How to Turn Off Notifications on Mac: 5 Easy Ways

Notifications are an integral part of the macOS experience. Even if implemented well, it can be annoying if there are too many notifications. The “tritone” sound can get in the way of your work. Therefore, it’s a good idea to turn off app notifications on your Mac during working hours.

This article described 6 ways to temporarily and permanently disable notifications on your Mac. Let’s start with the simplest one!

1. Quickly stop Mac notifications from Notification Center
2. Schedule notifications at specific times on your Mac
3. Disable notifications on your Mac using silent mode
4. Turn off notifications on Mac for certain apps
5. Stop notifications when your Mac is sleeping or locked

1. Quickly stop Mac notifications from Notification Center

If a particular app is sending spam to Notification Center, you can temporarily stop notifications on your Mac.

In Notification Center, right-click the notification for the app that you want to stop alerting.Then set the notification to mute Turn off for an hour, a day, or completely..

2. Schedule notifications at specific times on your Mac

You can schedule silent mode on your Mac to see notifications at specific times.

1. Open System Preferences On Mac.
2. select notification..
3. Now set the time From And To time.

In addition, you can use the following options to configure your Mac to display call notifications.

Professional tips: To quickly enable / disable silent mode on your Mac option Press a key on your keyboard Date and time icon It is in the upper right.

3. Disable notifications on Mac using silent mode

Silent mode is one of the easiest ways to turn off notifications on your Mac. When active, no notifications are displayed on the screen. App notifications don’t show banners or play sounds.

please do not worry. Notifications are not completely turned off. Notifications will continue to appear in Notification Center.

To enable silent mode using Control Center;

1. In the menu bar of Mac Control center icon..
2. [サイレント]Turn on Month button.
   If you don’t see the month icon, go to your system Environmental setting → Dock & Menu Bar → Display in Menu Bar..
3. By default, this option turns on silent mode “Until the next morning” From the time you enable it.
   Can also be set 1 hour..
4. To disable silent mode Moon icon..

Note: Silent mode has been changed to focus mode on MacOS Monterey. The following describes how to use focus mode with macOS Monterey.

Use focus mode on macOS Monterey or later

Focus mode is a new feature introduced by Apple in macOS Monterey. Focus mode allows you to set which apps can send notifications at what time, instead of pausing all notifications at once.

For example, you can disable Twitter notifications on your Mac during working hours and allow Slack to send notifications. Similarly, you can configure Slack to not send notifications during non-working hours.

To create a focus mode on a Mac running macOS Monterey, follow these steps:

1. Open System Preferences On Mac.
2. Head to notification → focus..
3. You can edit the focus mode of the preset or click to create it. + button.

   

4. Select a focus mode name, symbol, color and click add to..

   

5. Select the focus mode you created from the left panel.
6. Add now Man And App You can send notifications.
7. option: Can also be created automation..
   For example, You can set the focus mode to turn on automatically when you open a particular app and disable it when you quit.

   

Apart from Focus Assist, macOS Monterey brings many features to your Mac. One such feature is a shortcut for Mac. Click here for more information on macOS shortcuts and how macOS automates many things.

4. Turn off notifications on Mac for certain apps

You can also completely disable notifications for certain apps on your Mac. To completely disable app notifications, follow these steps:

1. Open System Preferences On Mac.
2. Head to notification Choose notification tab.
3. choose App What to disable notifications.
4. On the right side, switch off Allow notifications..

5. Stop notifications when your Mac is sleeping or locked

One of the benefits of using a Mac is that it stays connected to Wi-Fi even when it’s in sleep or screensaver mode. Not only does this wake up faster, but it also allows your Mac to sync all notifications in the background.

However, if you’re still frustrated by the sound your Mac plays when you’re not using it, try the following steps:

1. Move to System Preferences → notification..
2. In notification Tab, uncheck Mute notifications when display sleeps And When the screen is locked..
3. You can play more Show preview Section according to your desires.

Bonus: Temporarily mute notification sound on Mac

If your only problem is annoying notifications, this is the easiest way to mute them. To disable app notification sound on Mac:

1. Move to System Preferences → notification..
2. choose App If you want to disable the notification sound.
3. Uncheck Play notification sound option.

I hope you understand how to easily disable notifications on your Mac. If you have any problems with any of the above, please send us your comments below. We will be happy to support you.

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