diff --git a/src/pages/notifications/notifications.js b/src/pages/notifications/notifications.js
index 1650c1a6f4c8fff562dfcfcce4be66c5b8eb2036..568f9195ca19f3c146fc3189168ff58e02d6a184 100644
--- a/src/pages/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/pages/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ const NotificationsPage = () => {
   const deleteNotification = async (notificationId) => {
     try {
       const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/notification/delete/${notificationId}`, {
-        method: "DELETE",
         headers: {
           Authorization: `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem("token")}`,
         },
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ const NotificationsPage = () => {
   const clearAllNotifications = async () => {
     // make a request to the notifications microservice to clear all notifications
     try {
-      const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/notification/delete/all/`, {
-        method: "DELETE",
+      const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/notification/delete/all`, {
         headers: {
           Authorization: `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem("token")}`,
         },