They are very distractive. I want to totally silence apps running in the tray or background and prevent from from creating any windows or pop-ups unless I explicitly open the app.
In short, when I am focusing on one software, I don't want any other software to change any pixel of my screen.
For example, if someone call you via Skype, the Skype will give a pop-up window to notify you. You can only turn off the pop-up window through the Skype app. For some other app such option does not exist. I am looking for a windows setting or a third-party solution that block all pop-ups and notifications.
I've tried almost all the popular methods of disabling all notifications and set-up quite hours (for example, see below):
They are not effective: windows system stops to give notifications, but other apps, such as QQ, Wechat, and occasionally Skype, persist to give notifications.
Any solution or software suggestion will be good!
1 Answer
(A) Settings method that catches many notifications.
Start, Settings, System, Notifications and scroll down the right side. You can disable or re-enable any notification you wish.
(B) A very simple way to control these in real time (and without spending a lot of time) is to right click on the app notification and select "no notifications from this app"
I have a new Windows 11 laptop and it has taken 3 or 4 days of trivial effort, 2 or 3 times a day to reduce the onslaught.
This also allows me to control what I wish to see and not see. It also helps a lot as I install new software and new notifications come up.
I use both methods effectively.
Here is a screen shot of method B (not always easy to capture!). When the notification comes up, right click and follow the screen shot. I chose Auto Play because I would never disable this one.
Note: There is no single Windows setting that turns off all Vendor App notifications. Vendors can do as they wish here.
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