How to Block Game Requests

A. Change Settings to Block a Game(1) On your Newsfeed or Timeline page, look for the gear icon near the top right corner.

The red arrow points to the Gear Icon. Click on it.

(2) A drop-down menu appears with the title, “Privacy Shortcuts.” The red arrow points to “See More Settings.” Click on it.

(3) A “Privacy Settings and Tools” menu appears. In the left-hand column under the subheading Privacy, the red arrow points to the word “Blocking.” Click on it.

(4) You are now on a menu titled “Manage Blocking.” Near the bottom is a section called “Block apps,” wherein a red arrow points to a text box labeled “Block apps.”

(5) Begin typing the name of game(s) or app(s) from which you wish to stop receiving requests. In this example (see red arrow), I entered just the first few letters of “Disney Hidden Worlds,” and immediately a drop-down list of matching apps appeared.

(6) When you see the game or app that you wish to block in the drop-down list (see red arrow), highlight it so that it appears blue, and click on it.

(7) You will now see the app listed with any other apps that you may have previously blocked (see red arrow).

B. Use a Game Request to Block the AppAnother option is to take any game request and manipulate it to block further requests from that app, or “unfollow” the requester to block all game requests from that friend.

(1) If you use Games Feed, you should be able to find it in your APPS list from the lefthand column of your Newsfeed page (see red arrow below).

(1a) If you don’t see Games Feed in your APPS list, Click on the “More” link in the top right corner of your APPS list (see green arrow below),

(1b) or click on the APPS text (see purple arrow below).

(1c) If you find Games Feed among your applications (APPS), click on it.

(1d) If you do not find Games Feed, then add it to your APPS by entering “Games Feed” in the text box at the top of any Facebook page to find Games Feed, then add it to your Applications (Apps).

(2) You should now be on the Games Feed page (as shown by the red arrow below):

(3) Scroll down the Games Feed to a request for a game or friend from which you would like to block further game requests, like the example below.

(4) Look for the pull-down menu icon in the upper right corner of the request, a faint blue V-shaped character encircled below in red, and click on it.

(5) A drop-down menu appears, as shown below. If you want to eliminate all requests from that friend, as well as all other notifications, then click on the “Unfollow” link (to which the red arrow points).

(6) If instead you want to block requests for that game from all friends, click on the “Hide All” link (see green arrow below).

I personally seldom block requests, because they constitute less than 10% of my Newsfeed, so are not onerous or optically distracting. I seldom notice or monitor game requests that appear on the top right of the Newsfeed page, although it is enjoyable watching friends’ activity.