How to Stop Receiving Threads Notifications for Likes

Threads sends a notification every time someone likes your post or reply. For users with an active audience, this can mean dozens or hundreds of interruptions per day. The notification setting for likes is separate from other notification types such as replies, reposts, or follows. This article explains how to turn off like notifications on both the mobile app and the web version of Threads.

How Threads Like Notifications Work

Threads organizes notifications into categories. Each category has its own toggle in the Notifications settings page. The Likes category controls notifications for all like actions on your posts, replies, and threads. When the Likes toggle is on, you receive a push notification for each individual like. When it is off, no like notification appears in your notification list, and your device does not display a push alert for likes. This setting is independent from the notification sound, vibration, or banner settings of your phone. Threads does not offer a granular option such as muting likes from a specific person or muting likes for a single post. The setting is global for your entire account.

Steps to Turn Off Like Notifications in the Threads Mobile App

The Threads mobile app for iOS and Android uses the same navigation path. The screenshots may differ slightly, but the menu names are identical.

1. Open the Threads app
   Tap the Threads icon on your phone home screen or app library. Wait for the home feed to load completely.
2. Go to your profile
   Tap the profile icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. It looks like a person silhouette.
3. Open Settings
   Tap the two horizontal lines icon in the top-right corner of your profile page. A menu slides up from the bottom. Tap the Settings option.
4. Select Notifications
   In the Settings list, tap the Notifications entry. This opens the notification categories screen.
5. Turn off the Likes toggle
   Find the Likes row. Tap the toggle switch to the right so it turns from blue or green to gray. The switch is now in the off position.

After you complete these steps, Threads stops sending push notifications for likes. Existing likes from before the change remain in your notification history. New likes will not appear in your notification list or trigger a device alert.

Steps to Turn Off Like Notifications on Threads Web

The Threads web version at threads.net uses a similar settings layout. The steps differ slightly because the web interface does not have a slide-up menu.

1. Open Threads in your browser
   Go to threads.net and sign in to your account if you are not already signed in.
2. Go to your profile
   Click your profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu appears.
3. Open Settings
   Click the Settings option in the drop-down menu. The Settings page loads.
4. Select Notifications
   In the left sidebar, click the Notifications entry. The notification categories appear on the right side of the page.
5. Turn off the Likes toggle
   Locate the Likes row. Click the toggle switch so it changes from blue to gray. The setting saves automatically.

The web setting syncs with the mobile app. Turning off likes on the web also stops like notifications on your phone.

Common Mistakes and Limitations

“I turned off the toggle but still get like notifications”

This usually happens when the phone operating system has its own notification override. On iOS, go to Settings > Notifications > Threads and verify that the Allow Notifications toggle is on. If it is off, Threads cannot block individual categories. On Android, go to Settings > Apps > Threads > Notifications and ensure the notification channel for Likes is not set to a higher priority that bypasses the app setting. The Threads app toggle controls the notification content, but the phone OS controls whether the app can send any notification at all.

“I want to mute likes from one person only”

Threads does not offer per-user notification muting for likes. The only way to stop likes from a specific account is to block or mute that account entirely. Blocking removes all interaction, including likes. Muting hides the account’s posts from your feed but does not stop their likes from triggering notifications.

“I turned off likes but still see them in the notification list”

Notifications for likes that arrived before you changed the setting remain in your notification list. Threads does not delete old notifications when you change a toggle. You can clear individual notifications by swiping left on them in the mobile app or by clicking the X icon next to them on the web version.

“I want notifications for likes on some posts but not others”

Threads does not support per-post notification control for likes. The toggle is a global setting for your entire account. If you want to check likes on a specific post without getting notified for every like, you can leave the toggle on and mute the post. To mute a post, tap the three-dot menu on the post and select Mute. Muting a post stops notifications for all activity on that post, including likes, replies, and reposts.

Threads vs Instagram: Like Notification Settings Compared

Item	Threads	Instagram
Settings location	Profile > Settings > Notifications	Profile > Settings > Notifications > Posts, Stories, Comments
Like notification toggle	Yes, single toggle for all likes	Yes, separate toggles for post likes and comment likes
Per-user mute for likes	Not available	Not available
Per-post mute	Available via post menu > Mute	Available via post menu > Mute
Syncs with web	Yes	Yes

The main difference is that Instagram separates like notifications for posts and comments. Threads bundles all likes into one toggle. Both platforms lack per-user like muting.

You can now control like notifications in Threads by using the single toggle in the Notifications settings. If you want to check likes on a specific post without getting notified for every single one, use the Mute option on that post. Consider also reviewing the other notification categories such as Replies, Reposts, and Mentions to reduce overall noise. The Mute post feature works on both the mobile app and the web version and applies to all interaction types on that post.