With macOS®, app notifications became an integral part of our lives. We get notified about upcoming events, scheduled meetings, emails, Facebook messages, birthdays, and websites we accidentally subscribed to. Don’t get me wrong, notifications are extremely useful and help optimize workflow. But what if sometimes we need quiet time to focus on important tasks, avoid distractions, give a presentation, or simply sleep? How to turn off all the Mac® notifications? I’ll cover the steps needed to stop getting app notifications in macOS, either all at once or one by one. Disable All Distractions with an App The easiest way to disable all notifications on Mac is to use. Toolbox is a Swiss-Army knife for MacOS that brings convenience of smartphones to desktop, which allows you not only to switch to Do Not Disturb mode on the fly, but also keep your focus with Presentation Mode that Instantly disables those embarrassing pop-ups or bouncing icons.
The application automatically detects when additional displays are connected and prevent any distractions to occur. Additionally you can quickly get ready for a presentation with easy access to hide a messy desktop or lock screen when you’re done with work. Here are just a few of other 30+ amazing features of Toolbox: Download Video – Grab music and videos from Youtube, Vimeo or Facebook and watch them offline. Clean Drive and Free Memory – Free up extra disk space and keep your Mac optimized for the best performance. Take Screenshots or Record a Video with a single click for quick cut-and-paste jobs. You can download Toolbox and try it out for free (no registration needed).
Step 2: Click Notifications & Actions in the left-hand menu. This will take you to a screen providing access to all of the settings related to notifications and the Action Center. Step 3: Click the System icon, then select Notifications and actions from the left-hand menu.
Pause Notifications from Notification Center To quickly stop receiving notifications until midnight, do the following:. Click on the in the menu bar. Swipe down until you see the Do Not Disturb label. Switch on Do Not Disturb mode. Alternatively, hold down the Option key while you click the Notification Center icon. When Do Not Disturb is on, the Notification Center icon on the right is dimmed. During that time, the notifications arrive silently in Notification Center until midnight or the scheduled time.
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Enable Do Not Disturb for Your Preferred Amount of Time Mac users can specify when they don’t want to be disturbed—as well as set how apps show notifications—with Notifications System Preferences. To turn off notifications for your preferred time, do the following:. From the Apple Menu in the top left corner, open System Preferences. Select Notifications. Stop notifications during the specific time range, when the display is sleeping, or when you’re mirroring the screen.
Disable Safari Notifications Push-up notifications in Safari are a relatively new, but more and more websites are offering them. Usually, a user voluntarily subscribes to a website’s notifications from a pop-up window. Sometimes, however, it happens accidentally. To disable unwanted notifications from a website, do the following:. Open Safari and click Safari - Preferences in the top menu bar.
Open the Websites tab. Select Notifications on the left-side menu. Choose which website notifications you want to disable.
Hint: if you need to uninstall apps, it’s not recommended to drag them to the trash as different applications tend to leave lots of unwanted files on you hard drive. It’s best to use a dedicated uninstaller tool, like Toolbox Uninstall Apps. You can download Toolbox and try it out for free. Turn Off Updates Notifications The App Store in macOS pushes update notifications for installed apps whenever they become available. To turn them off, you can now simply do the following:. Click on the Apple menu in the top bar.
Open System Preferences. Find the App Store. Turn off the “Automatically check for updates” option. That covers all the steps for turning off notifications on your Mac. Make sure to turn them on again when you’re done with your project so you don’t miss any important notifications!
Starting with the release of Windows 8, Microsoft introduced a new system notification feature to allow the operating system and apps to notify users of certain events. To make the notifications a complete feature in the software giant introduced the Action Center, which you can use to view and manage missed notifications. While, the Action Center is a welcome addition to the operating system, it might not be a feature for every user. Perhaps, you don't like or simply don't use the feature very often. Fortunately, there are a few ways in which you can disable Action Center in Windows 10.
As such, in this new guide, we'll show you have easy is to disable the feature using the Registry Editor or using the Local Group Policy Editor. Disabling Action Center using the Registry Editor Important: Before you make any changes to the operating system, it's critical to note that modifying the Windows Registry can be problematic as changes can cause irreversible problems to your system when you don't know what you are doing. As such, it's always recommended that you make a or, at least, you create a before proceeding with this guide. You have been warned!
After you have taken the necessary measures to protect your system, you can follow the steps below to disable Action Center. Go to the Start menu, do a search for regedit, and hit Enter to launch the Registry Editor as an administrator. Navigate the following path: HKEYCURRENTUSER SOFTWARE Policies Microsoft Windows Explorer. If you don't find the Explorer key under Windows, you need to create it. Right-click on the Windows key, select New, then Key, and name the new entry Explorer. Inside Explorer, right-click on the right side, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit). Then name the key: DisableNotificationCenter.
Double-click the new key and change the value to from 0 to 1. Restart your computer and you should no longer see the Action Center or its icon in the system tray.
Disabling Action Center using Local Group Policy Editor If you don't feel adventures modifying the Windows Registry, you can always opt to perform the same task using the Local Group Policy Editor. However, remember that the Local Group Policy Editor is available in Windows 10 Pro, if you're running Windows 10 Home, your only option is to modify the Windows Registry as shown above.
Go to Start, do a search for edit group policy, and hit Enter to launch the Local Group Policy Editor. Under Local Computer Policy, expand User Configuration, and navigate through Administrative Templates, and click on Start Menu and Taskbar. Find and double-click Remove Notifications and Actions Center. Now, select the Enabled option, click Apply and OK.
Reboot your computer and you should no longer see the Action Center or its icons in the system tray. Keep in mind that this action will disable the Action Center, but you will still see toast notifications. If you want to disable toast notifications, then go to the Settings app System Notifications & actions, and turn off the notifications you don't want to see anymore.
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