# facebook question : can you remove a friend without them being notified?  If so. how?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question-can-you-remove-a-friend-without-them-being-notified-if-so-how/524017>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question-can-you-remove-a-friend-without-them-being-notified-if-so-how/524017 "2010-01-07T10:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question-can-you-remove-a-friend-without-them-being-notified-if-so-how/524017/21 "2010-01-08T15:56:06Z")

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Do what I did - cancel that account, start a new one, and never go back. It’s worked great so far. 🙂

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