Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-04)

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Update notification

and action settings

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  thenotificationsgeneratedby
  Windows,appsandwebsites.
  Ratherthanfacea constantbarrage
  ofmessages,Microsoftincludes
  numeroussettingsthatcanbeused
  totakecontrolofthenotifications
  yousee.Youcan,forinstance,optto
  hidenotificationsfromcertain
  applications,orchoosetomute
  notificationsduringofficehoursto
  enableyoutoconcentrateonwork.
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  notifications,we’reheretoguideyou
  throughhowtobettermanagethem
  sotheyarehelpfulratherthan
  annoying.We’llalsolookathowyou
  canusetheActionCentretogain
  quickaccesstohandyoptions.

1 Accessingnotificationsandchangingsettings

Whena notificationis generatedbya website,app,or

Windows itself,it willpopuptothelowerrightofthescreen.You

can also seea listofarchivednotificationsbyclickingtheAction

Centre buttontothefarrightofthetaskbar– it lookslikea little

speech bubble.InActionCentre,youcanclicktheManage

notificationslinktobetakentotherelevantsectionofSettings.

2 Enable, disable and configure notifications

In the Notification and actions section of Settings, you can

disable all notifications by flicking the toggle to the Off position.

Just beneath this, you will find five other notification settings that

can be switched on or off, and they all have descriptive labels that

explain what they do. You might, for the sake of privacy, want to

hide notifications from your lock screen so others can’t see them.

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Step-by-step Changing notification settings

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Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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