Windows 10 is in notification mode. Configuring a New Option

Users who have just installed Windows 10 on their computers and laptops have noticed many differences between the interface "10" and "7". And the first thing that catches your eye is the new tiled interface. The second significant difference is the presence of a new tray icon that opens a whole sidebar with notifications from Windows 10.

Owners portable devices With Android, we have long been familiar with the concept of a notification bar and have been using the advantages it provides for several years. Today we will study what the notification center in Windows 10 is, how to open it, how to use it, clear and get rid of messages displayed by certain applications.

Launch methods

Windows 10 informs the user about the implementation of a significant number of operations on the computer by displaying small pop-up windows in the lower right part of the screen. Any of the notifications appears for only a few seconds, which is quite enough for the user to study its contents. If necessary, you can study any message by visiting the "Notification Center". This functional element windows interface 10 in several ways.

The first, as can be understood from the above, is a click on the corresponding icon in the tray.

The second method to get to the "Action Center" is to use the new keyboard shortcut Win + A (relevant only for Windows 10).

Graphically new function consists of several frames. One of them is for displaying alerts, and the other is for displaying a list of instant actions.

All messages of the center are grouped by subject:

  • Updates - Windows 10 will notify the user if there is an update for one of its components;
  • Security - will notify you of changes in the settings, on which the security of the “top ten” directly depends;
  • One Drive - everything about use cloud service Microsoft;
  • Settings - notifications are displayed in case of important changes in the Windows settings;
  • Applications - any program that the user allowed or did not prohibit the display of notifications will report important events (incoming mail, completion of an operation).
  • Hardware Events - Displayed when USB devices and optical discs are connected or removed.

We work with notifications

Action Center displays a message on the screen regarding a particular system setting. After clicking on the alert icon, the system will take the appropriate action. For example, it will open an incoming message, expand the application window that has completed defragmentation, start updating a component, or open the Windows 10 Settings that were changed before the notification appeared (for example, the user turned off auto update or deactivated active antivirus protection).

When long messages appear, you must click on the upward arrow located to the right of it. This click will display all of the notification text.

Notifications are deleted automatically after reading them. Windows 10 also allows you to get rid of unread center notifications by clicking on the cross icon.

The panel allows you to delete notifications with the "Del" button, highlighting them by hovering the cursor.

The Clear All button located at the top center will delete all new messages.

Configuring a New Option

The notification center is configured in the tray. For example, to prevent Windows 10 from displaying any alerts, you need to call context menu icons and activate the "Do not disturb" mode.

Microsoft provides the ability to turn off pop-up alerts from third party applications, so that the utilities functioning in the background and minimized form do not distract from work. The setting is done in this way:

  • We go into the system parameters.
  • We activate the tab "Notifications and actions".
  • We move the switch near the item "Show application notifications" to the "Off" position.

Here you can turn off the display of tips for working with Windows 10.


Action Center is very useful functionwhich was carried over from portable windows 8 and is pretty much improved, but it distracts from work without proper adjustment.

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Read how to use Windows Action Center. View available notifications, clear them, turn them off, or customize the display... Windows 10's Action Center is finally fully centralizing toast notifications and reminders that require immediate attention and action from the user to address them directly. In this guide, we'll show you how to set up and use Windows 10 Action Center.

Corporation Microsoftby developing and implementing the operating system Windows 10, is trying to expand the capabilities of modern computer devices through an advanced control system. At the same time, manufacturers of components for personal computers, using the latest developments, significantly increase the performance and speed of end devices. Thus, the latest operating system, designed to control modern computers, helps the user to quickly solve emerging problems, while it can be customized for the specific wishes of the user independently by each of them.

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AT operating system Windows 10 the ability to personalize the operating system for specific user requirements and interaction and management services personal computer raised to a new quality level. The user can personalize the custom folder configuration, apply a variety of desktop background themes, change the styles of the graphical and audio interface, apply a variety of pre-installed operating system accessibility features, etc. The application deserves special attention.

The capabilities of this application are most fully represented precisely in the version of the operating system Windows 10... Over time, notifications in "Windows" were something of a joke, or an application whose actions were not considered by users as a serious tool feedback... Even in the operating system Windows 8, which finally introduced pop-up notifications, had several disadvantages. The notifications first appeared on the desktop and then disappeared, and there was no way to view the missing notifications that you might have missed. Windows 10 fixes this oversight with an app located on the slide side pop-up panel. In the notification center "Windows" all notifications are grouped and displayed, and direct access to quick action buttons is provided, such as:, « Virtual network» , "Focusing attention", , "Night light" etc.

Quite easy to use, and it's also pretty easy to customize to whatever the end user wants.

View available notifications in Windows Action Center

First of all, it is necessary to pay attention that Windows 10 pop-up notifications still appear in the lower right corner of your desktop (just above the notification area on "Taskbars") when the application needs to tell you something about any action or state of the operating system.


If you do not close the notification yourself by clicking on the white cross (X) in the upper right corner of the toast notification, it will automatically disappear after six seconds. Whenever you have new notifications, the icon Windows Action Center in the notification area on "Taskbars" turns white and displays the number of new notifications (pictured below right). If there are no new notifications, then this icon looks empty and without a numerical designation (in the figure below on the left).

Click on the icon shown in the pictures above (regardless of what state it is in) to open. A pop-up panel will emerge from the right edge of your display, showing all of your recent notifications, grouped by individual app.

When you click on any notification in Windows Notification Center, then a certain action takes place, depending on the specific application that presented the specified notification to you. Most of the time, clicking on a notification brings up some important action-related message of this application... For example, clicking on a notification "Protection against viruses and threats"marked in the picture above will open the section Threat Log in the window and will display the results of a full system scan antivirus program... Or when you click on a notification ESET Smart Security Premium ", the application will launch and specific ways to improve the security of your computer will be presented.

Sometimes the results of actions when you click on a specific notification are explained directly in the notification itself. For example, if there are available updates for the operating system or individual applications and programs, this will be directly stated in the notification, when you click on it, the corresponding updates will be launched and installed.

Clear notifications in action center "Windows"

This procedure is pretty simple. Hover over any specific notification in the notification and action bar and you will see a button (white cross "X") in the right upper corner... Click on it to completely remove this notification from the panel. Please note that after deleting the selected notification, it will be impossible to restore it.


You can also delete the entire notification block for the selected application (in our example for the application "Security Center Windows Defender» ) by hovering over the application name and clicking the button that appears there.


Finally, you can clear all available notifications by clicking on the text link in the lower right corner Windows Action Center (just above the quick action buttons).

Configuring notifications

You cannot set many of the settings that indicate how the action center "Windows" notifications will be displayed, but there are several ways to customize the notifications themselves. First you need to open the application. This can be done in different ways, we will show you a few of the most common ones:

Method 1: Open the main user windows menuby clicking the mouse pointer "Start"located on "Taskbars" in the lower left corner of the desktop. Click on the gear icon in the left menu bar. Or using the scroll bar, move the slider down and in the list of installed available applications and programs, select a section.


Method 2: Press the keyboard shortcut together Windows + X or click right click mouse by button "Start" on "Taskbars", and in the pop-up menu that opens, select a section.

Method 3: Click the notification area icon on "Task Panels" in the lower-right corner of the desktop, then in the pop-up panel that opens, click the Quick Action button.


Method 4: Press the keyboard shortcut together Windows + I and call the application right away directly.


In the list available pages applications select page "System" (marked in the picture above). On the settings page "System" .

In the right pane of the window, use the scroll bar to move the slider down and select a section.

The following are the main types of notification settings:

  • "Display notifications on the lock screen" - disable this option if you want to prevent any notifications from appearing when using the computer lock mode. Just flip the switch opposite the corresponding cell to the position "Off".
  • Show Reminders and Incoming VoIP Calls on Lock Screen - disabling notifications on the lock screen allows you to display reminders and incoming calls. Flip the toggle to the Off position. and disable this setting to prevent these kinds of notifications from appearing on the lock screen.
  • Show screen windows greetings after updates and sometimes upon login to report new features and offers "and “Receive advice, tips and advice when using Windows» - disable these two options if you are not interested in tips, suggestions, new features or announcements.
  • "Receive notifications from apps and other senders" - this parameter allows you to completely disable notifications. To do this, in the appropriate cell, set the switch value to the “Off” position. and the changes made will be instantly applied to the notification settings.
  • "Hide notifications when mirroring my screen" - this option can be turned off if you duplicate your screen (for example, while presenting a presentation) and want to limit the appearance of notifications during the show. Disable this setting by setting the switch value to the Off position. in this cell.

If you slide the scroll bar down a little further in the right pane, then you will see the section settings "Receive notifications from these senders" ("Senders" - so the operating system "Windows" names apps and other sources of notifications).


Note that you may not necessarily see every app shown here in our example. Some apps have their own notification settings that you will need to configure directly in the app. However, any app you get through the app store Microsoft Storeas well as many desktop applications can be controlled from this section.

Flip the switch next to any listed application to "Off"to completely turn off notifications for this app.

Click on any app name to open another page that allows you to customize settings in more detail for that app. Consider, for example, setting application options Skype.


On the app settings page, you can turn off notifications for the app, choose whether banners are shown or sounds are played, block notifications from being added to, and even control the number of notifications the app can show in the above center.


At the bottom of the page, you will find the app notification priority controls Skype at Windows Notification Centerthat allow you to control (at least to some extent) the order in which app notifications appear in the hub list.

You can apply one of three available priority settings to an application. By default, the application priority setting is set to "Usual" and is displayed below high priority notifications in action center "Windows"... Priority "Tall" allows notifications to be placed above all notifications with normal priority. "Highest" priority means the notification will be shown at the top of the notification center "Windows"... But, "Highest" you can assign priority to only one application, initially by default the application with this priority is "Cortana".


Customize One Touch Buttons

At the bottom of the action center bar "Windows" you will see four quick action buttons. By default, the panel contains mainly following buttons: , "Connect", "Net" and for different versions operating system builds Windows 10 preset One Touch buttons may vary). Press a button to perform the corresponding action (for example, toggle tablet mode on or off). You can read more about Tablet Mode in our earlier article: "What is Tablet Mode in Windows 10".


However, this is not a complete menu of all connected Quick Action buttons. And if you want to reflect them in the notification center "Windows", then click on the text link just above these buttons.


All quick action buttons will be displayed in the action center bar "Windows" in the lower part in the form of rows of tiles. You can revert back to the original Quick Action Button display by simply clicking on the text link that appears in place of the previous link.


In fact, you can customize these quick action buttons to a certain extent. While you cannot add your own custom quick action buttons, you can still choose which buttons appear in the action center and in what order. "Windows".

Open the main window of the section using any method described by us earlier (for example, press together the keyboard shortcut Windows + Ito open the app directly) and then select the page "System".

On the settings page "System" in the left pane of the window, go to the tab. In the right pane of the window, you will see the section and all the available buttons, which are reflected in Windows Notification Center.


Press and hold any of these buttons, and then drag to customize the order in which they appear in the action center "Windows".


If there are buttons that you have not yet displayed in the Notification Center or, on the contrary, you want to hide, then click on the link Add / Remove Quick Actions.


Use the toggles on the page that opens to turn certain Quick Action buttons on or off.


And before you close the application window, any changes you make will be instantly applied to the notification center settings "Windows", and he will take the form that you ask him.

As you can see, it is a welcome addition to the operating system "Windows"... Now, you have a place to view notifications that you may have missed, and there is an option to perform fast access to certain system settings simple and easy with one click.

The operating system from Microsoft provides a set of notifications and alerts that should make it easier to use the PC and alert the user to important events (for example, a required update, etc.). You can turn off notifications in Windows 10 in completely different ways, which will be detailed in this article.

There are several ways to turn off Action Center in Windows 10. All of them are related to the standard functionality of the OS, so you don't have to download and install third-party applications:

  • deactivation using the "Parameters" window;
  • through the taskbar;
  • using the registry editor;
  • using group policies.

The latter option involves completely disabling the functioning of alerts and the notification center. By default, on a PC with Windows 10 (x32-bit / x64-bit) operating system of any assembly, all notifications are displayed at the bottom of the screen near a special icon:

By clicking on the button, you will open a side panel with an expanded description of all notifications. Here you will see messages about the expiration of the OS activation period, infection of the laptop or computer with virus software, the need to update the operating system to new version and so on. Without self-clicking, you will not see this window on the desktop. You can clear the list of messages about update, firewall and other events using the "Clear all" button:

Let's start by examining all the ways to turn off notifications and alerts. You can choose the best one for yourself and turn off annoying messages.

Most of the operating system settings from Microsoft are performed through the "Options". The PC owner should follow these steps:

  1. Open "Options" through the search on the "Start" panel or by right-clicking on its icon.
  1. Now you need to go to the "System" subsection.
  1. Click on the "Notifications and actions" section.
  1. By clicking on the marked button, you can add or remove icons to the sidebar that will pop up when you click on the notification icon.
  1. A little below are the settings for alerts for various services and tips. To remove them all, rearrange the buttons to the "Off" position, as shown in the screenshot.
  1. Further there are settings for individual programs. You can turn off banners and audio installed applications... You do not need administrator account permission to change settings.

Fast access

If you are disturbed by sound and pop-up windows while working with a PC, then you can switch to "quiet" mode in a couple of clicks:

  1. Right click on the notification icon to open the menu. Click the Enable Do Not Disturb Mode button.
  1. In new windows versions 10 in this menu, you can also configure the display of application icons and the number of notifications with the corresponding buttons.

You can get rid of the taskbar button permanently. To do this, you need to configure personalization:

  1. Go to "Options".
  1. Open the "Personalization" section.
  1. This is where the Task Pane tab will be. We pass into it.
  1. Go to the "Turn on / off system icons" button.
  1. Toggle Action Center to Off. Note that here you can disable other icons on the taskbar.

This way you can get rid of the notifications on the taskbar.

Disable through group policies

Now let's figure out how to disable the "Action Center" in the local editor group policy:

  1. Open the editor via the "gpedit.msc" command in the "Run" application, which is launched by pressing the key combination (Win + R).
  1. Now you should go to the "Start Menu and Taskbar" subsection, which is located in the "Administrative Templates" branch.
  1. Find the marked line in the right pane of the window and double-click on it.
  1. Set this option to Disabled to get rid of alerts permanently.
  1. Now open the Notifications folder. Here you can configure each alert setting separately.

Shutdown in Registry Editor

Let's consider another option:

  1. Start the registry editor via "Run" with the "regedit" command. Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch the application with administrator rights.
  1. Go to the "Explorer" branch located along the path "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\ Policies \\ Microsoft \\ Windows". Find the parameter "DisableNotificationCenter" and double-click on it.
  1. Set the value to "1" and click "OK".

If the specified parameter is absent in the "Explorer" branch, then create it manually. To do this, right-click on a free area and select "New" - "Parameter DWORD 32 bits" from the menu.

Configuring Windows Defender and Firewall

The defender can continue to work without annoying messages about the need for verification. To do this, you need to make some settings in the security service:

  1. Open "Center windows security"Through the search bar.
  1. Click on the "Firewall and Network Security" icon.


Innovation latest windows 10 has become a notification center that displays messages in the lower right corner. These messages are for applications (common installed programs), store apps and system messages. If you don't want to see all of these messages, you can turn off both notifications and the notification center entirely. If you also need to turn off compatibility mode, then this is the place for you:

Disable notifications in settings

One of the easiest and uncomplicated ways to turn off notifications is to set up your action center so that it doesn't show you messages that don't interest you. You can turn off all notifications through the same menu. To customize the center windows notifications 10:

Click on the "Start" button and in the list click on "Settings". You can open "Options" by pressing the keyboard shortcut Win + I.

In the parameters window go to the "System" section.

In the parameters window go to the "System" section

In the options window, click on the "Notifications and actions" menu item. This section allows you to configure which types of notifications are shown and which must be disabled. In the "Notifications" section, you can turn off any view: tips for running Windows 10, alarms and reminders and completely disable the display of notifications from applications. The last item in the block is to disable notifications only during presentations, which is very convenient if you set it up once and not worry when showing presentations. In the section below, you can configure the disabling of notifications for each application separately. Useful if you don't like messages only from a particular program. Go here in the settings, find the application and turn off the display.

Disabling notifications is in the notification and action system

Another way to turn off all Windows 10 notifications is the context menu of the message icon in the lower right corner. You just need to right-click on this icon and select "Enable Do Not Disturb". This mode turns off all notifications and continues to work after reboot.

To deactivate this mode, in the same context menu, by clicking the right mouse button, select "Disable Do Not Disturb".

Disable Registry Notifications

Do not love simple ways to solve the problem? Then there is an extreme way for you to disable notifications by editing the registry. To do this you need:


How to disable Windows 10 Action Center altogether

If, after all the above operations, just disabled notifications are not enough for you and you may be annoyed by the icon in the lower right corner, you can completely get rid of it by disabling Windows 10 Action Center altogether.

This can be done by editing the registry or through the local group policy editor.

Open Registry Editor (Win + R and type regedit). Go to section HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\ Policies \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Explorer. Perhaps you will not have an Explorer section just like mine. Then you need to create it manually. In the Explorer section, create a DWORD (32 bit) parameter and give a name to the created parameter DisableNotificationCenter.

Set the value for the newly created setting to 1. This value will permanently disable Action Center.

The created parameter with the assigned value looks like the image below. Restart your computer for the registry changes to work.

To re-enable notifications, remove the setting DisableNotificationCenter or set the value for it to 0 (zero). A value of zero disables the parameter. DisableNotificationCenter.

The Local Group Policy Editor is not available on all versions of the Windows 10 operating system. For example, it is simply not available for home. If your version is not home, you can use the editor to disable the center. For this:

  1. Open Group Policy Editor (Win + R keys, and type gpedit.msc).
  2. Find the section "User Configuration" -\u003e "Administrative Templates" -\u003e "Start Menu and Taskbar".
  3. Find the option "Delete notifications and action center icon" and open the option by double-clicking on it.
  4. Set it to "on"

Remember to restart your computer and Windows 10 Action Center won't bother you anymore.

What to do if Action Center doesn't work in windows 10

Some users have encountered an issue where the taskbar does not respond to right-clicking. Accordingly, when you click on the notification icon, the windows 10 notification center does not open. This is very annoying and inconvenient. In addition to the Action Center, it was not possible to work with running applications through the context menu of the taskbar. It is not possible to pin an application, unpin it from the taskbar, or even launch applications through the context of the start button.

Having tried a lot of options for solving this problem, it was not possible to find the reason why this happens. This is most likely due to incorrectly installed updates. In any case, after reinstalling the update this problem dared.

To fix the problem:

  1. Run system restore (this is provided that you have previously activated it)
  2. Roll back the system before the date when the above problem was not observed.
  3. Reinstall windows updates 10.
  4. Reboot your system.

Operating room notification center windows system 10 was created primarily for the convenience of users. Various messages from programs, applications from the Store, information about certain system events... But if necessary, you can either disable notifications from all or selected applications, or completely disable the "Action Center" in Windows 10. How to do this, read below.

Turn off notifications only

This can be done in windows settings 10:


In addition, to turn off all notifications, you can right-click on the action center icon → click "Do not disturb".

How to disable the Action Center directly

If you want to disable the Action Center so that its icon is not displayed in the tray, there are two ways to do this.

The first one (using the Local Group Policy Editor):


The second way (through the registry editor):


That's all. If you want to use the Action Center again, then simply delete the created parameter (or change its value from 1 to 0).