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Manage or Disable Notifications in Windows 11
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Answer
Open Settings > System > Notifications to turn alerts on or off per app, change notification behavior, or use Do Not Disturb for temporary quiet.
Open notification settings
Press Windows + I and select System > Notifications. The top switch controls notifications for the whole PC, while the app list provides more precise controls. Leave the global switch on if you still want alerts from important apps.
Adjust an individual app
Under Notifications from apps and other senders, select an app. Choose whether it may show banners, appear in Notification Center, play a sound, or display content on the lock screen. Turning off one sender does not affect other apps.
Set notification priority
Open an important sender and choose its Notification Center priority where available. Priority affects placement; it does not override every privacy or focus setting. Test with a non-urgent notification before relying on it for time-sensitive alerts.
Use Do Not Disturb for temporary quiet
Turn on Do Not Disturb when you want notifications collected silently instead of disabled. You can still open Notification Center later to review them. Add only genuinely important apps to Set priority notifications.
Create automatic quiet rules
Expand Turn on do not disturb automatically and choose schedules or conditions such as duplicating the display, playing a game, or using an app full-screen. Review overlapping rules if Do Not Disturb turns on unexpectedly.
Keep security alerts available
Avoid using Group Policy or registry edits simply to silence Windows Security. Critical security and account alerts may require action. If a particular app is noisy, change that sender's settings rather than suppressing all system notifications.
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If it does not work
- If alerts continue, identify the sender from Notification Center and check that app's own notification settings. If expected alerts disappear, review Do Not Disturb schedules, priority senders, Focus behavior, and the app's Windows permission before resetting settings.
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