If you run Facebook ads, you know how quickly the notifications pile up. Approved, rejected, low balance, payment confirmed… your notification bell starts looking like a mess. Most of these alerts are useful at some point, but you don’t need all of them pinging you constantly, especially if you’re already keeping a close eye on Ads Manager. Here’s how to turn off Facebook ads notifications and keep only the ones that actually matter.
Types of Facebook ads notifications you can control
Before diving in, it helps to know what you’re working with. Facebook ads notifications come in two forms: on-platform notifications (the bell icon on Facebook) and email notifications. You can manage each one independently.
On-platform notifications (Facebook bell):
- Ad approved
- Ad not approved (rejected)
- Account payment confirmed
- Balance topped up
- Account out of budget
- Account balance running low
- Payment complete
- Testing and research updates
Email notifications:
- Payment complete (cannot be disabled by default)
- Newsletters and product updates
- Ad creation prompts
- Ad approval decisions
- Dynamic ads warnings
- Testing and research updates
The ones most people want to keep are ad approved/rejected and payment-related alerts. Everything else can usually be turned off without missing anything important.
How to turn off Facebook ads notifications (current interface)
Log in to Ads Manager, then click the menu icon in the upper left corner and select Ad account settings. You can also go directly via this URL:
https://www.facebook.com/ads/manager/account_settings/notification_preferences/
Click the globe icon tab in the notification settings section. You’ll see a list of notification types, all turned on by default. Toggle off the ones you don’t need, then click Save Changes.
If you want to silence everything at once, scroll to the All ad account notifications section and use the master toggle to turn off all notifications in one click.
How to turn off Facebook ads notifications (old interface)
Some ad accounts still run the older Ads Manager interface. The process is essentially the same. Click the Settings button on the right side of the screen, then select Notifications from the left menu.
The layout is vertical rather than tabbed, but all the same toggle options are there. Turn off what you don’t need and click Save Changes.
Same as the new interface, there’s an All ad account notifications section at the top with a master toggle to turn everything off at once.
Which notifications are actually worth keeping?
Not sure what to keep and what to turn off? Here’s a practical guide based on what most advertisers actually need:
- Keep: Ad approved/rejected. This one is genuinely useful, especially if you’re running a new campaign or testing a new creative. Knowing immediately whether your ad got rejected saves time.
- Keep: Account out of budget / low balance. Missing this can mean your campaigns quietly stop running while you’re not watching. Definitely worth keeping on.
- Keep: Payment complete. Good for bookkeeping, and some of these can’t be disabled anyway.
- Turn off: Ad creation prompts. These are basically Facebook nudging you to spend more. Not useful.
- Turn off: Newsletters and product updates. You can always check the Meta newsroom yourself when you want to. No need for these in your inbox.
- Turn off: Testing and research updates. Unless you’re actively running A/B experiments and want real-time updates, this is mostly noise.
2025-2026 update: Managing notifications in Meta Business Suite
If you manage multiple ad accounts or pages, you’ve likely been pushed toward Meta Business Suite as the central hub. Notification settings in Business Suite work slightly differently from the per-account settings in Ads Manager.
In Meta Business Suite, go to Settings > Notifications to find a more consolidated view of all notifications across your pages and ad accounts. You can control which types of alerts show up in the Business Suite notification panel, your Facebook profile, and your email all from one place.
One thing to note: changes made in Business Suite notification settings and changes made in Ads Manager notification settings are separate. If you turn off notifications in one place, it doesn’t automatically carry over to the other. Worth checking both if you want a clean setup.
Bonus: Turn off Facebook ads notifications on mobile
If you manage ads from the Facebook app or Meta Ads Manager app on your phone, you can also control push notifications at the device level.
On iPhone, go to Settings > Notifications > Facebook (or Meta Ads Manager) and toggle off the notification types you don’t want. On Android, go to Settings > Apps > Facebook > Notifications and adjust from there.
This is a good backup option if the in-app settings aren’t granular enough, or if you want to block all push notifications from the app entirely without touching your in-app preferences.
Why Facebook sends so many ads notifications in the first place
Facebook’s default notification settings are tuned to keep advertisers engaged and logging back in as often as possible. From Meta’s perspective, an advertiser who checks in frequently is more likely to increase their budget, launch new campaigns, or respond to prompts. So the default is to notify you about almost everything.
That’s not necessarily bad, but it does mean the defaults aren’t designed around your workflow. Taking five minutes to customize your notification settings to match how you actually manage your ads is one of those small quality-of-life improvements that makes a real difference day to day.
Conclusion
A few toggles is all it takes to go from an overwhelming notification feed to a clean setup that only alerts you when something actually needs your attention. Keep the important ones like ad approval status and budget alerts, turn off the promotional noise, and check Ads Manager directly when you want a full picture of how your campaigns are performing.
Got a specific notification type that keeps showing up even after turning it off? Drop a comment below and let’s figure it out!
