How to Turn Off Notifications on Windows 10

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.

2. Choose Settings (looks like a gear).

   

3. Select System.

   

4. From the sidebar, select Notifications & actions.

   

5. Under Notifications, toggle off Get notifications from 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.

2. Scroll down to Get notifications from these senders.

   

3. You can scroll through all the apps currently sending notifications. For the ones you don't want to get notifications from, turn the switches beside them to Off.

   You can also sort apps by Most recent or Name by selecting the Sort by drop-down box.

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

   

2. 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.

   

3. 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.

   

4. You can also choose notification settings specific to when you're duplicating your display, when you're playing a game, or when you're using an app in full-screen mode.

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.