Windows 11 Notification Center and Windows 10 Action Center are one-stop places to receive and manage all notifications. Every other app hooks into the Action Center and notifications become a burden. Every morning, I end up clearing all notifications. The only drawback is that you might miss important notifications. The good news is that there is a much faster, on-the-fly, method to tweak these announcements. In this article, we will show you how to quickly change notifications settings in Windows 11/10.
Quickly change App notifications settings from the Action Center
You can quickly tweak app notifications in the Windows 10 Action Center and Windows 11 Notification Center easily.
1] Open the Action Center in Windows 10 by pressing the WIN + A keys. In Windows 11, this shortcut does not open the Notification Center. To open Windows 11 Notification Center by pressing the Win + N keys. Alternatively, you can click on the Notification bell icon on the bottom right side of the Taskbar to open the Notification Center in Windows 11. Then scroll over a notification that you think might not be very important. Right-click on the App name – which is usually on the top.
2] You should see a menu with multiple options, such as:
- Turn off notifications for the app
- Go to Notification settings
- Remove/Add Priority for the app.
You may see different options after right-clicking on the notifications of different apps in the Notification Center.
3] Click on the Go to notification settings option, and it will instantly open the Notification settings for that app. If the notifications are too much, you can choose to turn off notifications for that app completely.
If you use this method to manage all notifications, it will be much easier. You can only get to experience notification distraction from apps when you get it.
Manage notifications in Windows 11/10 via Settings
The other way to manage notification settings in Windows 10 is via Settings > System > Notification and actions. If you are a Windows 11 user, you go to System > Notifications in the Windows 11 Settings app. Here, you will see multiple different options to manage notifications on your system. For example, you can select whether to allow notifications to play sound, whether your system can show notifications on the lock screen, etc.
You can also turn on Do not disturb if you get too many notifications on your system. Moreover, Windows 11 also has an option to turn on do not disturb automatically at the required time.
After turning on the Do not disturb mode, Windows 11 will not show you notifications. However, all the notifications remain available in the Notification Center. If you want some apps to always show notifications even if the Do not disturb mode is turned on, you can add such apps on the Set priority notifications page in Windows 11 Settings.
That’s it. I hope this helps.
How do I see notifications in Action Center?
You can easily see all the notifications in the Action Center by opening it. In Windows 11/10, click on the notifications icon on the right side of the Taskbar to open the Action Center in Windows 10 and the Notification Center in Windows 11.
How do I change the notification settings in Windows?
You can change notification settings in Windows 11/10 by opening the Notifications page in the Windows 11/10 Settings app. On that page, you will see several options to manage notifications and change the notification settings.
Did you know this quick feature existed? How do you stop Windows 10 pop-up notifications? Let us know in the comments.
Read next: How to hide Notification Content on Lock Screen on Windows 11.
