You may receive many message requests if you are an active Facebook user or have many friends and followers on your profile. Usually, when someone from your friend list messages you, it lands in a separate folder in your inbox.

Message Requests on Facebook

Before you turn off message requests on Facebook and the Messenger app, it’s important to understand what message requests are.

When you are not connected with someone on Facebook who sends you a message, you will receive it in the Message Requests folder.

Once you access the folder and reply to the message, you will be connected with the person. Replying to the message will immediately connect you with the person, and the message will start to appear in your main message inbox.

The feature is helpful because it allows you to connect with others you don’t know. However, at times, it can be irritating as well. If you care about privacy, you should turn off the feature right away.

Facebook allows you to turn off message requests altogether. However, you must make a few changes to the Messenger app’s privacy settings.

How to Turn Off Message Requests on Facebook

Important: We have shared the tutorial for an Android device. The process is the same for iOS devices. Unfortunately, you can’t disable message requests from the Messenger web version. So, let’s check it out.

1. First, open the Messenger app on your Android device and tap on your profile picture.

profile picture options

2. This will open Messenger Settings. Scroll down and select the option Privacy.

Privacy

3. On the Privacy page, tap on the Message Delivery option.

Message Delivery option

4. Under Message Delivery, you will find many options. You need to set everything as per your wish.

Message Delivery

5. If you want to block everyone not on your friend list from messaging you, tap on the option Others on Facebook.

Others on Facebook

6. Select the option Don’t Receive Requests on the next page.

Don't Receive Requests

Turn Off Message Request on Facebook (Desktop)

If you use Facebook on your desktop computer, follow these steps to turn off the message requests.

1. Open your Facebook account. Next, tap on the Messenger icon at the top right corner.

Messenger

2. On the Chats screen, click on the three dots as shown below.

three dots

3. On the menu that appears, select Preferences.

Preferences

4. On the Preferences, click Manage message delivery.

Manage message delivery

5. Scroll down to the how you get message requests section. Next, click the Message Requests button beside For friends of friends and others on Messenger.

Message Requests

6. On the prompt that appears, select Don’t Receive Requests.

Don't Receive Requests

Also read: How to Mute Someone on Facebook

This article is about turning off Message Requests on Facebook. I hope it helped you! Please share it with your friends, too. If you have any doubts, let us know in the comment box below.

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