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Manage Who Can Send Messages To You On Facebook

The new Facebook Messages Inbox will only contain messages from your friends and their friends. All other messages will go into an other folder where you can look at them separately or you can block unwanted messages.

Steps To Setup Message Control

  • Go to the Account -> Privacy Settings .
  • Click ‘View settings’ in the ‘Connecting on Facebook’ section.
  • Change the setting for ‘Send you messages’. Your options include: Everyone, Friends and Friends of Friends.
  • Only emails from people that fall within the message privacy setting you choose will be delivered to your Facebook Messages.
  • Changes to the ‘Send you messages’ privacy setting may take up to 24 hours to take effect.
  • keep your privacy and avoid the unwanted messages to your email.

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