How to Turn Off Notifications on Windows 10

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What to Know

• Stop all notifications: Start >Settings >System >Notifications & actions. Toggle off Get notificationsfrom apps and other senders.
• From specific apps: In Notifications & actions, go to Get notifications from these senders and toggle off by app.
• Use the Focus assist link in System settings to set additional rules, such as notification times.

This article outlines how to turn off Windows 10 notifications from your desktop that may come from downloaded apps or web browsers. You can choose to turn off notifications entirely or just from specific apps.

How to Turn off All Notifications

If you want all notifications off, no matter where they come from, you can do this through the Settings app with just a few clicks.

1. Select Start in the bottom left-hand corner of your desktop.

Choose Settings (looks like a gear).

Select System.

From the sidebar, select Notifications & actions.

Under Notifications, toggle off Get notificationsfrom apps and other senders.

How to Turn off Notifications From Specific Apps

If you don't want to turn off all notifications, but instead just control pop-ups from certain apps, you can also do this from Settings. This allows you to continue to get important notifications while avoiding ones irrelevant to you.

1. Follow the steps above until you get to the Notifications & actions window.

Scroll down to Get notifications from these senders.

More Options for Turning off Notifications

In the same settings mentioned above, there are some more options you can choose to have off or on. These are just below the Notifications section.

You can choose whether or not to show notifications on your lock screen, to show reminders or incoming VoIP calls on the lock screen, to allow notifications to play sound, and other options. To turn these off or on, select the checkmark box.

Also in Settings is a link to Focus assist options. Here, you can choose what times you want to get notifications. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings >System >Focus assist

At the top, select Priority only to see only notifications selected from the priority list, or select Alarms only to hide all notifications except for alarms.

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Underneath this, in the Automatic rules section, you can choose to have certain notifications settings during certain times. To select a time frame where notifications are hidden or set to priority only, toggle the switch next to During these times so it turns on, and select this option to choose what time this occurs.

Notifications From Apps Still Showing Up?

If you find some apps are still giving you notifications, go into that particular app itself and change its settings from within. You can usually find these options in the settings section of the app.

To disable Facebook notifications in Windows 10, navigate to Notifications & Actions. Scroll down until you see the Facebook app tag, then toggle off the slider.

To disable Chrome notifications in Windows 10, from a Chrome window, select Menu (three dots) > Settings > Privacy and Security > Site Settings. In the Permissions section, select Notifications to bring up the Chrome Notifications settings interface, where you can choose to allow or block site notifications.

To turn off new message notifications in the Mail app, select File > Options > Mail. Under Message arrival, deselect the checkbox next to Display a Desktop Alert, and then select OK.

To stop getting recommendations or notifications from channels you're subscribed to, go to YouTube.com, click your Google account icon, and select Settings > Notifications. Next to Your Preferences, toggle off the notifications you don't want.