As a matter of fact, There is no doubt that Facebook Messenger is a well-known and widely used app that lets friends talk to each other globally. But, when ‘suggested person’ pops up every time on top of the chat screen, then it annoys most. So, here are a few steps by which you can remove it easily and chat freely without any problem. All you need to know about this article is how you can able to delete a suggested person on messenger.
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Why does Facebook messenger show the suggested person?
Firstly, you need to know why Facebook messenger show suggested person to users. Facebook always wants to improve its interphase to make it more accessible for users. That’s why when you open the messenger app, it seeks your permission to access contacts, and after this, all your contact gets synced to Facebook, and it will show all the users from your contacts list, some of them already in your friends’ list and some you might know.
Not only by contacts, but the messenger also shows suggested persons by the user’s Facebook activity, similar post likes and interactions, mutual friends of yours, and reacting to same friends’ posts will lead you to the suggested person. Sometimes, people near your area might get shown in the suggested person.
How to delete the suggested person permanently on Facebook messenger?
Facebook never shows by which method they show the suggested person. Mostly, on top, it shows phone contacts users and, later on, mutual friends and areas wise. There is no proper way of showing suggestions, and even you cannot change the series. Either remove them by checking them one by one or use these simple methods shown below.
1st method to remove the suggested person on the messenger App
#1. First of all, All you need to do is just go to the messenger application for your mobile phone and if not logged in, you can put in a valid credential and open your account.
#2. Then, You can click on your messenger profile icon, which belongs to the top left corner of the screen.
#3. Scroll down and look for phone contacts.
#4. Now click on upload contacts and click turn off.
Boom, now you are free from spammy suggested person tags and chat freely with your friends.
2nd method to take the suggested person off the messenger app
Here is the 2nd method to delete the suggested person on the messenger app, just in case the 1st one doesn’t work.
#1. From your phone, you can go to your phone settings, and then you can search in “app management” like the below image.
#2. Scroll down and look for Facebook messenger or just messenger in the app management.
#3. Now look for storage and open it.
#4. There you will clear the data option, then tap it.
#5. The last thing to do is log back into messenger, and when it seeks your permission to upload contacts, click on not now, and you are ready to rock.
These two methods are enough to free you from the suggested person notification that pops out every time.
Please note:- These two methods will only remove a suggested person from your contacts list, other recommended persons apart from contacts can be auto-upgraded, and they get into your sight later.
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