Push notifications are of their undeniable importance in keeping you informed of messages and updates. While helpful, the constant stream of notifications from apps and web browsers can easily distract you from the task at hand, ultimately affecting your productivity. It is therefore becoming increasingly important that we manage such notifications adequately.
Thankfully, Windows 11 offers a number of settings that you can tweak to streamline your notification experience. In this article, we will show you how to enable, disable, and manage notifications on Windows 11 to help you control everything. So let’s get started.
How to enable or disable notifications on Windows 11
First, let’s see how you can quickly turn notifications on or off on your Windows 11 PC using the redesigned Settings app.
Step 1: Open the Start menu and click the Settings icon to launch the Settings app. Alternatively, you can also press Windows key + I to launch quick settings.
Step 2: In the Settings app, navigate to the System tab on your left and click the Notifications option on your right.
Step 3: Here, you can turn off the switch next to Notifications to completely disable notifications on your Windows 11.
Similarly, you can re-enable the On switch to allow apps to push notifications on your PC.
How to manage notifications for specific apps
If you have turned off all notifications on Windows 11 to avoid being disturbed, you may miss a few important reminders and emails. To ensure that you always receive notifications and messages from important apps, Windows 11 also lets you manage notifications on an app-by-app basis. Read on to find out how.
Step 1: Press Windows key + I to launch the Settings app on your PC. Switch to the System tab and go to Notification settings.
Step 2: Scroll down to the ‘Notifications from other senders and apps’ section. Here you’ll find a list of apps and senders that can send you notifications. Toggle the corresponding switches next to these apps to turn notifications on or off for them.
Alternative method
In addition to the above method, you can also turn off notifications for specific apps from the Notification Center, as long as you already have notifications from that app. This is the way.
Step 1: Open the notification center by clicking on the date and time icon in the bottom right corner.
Alternatively, you can also press Windows key + N to open Notification Center in Windows 11.
Step 2: Locate notifications from the app for which you want to disable notifications. Click on the three-dot menu icon and select ‘Turn off all notifications for’ [AppName].’
If you’ve decided to enable notifications for a specific app, you can set some additional options to further streamline your notification experience on Windows 11.
Enable or Disable Notification Banners
Open the Settings app and navigate to Notification settings. Click on the app to see additional notification settings. Now use the checkboxes to specify whether the app should display the notification banner or not. Alternatively, you can also turn off the notification sound from here.
Set notification priority
Even after filtering out annoying notifications from certain apps, there’s still a chance that an important message is buried deep in the notification stack. To ensure that you don’t miss an important alert, you can assign different priorities to notifications by following the steps below.
Step 1: Open Notification settings and click on the app to set the priority.
Step 2: Under ‘Notification priority in notification center’, choose from Top, High and Normal options to set your preferences.
Once configured, notifications from the apps you care about will always be on top regardless of their time.
Bonus: Try Focus Assist on Windows 11
Focus Assist is a handy Windows utility that helps you focus on what you’re doing by muting irrelevant notifications. It does this by filtering out notifications from specific apps while ensuring that apps and people on your priority list can always reach you.
Here’s how you can set up and use Focus Assist on Windows 11.
Step 1: Click the Search icon from the Taskbar, type focus assist and press Enter.
Step 2: Here you can enable Focus Assist by selecting the ‘Priority Only’ or ‘Alarms Only’ option.
Setting it to ‘Priority only’ will allow apps and contacts that are on the priority list to send notifications. You can add exceptions to those apps and contacts by customizing the priority list.
Setting to ‘Alarm only’ will mute all notifications except Alarms.
Alternatively, you can also tick the checkbox below to see a summary of missed notifications at the end of your focus session.
Once the setup is complete, you can quickly enable the Focus Assist feature by visiting the Action Center on Windows 11.
Focus assist can be a real productivity booster while working. You can set it to activate automatically during your business hours and see a summary of all your missed notifications at the end.
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Once you get used to the brand new Windows 11 Settings app and familiarize yourself with the options above, you can easily control all your notifications. And if you’re familiar with the Focus Assist feature on Windows 10, it certainly won’t take long.
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