Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders.
Windows 11 shows notifications on the lock screen and at the lower-right corner of the screen above the taskbar on the main display.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off getting notifications from all or specific apps and other senders for your account in Windows 11.
Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders.
Windows 11 shows notifications on the lock screen and at the lower-right corner of the screen above the taskbar on the main display.
A notification banner will stay open for only 5 seconds by default until automatically dismissed to the Notification Center.
This tutorial will show you how to change how long to show notifications above the taskbar corner until dismissed for your account in Windows 11.
OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service that comes with your Microsoft account. OneDrive is integrated into Windows 10 where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive from any PC, tablet, or phone.
The OneDrive On This Day feature reminds you of photos and videos stored to your OneDrive from years past to relive old memories.
When you Sign in to OneDrive and have it running, photos and videos stored to your OneDrive folder on your Android phone will sync to your online OneDrive > Photos > On this day by default.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the OneDrive “On this day” memories are available notifications in Android.
OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service that comes with your Microsoft account. OneDrive is integrated into Windows 10 where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive from any PC, tablet, or phone.
The OneDrive On This Day feature reminds you of photos and videos stored to your OneDrive from years past to relive old memories.
When you Sign in to OneDrive and have it running, photos and videos stored to your OneDrive folder on your PC will sync to your online OneDrive > Photos > On this day by default.
OneDrive will show your photos on the “On This Day” notification banner by default.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable show photos on the OneDrive “On this day” memories are available notification for your account in Windows 10.
Linking your Android phone to your PC lets you switch seamlessly between your phone and PC.
If you turned on to display notifications from your Android phone in the Your Phone app, you can view and manage your Android device notifications on your Windows 10 PC.
The Your Phone app has a new pinning feature integrated with the notifications feed. With notifications pinning, you can easily pin to save important notifications that will stick to the top of your feed so they are readily accessible and distinguished from the rest of your notifications.
Since the notification will now stick to the top of your feed, you no longer have to worry about losing the notification and can easily access the thread and use all your favorite functionality, like in-line reply. When you no longer need that notification thread, you can simply unpin it.
This tutorial will show you how to pin and unpin Android phone notifications to the top in the Your Phone app for your account in Windows 10.
The Microsoft News app is a preinstalled UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app in Windows 10 that delivers breaking news and trusted, in-depth reporting from the world’s best journalists.
Microsoft News makes it easy to for you to keep informed, to intuitively move from story to story, and from section to section. Our clean design lets you read articles without clutter, with useful features like a dark mode for nighttime reading. The app is free to download and use with no limits on how many articles or videos you can view.
You can turn on or off notifications for breaking news, top stories, and daily brief from the Microsoft News app for your account in Windows 10.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off notifications from the Microsoft News app for your account in Windows 10.
The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.
Beginning with Microsoft Edge 84, we’re introducing support for a new notification request experience called quiet notification requests. This experience is currently enabled by default for all Microsoft Edge users.
With quiet requests enabled, site notification requests made via the Notifications or Push APIs will appear as a bell labeled “Notifications blocked” in the address bar, as opposed to the typical full flyout prompt.
This treatment reduces the prominence of notification requests so the user can stay focused on their current task, but keeps the request at a noticeable location in the UI. If the user wants to subscribe to notifications, they can click the “Notifications blocked” bell icon and accept the request:
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off quiet notification requests for sites in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18885 on April 26, 2019, Microsoft added a feature to the Your Phone app in Windows 10 to see your Android phone’s notifications on your PC.
If you turned on to display notifications from your Android phone in the Your Phone app, you can select to have these notifications open in either the Notifications or Phone screen section by default in the Your Phone app.
This tutorial will show you how to change open notifications from your Android phone in the Notifications or Phone screen section by default in the Your Phone app in Windows 10.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18885 on April 26, 2019, Microsoft added a new feature to the Your Phone app in Windows 10 to see your Android phone’s notifications on your PC.
Stop reaching for your phone to check your notifications. Boost your focus and productivity by seeing your phone’s notifications on your PC. You are in control and manage which apps you want to receive notifications from. Dismiss a notification on one device and it goes away on the other.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing a badge on the Your Phone app taskbar icon in Windows 10 when you have new unread Android phone notifications.
Linking your iPhone or Android phone to your PC lets you switch seamlessly between your phone and PC.
If you set to show messages and notifications from your Android phone in the Your Phone app on your Windows 10 PC, you can turn on or off to show badges for unread messages and notifications from your phone in the Your Phone app and on the Your Phone taskbar icon in Windows 10.
If you turn on app badging for the Your Phone app, you can select to clear badges when you view unread items, when the app is open, or when you view that category of items.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show badges for unread messages and notifications from your phone on the Your Phone app and taskbar icon in Windows 10.
Xbox Game Bar is the customizable gaming overlay built into Windows 10. Xbox Game Bar works with nearly all PC games, giving you instant access to widgets for screen capture and sharing, controlling your music, finding new teammates with Looking for Group (LFG), and chatting with Xbox friends across Xbox console, mobile, and PC – all without leaving your game.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off notification sounds while playing games for your account in Windows 10 using Xbox Game Bar.
Xbox Game Bar is the customizable gaming overlay built into Windows 10. Xbox Game Bar works with nearly all PC games, giving you instant access to widgets for screen capture and sharing, controlling your music, finding new teammates with Looking for Group (LFG), and chatting with Xbox friends across Xbox console, mobile, and PC – all without leaving your game.
The Xbox Game Bar allows you hide notifications when you are playing a fullscreen game.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off hide notifications when playing a fullscreen game in Xbox Game Bar for your account in Windows 10.
Occasionally when you restart the computer or sign out and sign in to Windows 10, you may see a Get even more out of Windows notification screen to suggest ways you can finish setting up your device.
These suggestions include services powered by your Microsoft account:
Starting with at least Windows 10 build 18945, a new “Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device to get the most out of Windows” on/off setting was added to the Notifications & actions page in Settings for this.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Get even more out of Windows screen at startup with suggestions to finish setting up your device for your account in Windows 10.
After you link your Android phone to your Windows 10 PC, you can use the Your Phone app on the PC to view and send text messages from your Android phone on your PC.
You will can only delete messages on your Android phone. The deletions show on the phone and in the Your Phone app on the PC. It’s not possible to delete messages directly on the PC.
To minimize network bandwidth and maximize performance, the Your Phone app only shows text messages that you’ve received or sent within the last 30 days.
The Your Phone app supports messages sent via SMS (Short Message Service). It also supports MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) group messaging, but does not yet support media attachments (such as photos or videos).
The Your Phone app does not support messages sent via RCS (Rich Communication Services). Some mobile operators refer to RCS as “push messages,” “chat features,” “advanced messaging,” or “RCS messages.”
If the Your Phone app detects that you’re already using Cortana to see text messages on your PC, it’ll give you the option to see them in the Your Phone app instead. Open the Your Phone app on your computer to go through the setup process. In Windows 10, the Cortana setting is called Get phone notifications on this PC.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18908, new messaging features below have been added.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Your Phone app showing notification banners in Windows 10 for your Android phone messages.
Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview build 18885 on April 26, 2019, Microsoft added a new preview feature to the Your Phone app in Windows 10 to see your Android phone’s notifications on your PC.
Stop reaching for your phone to check your notifications. Boost your focus and productivity by seeing your phone’s notifications on your PC. You are in control and manage which apps you want to receive notifications from. Dismiss a notification on one device and it goes away on the other.
With this preview, you can:
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing notifications from your Android phone in the Your Phone app for your account in Windows 10.
The Mail and Calendar app included with Windows 10 help you stay up to date on your email, manage your schedule and stay in touch with people you care about the most. Designed for both work and home, these apps help you communicate quickly and focus on what’s important across all your accounts. Supports Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Gmail, Yahoo! and other popular accounts.
By default, the Windows Notify Email.wav file is played when you get a new email message in the Mail app when you have notifications and play a sound turned on for the Mail app.
If you like, you can change the Mail app notification sound to use any .wav file you want played when you get a new email message.
This tutorial will show you how to change the Mail app notification sound for your account in Windows 10.
OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service that comes with your Microsoft account. OneDrive is integrated into Windows 10 where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive from any PC, tablet, or phone.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable OneDrive notifications for your account in Windows 10 before removing files from the cloud.
OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service that comes with your Microsoft account. OneDrive is integrated into Windows 10 where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive from any PC, tablet, or phone.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable OneDrive notifications for your account in Windows 10 when many files are deleted in the cloud.
Cortana is your digital cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services to help you get things done.
When you sign in to Cortana with your Microsoft account, you can get Android or Windows 10 Mobile phone notifications on a Windows 10 PC.
When this feature is enabled on both your Windows 10 Mobile phone and PC, Cortana will tell you on your PC when you when your battery is low and when you miss a phone call, text message, or app notification.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off your Windows 10 Mobile phone to send phone call, text message, and app notifications from Cortana to your Windows 10 PC.
Cortana is your digital cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services to help you get things done.
When you sign in to Cortana with your Microsoft account, you can get Android or Windows 10 Mobile phone notifications on a Windows 10 PC.
When this feature is enabled on both your Android phone and PC, Cortana will tell you on your PC when you miss a phone call, text message, or app notification from your phone. You’ll also be able to respond to text messages from the PC.
This tutorial will show you how to setup your Android phone to send phone call, text message, and app notifications from Cortana to your Windows 10 PC.