# Why am I unable to see my FB "notifications"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-unable-to-see-my-fb-notifications/788123>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-unable-to-see-my-fb-notifications/788123 "2017-06-04T19:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-unable-to-see-my-fb-notifications/788123/1 "2017-06-04T19:44:21Z")

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For the past three days, when I click on ‘notifications’ in FB, all I get is the little spinning thingy. It never resolves, just spins. Any ideas? Oh yeah, I’m on a PC, not Mac, using Chrome.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-unable-to-see-my-fb-notifications/788123/2 "2017-06-04T19:46:24Z")

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Can you see them when you go here? [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/notifications) If you can, can you then see them in the dropdown once you’ve viewed them/cleared them using that page?

Did you try using a different browser? If it works in a different browser, I suggest maybe clearing your Facebook cookies & history from your browser of choice and trying again.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-unable-to-see-my-fb-notifications/788123/3 "2017-06-05T00:20:25Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> Can you see them when you go here? [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/notifications) If you can, can you then see them in the dropdown once you’ve viewed them/cleared them using that page?
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> Did you try using a different browser? If it works in a different browser, I suggest maybe clearing your Facebook cookies & history from your browser of choice and trying again.

Thanks. Clearing the cookies and history took care of it.