In Windows 11, notification center is where you'll find app notifications and quick settings—which give you quick access to commonly used settings and apps. You can change your notification settings at any time from the Settings app. Show
Customize notifications
Add or remove quick settings
In Windows 10, action center is where you'll find your app notifications and quick actions—which give you quick access to commonly used settings and apps. Change your action center settings at any time from the Settings app.
Change notification settings
Action center is the place for notifications and quick access to settings you care about most. If you're not seeing what you want in action center, here's how to make it work better for you. Notifications from your favorite apps and games. Install your favorite apps and games, then set up notifications for them. You can usually do this in an
app's settings menu. Microsoft Store has oodles of apps, including social networking, messaging, news, and hit games. High-priority notifications. Put notifications you care about most at the top of action center, whether they're messaging notifications or alerts from a game you can't stop playing.
Personalized notifications from Cortana. Have you met Cortana? She's your digital agent in Windows 10 who can ping you when it's time to head to work, remind you to pick up eggs at the grocery store, show you breaking news, and more. Go to Cortana's Notebook and add info that's relevant to you. See Make Cortana yours to learn how.
Notifications from your phone. When you're on your PC, Cortana can forward your phone's notifications, letting you know if you get phone calls, text messages, low battery warnings, and so on.
To set up the connection, open Cortana on your PC, go to Settings , and then turn on Send notifications and information between devices. After a few minutes, you should receive a notification on your PC asking you to confirm that your phone is a trusted device. Once trusted, notifications will start flowing. (Available for Android and Windows 10 Mobile phones.) Customized quick actions. In action center, you'll see all available quick actions at the bottom. Collapse them to see only your top picks. To rearrange them and customize your top quick actions, go to Settings > System > Notifications & actions .
...and less of what you don'tChange any of the following settings at any time in Settings > System > Notifications & actions . For app-specific settings, select the app under Get notifications from these senders.
If you ever decide you want complete solitude, you can turn off all notifications on your PC by turning off Get notifications from apps and other senders. Need more help?How do I get notifications on my computer?If you want to receive notifications from a site but aren't getting them:. On your computer, open Chrome.. Go to the site you want to get notifications from.. Select View site information. .. Next to Notifications, select Allow from the drop down menu.. How do I turn on notifications for Windows 10?Manage notifications Windows 10: Select Start > Settings > System > Notifications & actions. Manage notifications MacOS: Select Apple menu > System Preferences > Notifications. Manage notifications Android: Select your phone's Settings app > Apps & Notifications>
Why am I not getting any notifications on Windows 10?Check Notifications Settings in Ease of Access
Click Start, then head to Settings > Ease of access. From the left pane menu, select Display. Scroll down to Simplify and personalize Windows. Use the drop-down menu below Show notifications for to select for how long Windows 10 displays notifications.
How do I add app notifications in Windows 10?Go to Settings > System > Notifications & actions , under Get notifications from these senders select the app, and then under Priority of notifications in action center select Top.
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