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How to Turn Off @Everyone Tags in Facebook Groups

ByNina Clapperton Updated on

Hate everyone tags and don’t want to receive notifications from groups that use them?

I’ll show you a few ways to opt out in any group.

I use the @everyone tag in my own Facebook Groups to increase engagement. But if you use it too often you do risk losing group members. I know many people who have left groups – myself included – because the admin abused the tag and posted it every day.

I personally only use it 1x per week at MOST. And usually it’s just 1x per month – which is the recommend max I tell my students. I’ve only upped it when I was doing special discounts each week for a launch.

But I think it’s important to give everyone the option to opt out. Respect their boundaries so you can maintain your community’s vibes.

Here’s how you can opt out of the tag – and feel free to share this link with your group when you use it, the way I do:

A Facebook comment thread in a group, with the admin "Nina Clapperton" tagging "@everyone" in a post. Below, Nina comments, acknowledging the tag with humor, stating, You can opt out if you hate this tag," followed by a link to a guide titled "How to Turn Off @Everyone Tags in Facebook Groups" from the website "SheKnowsSEO.co."

Turn Off @Everyone Tags for Every Group You’re In

Step 1: Click on your profile picture on Facebook in the upper right corner of your screen.

A tablet screen showing the Facebook menu. The user's profile name and photo are circled in red and pointed to by a red arrow, highlighting where to switch between profiles or access personal settings.

Step 2: Select the setting icon or the word “Settings if you’re on desktop.

A tablet screen showing the main Facebook menu with the "Settings & privacy" option circled in red and pointed to by a red arrow, guiding users to the privacy and account settings section.

Step 3: Scroll to the “Notifications” are and click on the word “Tags”. This will open more options for notifications.

A tablet screen displaying the "Preferences" menu. The "Notifications" option is highlighted with a red circle and arrow, indicating where users can customize their notification settings.

Step 4: Scroll to “Batch Mentions”. This is their term for the @everyone tag.

A tablet screen showing the "What notifications you receive" settings page. The "Batch mentions" option is circled in red and pointed to with a red arrow, emphasizing the section for managing notifications for mentions via "@everyone."

Step 5: Toggle Batch Mentions off. Now you won’t receive everyone tags for any group you’re in!

Turn Off @Everyone Tags for a Single Group

Method 1: Mobile

Step 1: Open the Facebook App on your phone. Navigate to the Facebook Group you want to adjust.

Step 2: Click on the “Joined” button. You have to be a member of the group for this to work.

A smartphone screen showing a Facebook group page with the "Joined" button circled in red and pointed to by a red arrow. This highlights the option to manage group membership settings.

Step 3: Select “Manage Notifications”

A smartphone screen displaying the dropdown menu under the "Joined" button. The "Manage notifications" option is circled in red and pointed to by a red arrow, indicating where users can modify notification preferences for the group.

Step 4: Click “Posts”. This will open all of the options for post notifications.

A smartphone screen showing the "Group notifications" settings page. The "Posts" option is circled in red and pointed to by a red arrow, emphasizing where users can adjust notifications for group posts.

Step 5: At the bottom is “Batched Mentions”. Turn these off and you won’t get any @everyone tags anymore.

A smartphone screen displaying a "Notifications" settings page. The "Batch mentions" option is highlighted with a red circle and arrow, showing the "On" setting selected to receive notifications when users are mentioned in a group via "@everyone."

Method 2: Desktop

Step 1: Wait until someone in the group uses the @everyone tag. Then open your Facebook notifications.

A tablet screen displaying the Facebook "Notifications" tab. The bell icon at the top-right is circled with a red arrow pointing to it, and another arrow highlights the specific notification mentioning "Nina Clapperton mentioned you and others in a comment in SEO for Travel Bloggers."

Step 2: Hover over the notification until 3 dots are revealed. Click on these.

A tablet screen displaying the Facebook "Notifications" tab. A notification showing "Nina Clapperton mentioned you and others in a comment in SEO for Travel Bloggers" is circled in red, with a red arrow pointing to the ellipsis menu icon next to it.

Step 3: A pop up will appear that has an option to “Turn off everyone notifications from [Group Name]”. Select this and you won’t get anymore notifications for that group when the tag is used.

A tablet screen showing the dropdown menu from a notification. The "Turn off notifications about this post in SEO for Travel Bloggers" option is circled in red and pointed to with a red arrow, highlighting how to manage notification settings for specific posts.

Can You Turn Off Tags in Group Messages?

Currently, you cannot turn off everyone tags from Facebook Group chat messages.

I leave these to stop getting notifications.

Learn More About Optimizing for Facebook Groups

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Nina Clapperton is the founder of She Knows SEO.

She started blogging in 2018 and spent years doing everything “right” while earning $0. Then she stopped guessing and learned how search actually works. She rebuilt her travel site around audience intent and structure and grew to 50,000 sessions in 6 months. Within a year, the blog was bringing in $30,000 months and later crossed 243,000 pageviews.

She took the same audience first SEO approach and built her education business into multiple $100,000 months.

Now Nina teaches bloggers and online business owners how to build search powered businesses grounded in strong positioning, clear structure, and monetisation that actually supports their audience. She covers traditional SEO and AI driven search without the tech bro noise, and she’s known for explaining complex strategy with analogies you won’t forget.

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