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How to Disable Facebook Email

February 17, 2015

Facebook email was launched a few years ago to help Facebook users engage more wholesomely with their friends and contacts. For some reason the feature never managed to take off as intended by its makers. Despite the fact, there may be times when you find yourself the recipient of spammy or malicious email. After all, it doesn’t take much to figure out your email, which is usually your profile name followed by @facebook.com.

And with the Facebook Inbox feature removed, any email that is sent to your Facebook email will now end up getting forwarded to your primary email address. You can avoid getting unwanted email from Facebook by disabling the Facebook email feature. This article explains how.

And with the Facebook Inbox feature removed, any email that is sent to your Facebook email will now end up getting forwarded to your primary email address. You can avoid getting unwanted email from Facebook by disabling the Facebook email feature. This article explains how.

How to Disable Facebook Email via the Web

1. Log in to Facebook on a web browser.

2. From the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the Menu bar, select Settings.

facebook settings

3. On the General Account Settings page, in the Email field, click the Edit link displayed at the far right.

facebook email edit

4. The Email field expands to reveal more options. To disable Facebook email, uncheck the “Use your Facebook email: youremail@facebook.com option.

disable-facebook-email

5. Click Save Changes.

6. You will be asked to enter your password to confirm the changes. Enter your password in the text box and click Submit.

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Your changes will now be saved.

How to Disable Facebook Email via iPhone

To disable Facebook Email from your iPhone running iOS 8.1.

1. Open up the Facebook app on your iPhone and sign in.

2. Tap the More button at the bottom of the app window.

3. On the More screen, tap Settings.

How to Disable Facebook Email via iPhone settings

4. On the Settings screen, tap General and then Email

5. Tap Use your Facebook email section to disable the option to allow Facebook to forward your email to your primary email.

How to Disable Facebook Email via Android (running Android Lollipop 5.0)

The process is pretty much the same as on the iPhone.

1. Open the Facebook app on your Android and sign in.

2. Tap the menu button at the top right of the screen.

3. Scroll down to the Help & Settings section.

4. Tap Account Settings.

5. Tap General->Email.

Facebook-General-Settings-on-Android

6. In the Use your Facebook email section, tap to uncheck the option.

disable-facebook-email-on-android

That’s it! If you no longer want your Facebook email to get forwarded to your primary email address, use the steps outlined in this tutorial to disable Facebook email and your job is done.

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