Windows 10: How to enable or disable Notifications from apps and other senders in Windows 10

Windows 10’s Action Center notifies you of each unread notification sent by an app. However, if you do not want to get such things, you can disable notifications from apps and other senders using this tutorial. It is possible to turn off these notifications using the Windows Settings, Local Group Policy Editor, and Registry Editor.

Disable notifications from apps and other senders in Windows 10




To enable or disable notifications from apps and other senders, follow these steps-

1. Press Win+I to open the Windows Settings.
2. Go to System > Notifications & actions.
3. Toggle the Get notifications from apps and other senders button.

You have to open the Windows Settings panel on your computer. For that, press Win+I together. Once it is opened, go to System > Notifications & actions.

Here you can an option called Get notifications from apps and other senders. Toggle the respective button to disable notifications from apps and other senders.

Once you are done with the last step, you won’t get any toast notification in Action Center. Apart from that, it won’t show notifications on the lock screen, reminders and incoming VoIP calls on the lock screen, and play notification sounds.

Turn off notifications from apps and other senders using Group Policy




To turn off notifications from apps and other senders using Group Policy, follow these steps-

1. Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
2. Type gpedit.msc and hit the Enter button.
3. Go to Notifications in User Configuration.
4. Double-click on the Turn off toast notifications setting.
5. Select the Enabled option.
6. Click the OK button.

Let’s find out more about these steps.

At first, you have to open the Local Group Policy Editor. For that, press Win+R, type gpedit.msc, and hit the Enter button. Once it is opened on your computer, navigate to the following path-

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Notifications

Double-click on the Turn off toast notifications button on the right-hand side and select the Enabled option.

Click on the OK button to save the change.

As mentioned earlier, you can do the same using the Registry Editor. However, it is recommended to create a System Restore point before following the REGEDIT method.

Read: How to turn off App Notifications using Registry Editor.

Disable notifications from apps and other senders using Registry


To disable notifications from apps and other senders using Registry, follow these steps-

1. Press Win+R to display the Run window.
2. Write regedit and hit the Enter button.
3. Click on the Yes option.
4. Navigate to CurrentVersion in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
5. Right-click on CurrentVersion > New > Key.
6. Name it as PushNotifications.
7. Right-click on it > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
8. Name it as NoToastApplicationNotification.
9. Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1.
10. Click the OK button.

To get started, you need to open Registry Editor on your PC. For doing that, press Win+R to display the Run window, type regedit, and hit the Enter button. If the UAC prompt appears, click on the Yes option.

Next, navigate to the following path-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Here you have to create a key. For that, right-click on CurrentVersion, select New > Key and name it as PushNotifications.



After that, right-click on the PushNotifications key, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it as NoToastApplicationNotification.



By default, it shows 0 as the Value data. However, you have to make it 1.

For that, double-click on the REG_DWORD value, enter 1 and click the OK button to save the change.



Once you are done with the last step, re-sign in to your system or restart your computer to get the change.

That’s all!

Read: How to View Old Notifications in Windows 10


This article How to enable or disable Notifications from apps and other senders in Windows 10 first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

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Hello Simon,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• 
  Do you want to disable only Outlook notification?
  
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  When do you get this notification?
  
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  Do you want to disable other app notifications as well?
  

You will receive notification along with the sound if you have enabled settings accordingly for the application to notify you.



If you want to disable Outlook notification on Mail app, I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

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  Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type
  Mail and select the top most search result.
  
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  Click on the Settings icon located at the bottom left corner of the app and select
  Notifications from the popped window on the right side.
  
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If you want to disable other notifications on your PC, follow the steps below:

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  Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type
  Settings and select the top most search result.
  
• 
  Select System and click on
  Notifications & actions from the left side panel of the screen.
  
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  Enable/disable the apps notification from the window accordingly and check if the changes are effective.
  

Write back to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.