How to manage notifications on Windows 11

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1 How to enable or disable notifications on Windows 11

2 How to manage notifications for specific apps

2.1 Alternative method

2.2 Enable or disable the notification banner

2.3 Set notification priority

3 Bonus: Try Focus Assist on Windows 11

4 To take control

4.1 Related posts:

Push notifications have their undeniable importance of alerting you to messages and updates. As useful as they are, a steady stream of notifications from apps and web browsers can easily distract you from what you’re doing, testing your patience. Therefore, it becomes more and more important to properly manage such notifications.

Thankfully, Windows 11 offers a few settings you can tweak to optimize your notification experience. In this article, we’ll show you how to enable, disable, and manage notifications on Windows 11. So let’s get started.

How to enable or disable notifications on Windows 11

First, let’s see how to quickly enable or disable notifications on your Windows 11 PC using the redesigned Settings app.

Open the Start menu and click the Settings icon to launch the Settings app. Alternatively, you can also press Windows key + I to quickly launch settings.
In the Settings app, go to the System tab on the left and click the Notifications option on your right.
Here you can turn off the switch next to Notifications to completely disable notifications on Windows 11.

Likewise, you can turn the switch back on to allow apps to send notifications to your PC.

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How to manage notifications for specific apps

If you’ve turned off all notifications on Windows 11 to avoid disturbances, you may be missing out on some memorandum and important emails. To make sure you always get alerts and messages from important apps, Windows 11 also lets you manage notifications by app. Read on to learn how.

Press Windows key + I to launch the Settings app on your PC. Switch to the System tab and go to the notification settings.
Scroll down to the “Notifications from apps and other senders” section. Here you will find a list of apps and senders that can send you notifications. Turn on or off the corresponding switches next to these apps to enable or disable notifications for them.

Alternative method

In addition to the method above, you can also disable notifications for specific apps from the Notification Center, as long as you already have a notification from that app. That’s how.

Open the notification center by clicking on the time and date icon in the lower right corner. Alternatively, you can also press Windows Key + N to open Action Center in Windows 11.
Find a notification from the app that you want to turn off notification for. Click the three-dot menu icon and choose “Turn off all notifications for [AppName]”.

If you’ve decided to enable notifications for a specific app, there are some additional preferences you can set to further simplify your notification experience on Windows 11.

Enable or disable the notification banner

Open the Settings app and go to Notification Settings. Click on the app to view additional notification settings. Now use the checkboxes to specify whether or not the app should show a notification banner. What’s more, you can also silence the notification sound from here.

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Set notification priority

Even after filtering out annoying notifications from some apps, there’s a good chance an important notification will be buried deep in the notification pile. To make sure you don’t miss an important alert, you can assign different priorities to notifications by following the steps below.

Open the notification settings and click on the app to set its priority.
Under “Priority of notifications in the notification center”, choose from the Higher, Higher and Normal options to set your preference.

Once configured, the notifications of the apps you care about will always stay on top regardless of their time.

Bonus: Try Focus Assist on Windows 11

Focus assist is a handy utility on Windows that helps you focus on the business hand by silencing irrelevant notifications. It does this by filtering notifications from particular apps, while ensuring that apps and people on your priority list can always reach you. Here’s how to set up and use Focus assist on Windows 11.

Click the Search icon from the taskbar, type focus assist and press Enter.
Here you can enable Focus Assist by choosing the “Priority Only” or “Alarms Only” option.

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Setting it to “Priority only” will allow apps and contacts that are on the priority list to send notifications. You can add exceptions for those apps and contacts by customizing the priority list. Setting to “Alarms Only” will disable all notifications except alarms.

Additionally, you can also mark the checkbox below to view a summary of missed notifications at the end of the focus session. After completing the setup, you can quickly enable Focus Assistance by visiting the Action Center on Windows 11.

Focus Assist can be a real productivity booster at work. You can set automatic activation during working hours and see a summary of all missed notifications at the end.

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To take control

Once you get used to the brand new Windows 11 Settings app and familiarize yourself with the options above, you can easily take control of all your notifications. And if you are familiar with Focus assist su Windows 10, it sure won’t take long.