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Windows 10 Tip: Five ways to personalize notifications on your PC

Written By published August 28, 2017

Did you know you can easily personalize what notifications you get on your Windows 10 PC and how they show up, so you can focus on the ones most important to you?



To get started, head to Settings > System > Notifications & actions‌ – or, if you’re on a Windows 10 PC, click here to open notifications & actions.

First, send notifications, reminders and alarms directly to the action center by right-clicking action center in your taskbar, then selecting Turn on quiet hours.

Turn on quiet hours.

Stop notifications from showing during a presentation by turning on Hide notifications when I’m duplicating my screen. Or, keep them from showing on your lock screen when you’re not logged in by turning off Show notifications on the lock screen.

Show notifications on the lock screen.

If you’re tired of seeing notifications from a particular app, turn them off next to the app under Get notifications from these senders – or, click on the app for more options.

Get notifications from these senders

You also always have the option to stop getting notifications on your PC by turning off Get notifications from apps and other senders.

Get notifications from apps and other senders.

In case you missed it, here’s last week’s Windows 10 Tip:

Windows 10 Tip: Three ways to get started with OneNote

Have a great week!