Are your Facebook Messenger Notifications not working?
If they aren’t, you won’t be able to receive notifications when someone messages you on the app.
A user mentioned that all of their notifications are on, but they are not working half the time.
Another user said that they couldn’t receive any messages.
There’s also a report saying that there is a notification bug.
In this guide, you’ll learn why your Facebook Messenger notifications are not working and how to fix it.
Why are my Messenger notifications not working?
Your Messenger notifications are not working because you’ve probably turned them off.
If your notifications are on but you’re still not getting them, it means that Facebook Messenger is down or due to a bug.
If Facebook Messenger is down, there is nothing that you can do on your end.
Instead, you need to wait for the Facebook engineering team to fix the downtime or bug.
This will usually take no more than 24 hours.
Bugs and glitches happen all the time on Messenger.
Fortunately, the Messenger app frequently has updates to fix them.
How to fix Messenger notifications not working
To fix Messenger notifications not working, you need to make sure that your notifications are enabled.
If you didn’t allow notifications for Facebook Messenger, you won’t be able to receive message notifications.
However, if you enabled notifications but you still can’t receive them, it means that Facebook is probably down or there’s a bug on the app.
If that’s the case, you need to wait for Facebook to fix the issue on their end.
This will usually take no more than 24 hours.
When they fixed the issue, an update will typically be released for the app.
Hence, you need to check the App Store or Google Play Store to see if Messenger has an update.
1. Make sure that your notifications are enabled
- Open your Settings.
- Scroll down and tap on “Messenger”.
- Select “Notifications”.
- Enable “Allow Notifications”.
After you’ve enabled “Allow Notifications”, you need to force close Messenger.
Messenger will then be able to send you message notifications.
If you’ve already enabled notifications for the app but you still can’t receive them, it means that there’s a bug or glitch on the app.
If that’s the case, you need to try the other two methods below.
2. Check if Messenger is down
If you’ve already enabled notifications on Messenger but you still can’t receive them, it probably means that the app is down.
There are a couple of ways to check if the app is down.
Firstly, you can go to DownDetector and search for “Facebook Messenger”.
Once you’re on the “Facebook Messenger” page, you need to check the graph for it.
If the graph has a spike, it means that the app is down for everyone and not just you.
If so, you need to wait for 24 hours for Facebook to fix the issue on their end.
Another way to check if Messenger is down is to search for “Facebook Messenger Down” on Twitter.
After you’ve searched for it, check the top and latest tweets to see if anyone tweeted about it.
You can also search for the specific issue that you’re facing (e.g. Facebook Messenger not sending notifications).
If there are a lot of tweets about it, it means that there’s a global outage.
3. Update Messenger
The final method is to check if you have the latest version of Messenger.
However, some Messenger updates contain bugs and glitches.
If so, Facebook will typically release a follow-up update to fix them.
Updates that you want to be looking out for are the ones that contain bug fixes and improvements.
After you’ve updated the app, open it and check if you can receive notifications,
If there isn’t an update, you need to wait for 24 to 48 hours for one.
Instead of updating the app, you can also uninstall and reinstall it.
By doing so, the app’s cache will be cleared and it’ll be updated to the latest version.
Conclusion
Despite its maturity, Facebook Messenger still has bugs, glitches, and crashing issues.
These bugs and glitches are usually caused by a new update.
In rare cases, there might be a server issue.
If there are a lot of users complaining or reporting about them, Facebook will implement a fix.
You’ll then have to update the app to the latest version to get rid of the bug.
Further reading
How to Recover Deleted Messages on Messenger
