How To Turn Off Notifications On Mac

In this article, I’ve laid out 4 ways to turning off app notifications — both temporarily and permanently. Let’s start with the simplest one!

4 Ways to turn off notifications on Mac

Here, I’ll show you how to turn off notifications on your Mac, whether you want to pause them for a while or get rid of them forever.

1. Mute notifications on Mac from Control Center

If a particular app is spamming your Notification Center, you can temporarily stop notifications on your Mac. In the Notification Center, right-click the app’s notification for which you want to stop alerts. Now, set the notifications to mute for 1 hour, One Day, or turn it off completely.

2. Turn off notifications on Mac using Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb is one of the easiest ways to turn off notifications on your Mac. When it is active, notifications do not appear on the screen. The app notifications won’t display the banner or play the sound. Don’t worry; it doesn’t turn off the notifications entirely! The notifications are still visible in Notification Center. To enable Do Not Disturb using Control Center:

3. Turn off notifications for a certain app on Mac

You can even completely disable notifications for a particular app on your Mac. To completely disable notifications for an app, follow these steps: You can also silence the notification or disable it on Lock Screen and Notification Center.

4. Stop notifications when Mac is in sleep mode, locked, or sharing a screen

One of the advantages of having a Mac is that it remains connected to the Wi-Fi even when it is asleep or in screen saver mode. This not only allows it to get back up from sleep faster but also allows the Mac to sync all the notifications in the background. However, if you’re irritated with your Mac playing sound even when you’re not using it, try the below steps: Not only apps but a few websites also send push alerts all day. You can disable those notifications too. Turn off push notifications from websites on Mac Wrapping up… I hope you’re able to understand how you can easily disable notifications on your Mac. If you have any issues following any of the methods mentioned above, drop a comment below, and we’ll be happy to help. Read more:

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