steps:

• Go to the Settings section of your Android device.
• In the Settings section, you will need to go to the Apps section.
• In the Apps section, you will need to tap on the Facebook option.
• In the Facebook section, tap on the Permissions option, select Location and then tap on the Off

3. This way, your Facebook will be blocked from accessing your device’s location and you will no longer receive notification for new friend suggestions.

NOTE: In case you are using an older version of Android, the only way to overcome this issue is by accessing your Facebook account through a Chrome browser and not the mobile application.

Similarly, If you are using an iOS device to access your Facebook account and you are experiencing friend suggestions issue on it, you can overcome the problem simply by turning off the permission to Facebook from having access to your iOS device’s location. To know how to turn off permission to Facebook from accessing access to your device’s location, follow the steps provided below:

1. Tap on the Settings app icon on your iOS device. You will be taken to the Settings section of your iOS device.
2. In the Settings section, you will need to go to the Privacy
3. In the Privacy section, you will need to select the Location Services option and tap on the Facebook
4. In the Facebook section, you will need to turn off the access to Facebook for location by tapping on the option next to it.
5. The access to Facebook for the location will be turned off right away.

So, these are the steps you will need to follow in order to disable the friend suggestion notification in your Facebook account.