Facebook Gives Users of Its iOS, Android Apps More Control Over Their Shortcut Bars

People will have the option of hiding shortcuts to features they don’t access often, such as video destination Facebook Watch, ecommerce hub Facebook Marketplace, recent addition Facebook Dating, groups, events, profile, friend requests, News, Today In and Gaming, as well as the red notification dots that appear with those shortcuts.

Long-pressing on the shortcut bar will bring up this functionality for users who have received they update, at which point they can remove shortcuts they no longer wish to see and turn off badge notifications for tabs. The social network said it wanted to give people the ability to turn notifications they receive within the app on and off as they wish.

Facebook said the update is available to nearly all iOS users, and it is ramping up on Android, with the aim of global availability in the next few weeks.

A spokesperson for the social network said in an email, “We are rolling out navigation bar controls to make it easier for people to connect with the things they like and control the notifications they get within the Facebook app.”