HOW TO: Disable Audio Alerts When Facebook Users On Desktops Receive Notifications

Facebook users who are suddenly being blitzed with ping sounds when they receive notifications while accessing the social network via desktops -- including several of our readers and yours truly -- have the option of muting those sounds.

Facebook users who are suddenly being blitzed with ping sounds when they receive notifications while accessing the social network via desktops — including several of our readers and yours truly — have the option of muting those sounds.

Here are the instructions on how to disable those sounds, via Facebook’s help center:

  1. Click the gear menu in the upper-right corner of any page on Facebook and select “account settings.”
  2. Click “notifications” in the left column.
  3. Find the “how you get notifications” section.
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