What if you dont use Facebook every day or often forget to check the Birthdays section?

In that case, you should probably activate birthday notifications on Facebook.

If you want, it’s possible for you to also receive Facebook Birthday notifications via Email or SMS.

Settings

Hence, if you want to enable Facebook birthday notifications, follow these simple steps.

Heres how to activate Facebook birthday notifications on your desktop.

Open Facebook.com and tap on the drop-down arrow at the top-right corner.

Notifications

From the list of options that appears, selectSettings.

This will open Facebook controls.

Here, you oughta press theNotifications.

Birthdays

On the Notifications, scroll down to theBirthdays.

Now unlock the toggle besideAllow notifications on Facebook.

Next, select your preferred option for Where you receive these notifications.

Allow notifications on Facebook

If you enable Email, you will receive Facebook birthday notifications via Email.

Selecting the SMS would send an SMS reminding you of your birthday.

You also have the option to decide if you want to receive notifications for upcoming or belated birthdays.

select your preferred option

If you dont want to forget the birthdays of your close ones, enable theUpcoming Birthdaysslider.

Its easy to activate Facebook Birthday notifications on mobile.

To do so, follow the steps shared below.

Upcoming Birthdays

Note:We have demonstrated the steps using an Android smartphone.

The steps for an iPhone are almost the same.

Launch the Facebook app on your smartphone and tap on thehamburgermenuin the top-right corner.

hamburger menu

This will pop launch the Facebook Menu, scroll down, and tap onSettings.

On the Facebook tweaks, scroll down to the Notifications section.

Next, tap on theNotification configs.

Settings

On the Notification controls, tap onBirthdays.

On the Birthday notification screen, enable your preferred option.

If you want to receive notifications only on Facebook, activate the toggle for Allow notifications on Facebook only.

Notification settings

To receive push notifications on your phone, turn on thePush toggle.

Similarly, switch on the option to receive birthday notifications via email or SMS.

Tapping on the toggle beside each option will enable/block the notifications.

Birthdays

How to Turn Off Birthday Notifications on Facebook?

Once you unlock the birthday notifications, Facebook will notify you of every upcoming birthday.

If its already enabled, but you are not getting the birthday notifications, you may have missed it.

Allow notifications on Facebook

you’re free to try turning on/off the Allow Notifications option on Facebook to fix the problem.

you’re free to also try a few other things if Facebook Birthday Notifications not showing up.

Here are some of them.

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