How to Avoid Facebook Info Overload #1

Facebook has many applications (apps) that you can interact with to make your FB experience richer and more interactive. Many of these apps are fun games and also provide more functionality to your basic Facebook account. Examples of some apps include things for calendaring, birthday reminders, and a bunch of games. Below is an example of apps that I get "requests" for quite often:














Why do we get "requests" from these apps? These app requests are un-answered notifications that show up in your Facebook profile. As you can see above I have un-answered requests across 12 different apps. Some apps can also notify you via email when some event within the app has occurred.

If you find yourself not ever needing to venture into the various applications (apps) in Facebook, and you do not want to receive any more apps' requests or potential spam in your inbox, here is one way to block an app. Of course, you can always unblock an app later - which is described later in this article.












STEP 1.
On the blue bar across the top of your Facebook page, click on the "Home" link.











STEP 2.
Near the upper-right portion of your Facebook page, click on the small "See All" link.

You will now taken to a page that lists all the various requests that are pending and requiring your attention. Look for the section that represents the app you want to block - which may in turn list more than one pending request for that app. Observing one request, you will see 2 or more blue buttons. Below the blue buttons will be some links.
















STEP 3.
Click on the link that says, "Block this Application".

You will then receive a pop-up detailing the consequences of blocking the app (which isn't a big deal since you can undo it), and the choice to go through with your action.










STEP 4.
Click on the "Block" button. That's it!


In the future if you want to unblock an application, you will need to visit that particular app's page in Facebook and click on the link to unblock it. Here is how you do it:








STEP 1.
In Facebook's search bar (upper right) type in the app's name and hit ENTER.

In this example, since I wish to unblock Farm Town, I typed in "farm town" in the search bar. The following page lists all results for "farm town" in Facebook. You may see several results that match the app you are looking for, but if you look closely, only one result will be the applications "main" page. Any others results that matches the name are actually groups or fan pages for that app, and not the app's main page.
















STEP 2.
Click on the application's title or the app's logo/image. This will take you to the app's main page.

In this example you click on the title "Farm Town" or on the image of the pink little pig. Notice that you don't want to click into the other two results below it, as they link you into Farm Town's fan page and Farm Town's group page.













STEP 3.
Click on the link "Remove Block For Application".

A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm your action.








STEP 4.
Click on the button "Remove Block For APP NAME".

Where APP NAME is the name of the app you are removing... in this case it is Farm Town. You are done! That's all folks.


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