Q: duplicate facebook notifications

A couple days ago, I started getting an insane number of duplicate Facebook notifications in the Notification Center. Specifically, 24 copies every single time there's a "You received a new message".

Has anybody ever seen this? I've looked around & the only thing I've been able to find is people having issues with duplicate email notifications, but this is very different.

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Oct 15, 2016 2:43 PM

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by brenden dv,

brenden dv Oct 16, 2016 12:52 PM in response to greay
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Oct 16, 2016 12:52 PM in response to greay

Hello greay,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities. I know having an issue with duplicate notifications is not what you expect. The good news is the following steps will be helpful in resolving your issue of multiple notifications for the same message in Facebook. First, remove notifications in Safari Preferences for the Facebook website, then restart your Mac and log into Facebook in Safari, as It’ll ask for permission for notifications again the next time you visit it and test your issue.

Safari for Mac: Notifications preferences in Safari
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greay Oct 17, 2016 4:08 PM in response to brenden dv
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Oct 17, 2016 4:08 PM in response to brenden dv

I don't have Safari notifications enabled for any site, including Facebook.
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leroydouglas Oct 17, 2016 4:39 PM in response to greay
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Oct 17, 2016 4:39 PM in response to greay

I would try logging out of Facebook and then back in again.

If you use iOS Settings>Notifications>Facebook try toggling off "allow Notifications" and back on again.
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greay Oct 19, 2016 4:28 PM in response to leroydouglas
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Oct 19, 2016 4:28 PM in response to leroydouglas

Unfortunately, I tried both of those thing & I'm still having the same problem.
I don't get the multiple notifications on my phone – it's only on my desktop.
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