If you’ve ever been bothered by notifications while browsing the web, you might be wondering how to disable notifications in Chrome. These notifications can be quite annoying, especially if you accidentally allowed them. The notification requests are often small, causing you to click through them without noticing. If you’ve disabled notifications for a useful website by mistake, you’ll want to know how to enable Chrome notifications for that site again.
Turn off (or on) all notifications in Chrome
Follow these steps to turn off or on notifications for all websites on Chrome.
Step 1: On a Windows or Mac machine, open Chrome and click on the Chrome menu icon in the upper-right corner (three vertical dots).
Step 2: Navigate to Settings > Privacy and security > Site settings, then select Notifications.
Step 3: Choose from the three main options: Sites can ask to send notifications, Use quieter messaging, or Don’t allow sites to send notifications. To turn off all notifications, select Don’t allow sites to send notifications.
Step 4: Chromebook users can go to the status area in ChromeOS and select Notification next to the clock to manage notifications.
Step 5: In the pop-up window, select the Settings icon and adjust the notifications for apps or extensions.
Turn off individual website notifications in Chrome
You can also manage individual website notifications easily.
Step 1: Open Chrome, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Site settings > Notifications.
Step 2: Modify the notification settings for each listed website by clicking on the three dots icon next to the website’s entry.
Step 3: Add new websites to either section (Not allowed to send notifications or Allowed to send notifications) by clicking the Add button and entering the web address.
Adjust notification settings from a site
Customize settings from individual sites by following these steps:
Step 1: When on a website in Chrome, select the icon next to the web address bar (Lock, Info, or Dangerous).
Step 2: Edit the website’s permission settings on the Settings screen, and remember to reload the webpage to apply the changes.
Turn specific notifications off and on in Chrome
Decide which notifications you want to receive from specific websites by altering the permissions for each site.
Step 1: On Android devices, select the Lock icon next to the address bar on a website to access permissions and toggle Show notifications.
Step 2: Chromebook users can manage notifications by clicking the Settings icon and deselecting unwanted notifications from the list of apps and extensions.
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