Windows 11 features a new way to present desktop and app notifications which help you stay informed and updated with almost everything happening on your device. However, some notifications are annoying and can easily be turned off or disabled. The new and improved notification area also include more programs and applications that can notify and alert you about potential issues or warning as well as basic information like event reminders. If these notifications are becoming too noisy and overwhelming, you can turn them off with a few clicks and this post is going to show you how. With Windows 11 notifications, you can:
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and more When you’re ready to turn off or disable Windows notifications, follow the steps below:
Disable notifications from System
Windows 11 has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. From system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows, all can be done from its System Settings pane. To get to System Settings, click on Start ==> Settings as shown in the left bottom corner of the image below: Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it. Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. In Windows Settings, click System, and select Notifications & action on the right pane of your screen shown in the image below. On the Notifications settings pane, toggle the button in the highlighted section to turn off notifications from apps and other senders. All notifications will now be turned off after switching to off in the screenshot above.
Turn Focus assist On or Off
Alternatively, you can use Focus assist to allow you to avoid distracting notifications when you need to stay focused, and is set by default to activate automatically under certain conditions. Instead of entirely turning important notifications, use Focus assist instead. Focus assist is also on the Notifications settings page. Click on the highlighted section to navigate to Focus assist. On the Focus assist settings page, you can choose which notifications are allowed. By default, Focus assist is turned off allowing all apps and systems notifications to be received. You can turn on Focus assist and set Priority only or Alarms only. If you select Priority only, then click on the Customize priority list to select and only enable which apps are allowed to send nonfiction. Alarms-only options disable all notifications except for Alarms. Next, choose the time when these rules are enabled. If you choose Focus to assist Priority only, then go to the Customize priority list and remove apps you don’t want to receive notifications from. Use this list to manage which apps show notifications. The rest will go straight to the notification center for review later. That should do it! Conclusion: This post shows you how to disable all notifications in Windows 11. If you find any error above, please use the form below to report.
