Turn off Google Chrome Notification

Websites are more useful than ever in the advanced era of web applications. Unfortunately, they also become more annoying, with each site under the sun asking for your location or permission to send you notifications.

Sometimes it's useful to set up notifications on Google Chrome to receive an alert when there is an update on a particular website. Alerts from websites are a great idea in theory, but they can also become redundant. For example, you can receive desktop notifications when you receive a new email, or receive Chrome notifications from your favorite news site when a major story breaks. If you receive too many notifications, you may want to turn off google chrome notifications. You can do this via the browser settings menu.

Why receive an alert from your PC on a new message when your phone gives you the same ping? Or, worse, Cortana can also ping your Windows 10 desktop, giving you triple notifications? Ah. Google Chrome. Because of Google Chrome notifications will never die, even if you're not actively using the browser, apparently. (I'm kidding, Google Chrome has been set up to run in the background on my PC - here's how to prevent that from happening.)

How to turn off google chrome notifications:

One of the best features of modern browsers is desktop notifications. They display previews of emails, football scores or even instant messages, allowing you to take a quick look at the updates without leaving the job you're doing. But it can get a little overwhelming, especially when it includes spam and advertisements. If too many sites have started sending notifications, or if you need to remove all the noise, you should turn off Google Chrome notifications. This is quite simple:

• Open the Google Chrome settings page. You can either type chrome: // settings in the address bar and press Enter or click on the hamburger icon in the upper right> Settings.

• Scroll down and click on Show advanced settings.

• Under Privacy, click Content settings

• Scroll to Notifications.

• Select Do not allow a site to display notifications on the desktop.

• If you want to allow certain websites to display notifications, you can click Ask when a site wants to display notifications on the desktop. Now, sites will only display notifications if you allow them.

•  Click Manage exceptions to display the list of sites to which you have authorized notifications. Click the X to the right of one of these URLs to prevent the site from sending notifications.

This method removes turn off google chrome notifications from websites. But an application or extension can still send notifications. To turn off notifications for individual Chrome apps or extensions, follow these steps.

Windows 7 and 8

• Press Windows key + D or go to the desktop.

• Left-click the Chrome bell icon in the notification bar at the bottom right of the screen. If not, click the up arrow icon at the start of the notification bar. Once you see the bell, left-click on it.

• Click on the gear icon.

• Uncheck the apps or extensions you don't want to receive notifications from.

Mac

• In the system menu bar, click the bell icon.

• Click on the gear icon.

• Uncheck the apps or extensions you don't want to receive notifications from.

If you want to turn off all Chrome notifications, there is an easy way to do it. If you're working and just want a temporary break, you can instead right-click the bell-shaped Chrome notifications icon, and then click Do Not Disturb. This disables all notifications. You can also click on Do Not Disturb for an hour or on Do Not Disturb for a day if you just want to briefly stop notifications.

This next method will permanently stop all notifications, including emails and messages. If you need it, don't do it. If you're sure you need to get rid of all Chrome notifications, read on.

Windows 7 or 8

• Press Windows key + D or go to the desktop.

• Click the up arrow icon at the start of the notification bar at the bottom right of the screen.

• Click on Personalize.

• Scroll to Google Chrome.

• From the drop-down menu, select Hide icon and notifications.

• Click on OK.

How Chrome Notifications Work

Sometimes when you are browsing the web, you will be prompted by a specific website to allow or prevent this page from displaying notifications in your browser. If you agree, the website owner will be able to send messages that appear on your computer when you receive a new notification. Generally, the site will load if you click on the notification.

If you refuse to allow notifications, the site will usually not be able to invite you again unless you change your Chrome settings. If you are using multiple browsers, you may be asked separately to allow notifications in each, because each browser has its own notification system.

Deactivate the notifications

If you don't want notifications in Chrome at all, you can turn off google chrome notifications completely. In addition, you will not be prompted to allow notifications when you visit sites that eject them.

• To do this, access the Chrome Preferences menu by clicking on the "Chrome" menu and clicking on "Preferences" or by clicking on the drop-down menu indicated by the three-dot icon, then by clicking on "Settings". Scroll to the bottom of the menu and click "Advanced". From there click on "Content Settings".

• Click "Notifications" and click the toggle switch next to "Ask before sending (recommended)". This setting will change to "Blocked".

• If you've turned on notifications that may contain sensitive information, such as email content or the fact that you're using a particular website, you can temporarily turn off notifications if you're using your computer in front of a friend or colleague, or if you plan to use the computer for a presentation. You can turn notifications back on when you resume using the computer in a more private setting.

Change notification settings by site

This same menu allows you to change your notification preferences for individual sites rather than disabling them entirely.

• Under the "Ask before sending" toggle, you should see a list of sites under "Block". These sites are not authorized to send you notifications.

• Below this list, you will see the second list of sites called "Allow". These are the sites on which you have chosen to receive notifications.

• If you no longer want to receive notifications from a site, click the menu icon next to it in the "Allow" list and click "Block". If you want to be invited by the site before it can send you notifications again, click "Remove". You can click the menu icon next to a site in the blocking list and click "Remove" to unblock it. Chrome can then prompt you again to allow notifications when you visit the site.

Notifications in other browsers

Other browsers manage notifications separately.

• On Mozilla Firefox, you can find notification settings in the "Options" menu, also known as "Preferences" on a Mac, by clicking "Permissions", then "Notification Settings". You can turn off google chrome notifications from specific sites or in general, like in Chrome.

• If you are using Microsoft Edge, click the "three dots" menu button in the upper right corner of the browser window, then click "Settings." Scroll down and click "Show advanced settings". Scroll down to "Notifications" and click "Manage" to access the notification settings.

• On Apple Safari, click on the "Safari" menu then on "Preferences". Click the "Notifications" tab to block notifications from some or all websites.

Once done, Chrome will no longer be able to send notifications or alerts as you have successfully turn off google chrome notifications from annoying websites and extensions who were sending spam notifications on your computer. If you know other ways please let us know in the comment section.