Cancel All Sent Friend Requests on Facebook at Once

Facebook is now a great and better way of connecting with people around the world. To talk with someone we need to get friends first, thus you can send someone a friend request. However, you can view them all but there might be people not interested in getting friends with you. The reason could be any, however, you canceling those sent or pending one by one is kind of frustrating.

That is kind of annoying I know, and you are looking for a way to cancel those requests you have sent to people at once. Thus the procedure has always been there but it is not official. Moreover, the thing is, you can do it without any complications. Meaning, you can call those pending or sent friends to request in just one click, at once.

In this article, I will show you the easy method to get rid of that long list of your sent friend requests at once. Well, let me repeat this is not the official method for doing this. That is the only thing you need to keep in mind. Now let’s get started with the procedure…

Cancel All Sent Friend Requests at Once on Facebook

As of now, the method is working 100%. However, Facebook may disable the mobile mode of FB at any time and it could stop working anytime. So, this is the only disclaimer of this article. However, you can give it a try. Moreover, here is a video demo for doing so. Here is the procedure to delete, remove or cancel all sent/pending requests on Facebook at once:

Step 1: Go to m.facebook.com.

So the first thing you need to do is visit Facebook in M mode as m.facebook.com or simply click the above and get into your friend’s requests at once. It is actually the mobile mode you are viewing on your desktop or PC browser. Thus you can do it or get rid of those requests all at once only using your PC. That is why it is important to go to mobile.facebook.com and follow the next tip.

Go to Facebook for Mobile on PC or MAC
Go to Facebook for Mobile on PC or MAC

Step 2: Go to View Sent Requests

Once you get there on Facebook by visit m.facebook.com. Then you need to click on the Friends tab at the top (two avatars together). After that click the drop-down arrow and click View Sent Requests under Friend Requests. Now go to the next step.

Now go to Sent Friend Requests List
Now go to Sent Friend Requests List

Step 2: Scroll down to the end on the Sent Requests page

As you can see now there is all your sent friend request list. Now the only thing you need to do is scroll down on the request page to the very bottom until you cannot scroll down anymore. In short, get to the very end of the page. don’t skip this step, it is mandatory.

Scroll down on the Sent Requests page
Scroll down on the Sent Requests page

Step 3: Right-click on the page and select Inspect

Once you get to the very end of the sent friend request page. Then right-click on the page anywhere and select Inspect, remember to use your Google Chrome browser for doing this. In short, press ctrl+shift+I on Windows PC and ctrl+cmd+j on macOS. This open Inspect tool is for you, actually it is a developer tool but we will use it just for doing our sent friend requests at once. Now get to the next step.

Right-click on the page and select Inspect
Right-click on the page and select Inspect

Step 4: Go to Console, then copy and paste the below code

Now you are in developer mode in your Google Chrome browser for inspecting different things, but our only work is to paste the below code. Click the Consol tab then click once in the empty space and paste this code ”

javascript: var inputs = document.getElementsByClassName('_54k8 _56bs _56bt');
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
    inputs[i].click();
}

“.

Go to Console then copy and paste the below code
Go to Console, then copy and paste the below code

Now hit the Enter button on your Keyboard and set it back and wait to let the script work for you. You will that all your request will be undone one by one in a couple of minutes depending on how many requests are there in your pending list.

Don’t forget to refresh the page and check to confirm that nothing is remaining there in the pending list. However, it is very important to keep that page open as long as the script is running and all your sent friend requests are removed, deleted, or canceled automatically.

Manually Cancel All Sent Friend Requests on Facebook

If you are thinking to get rid of those sent friend requests at once but manually. It is impossible to do so. However, you can get to the list and follow these steps to delete or cancel one by one:

Cancel All Sent Request on Facebook Manually
Cancel All Sent Request on Facebook Manually

Go to Facebook.com and login into your account. Then click on the friend icon at the top right. In the new Facebook design, it is much easier to find the sent request list. Click on the Friend option on the left sidebar. Then click View Sent Requests under the Friend Request option at the top left. A window will pop up and you will see all your pending requests list in one place with a Cancel button. Just click on the Cancel button and next to each request you wanna remove delete or undo. That’s how you remove or undo a sent friend request manually on Facebook.

Read also: How to Remove Reactions on Facebook Story and any Post.

What happens when you cancel a sent Facebook request?

Once you send a friend request to a user on Facebook. The person will receive a notification in his Friendi tab you send him a request to become friends. Thus he will see two options to accept or reject or it. But during this, you can cancel it and the notification will be disappeared from the Friend Requests tab on the other user. If he did not check your requests yet, he may never know that you sent him a request on Facebook.

How to cancel all sent friend requests on Facebook in one click extension

You can also bulk remove all the sent friend requests on Facebook with a Google Chrome extension. Here is how to do it: Open the Chrome Store and Add the extension here. Now login to your Facebook account and go to all sent friend requests. Now click the extension at the top right of the Chrome browser, and follow the instruction.

how to cancel all sent friend request on facebook in one click extension
how to cancel all sent friend requests on Facebook in one click extension

Disclaimer: We will never suggest anyone use third-party tools to do the same. However, you can do this on your own. For your information, you must never trust any extension or app to access your Facebook account. Our recommendation is to use the manual method to delete all the sent friend requests in one click. Yes, that will take some time but on the other hand, your Facebook account is more than safe. The choice is yours now.

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  1. Jim says

    thanks for the guide, can you share a script to resend all those requests after cancelation?

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