How to Customize Your Windows 11 Notifications

Detailed explanation of Windows 11 notification settings: Create a personalized notification experience

Windows 11 integrates the Notification Center into the calendar, and although it takes some time to adapt, the frequency of notifications has not changed. If you are tired of the constantly popping up system updates and useless application notifications, this article will guide you to customize Windows 11 notifications and optimize your workflow.

Global notification settings

Almost all notification-related options are located in Windows 11 Settings.

Step 1: Click the "Start" menu and select "Settings" (or press "Windows I").

Step 2: Select System in the left sidebar.

Step 3: Click "Notification" to access all notification options.

Step 4: To highlight the notification button (rather than click time), check the "Show notification bell icon" option.

Step 5: Also, you can turn off lock screen notifications because they will usually be blocked, showing you only have notifications, not notification content.

Close unwanted notifications

In the Notifications section, you can choose to disable notifications for specific apps or sub-parts of the system. To mute all notifications, you can turn off the Notifications switch.

Alternatively, you can keep notifications, but customize which apps can send notifications.

Step 1: Scroll down to view a list of all applications that can send notifications.

Step 2: Enable or disable notifications for individual apps according to your preferences.

Customize Windows 11 notifications by application

You can also adjust notification settings for each program separately.

Step 1: Still in the Notifications section, click on any app name in the notification list to access the detailed settings. Let's take Slack as an example.

You will see the following options:

• Select whether to display notification banners.
• Enable or disable notification sound.
• Set the priority of notifications (highest, high, normal), which determines where the notification is displayed in the notification bar, not the frequency.
• Determines if the notification content appears on the lock screen (this option is invalid if you deleted it from the global settings like we did).

Focus mode: focus on work or entertainment

If you want to turn off notifications for a while and resume notifications when ready, the "focus" mode may be exactly what you need.

Step 1: Scroll down in the Notifications settings and select Focus.

Step 2: Set rules for the impact of this feature on your notification settings.

Step 3: Change the "Session Duration" as needed and press the "Start Focus Session" button.

Step 4: If you only want to start a focus session once set up, you can click on the clock app on the taskbar, change the timer, and press the "Focus" play button.

Use Do Not Disturb mode

Previously known as "focus assist" (which may be a bit confused with "focus" mode), "do not disturb" mode allows you to automatically block or mute notifications at a time of use of a full screen app or at a specific time of the day. Prior to the Windows 11 22557 build, Focus Assistant mutes and blocks instant and automatic notifications.

Step 1: If you want to turn on "Do Not Disturb" mode, you can click the small bell icon in the upper right corner of the notification toolbar.

Step 2: To customize the feature, go to Settings, then to System and Notifications, and expand Automatically turn on Do Not Disturb.

Step 3: Change settings as needed.

Step 4: To ensure you receive important notifications, select "Set Priority Notifications" below.

Step 5: Click "All Apps" to add the app you need to notify and select it from the list that pops up.

Custom system notification sound

You can also change the prompt and click sounds you receive when the system sends notifications or performs any actions that may require your attention.

Step 1: Go to Settings, then to System, and select Sound.

Step 2: Scroll down to Advanced and select More Sound Settings. This will open a new Sound menu.

Step 3: Go to the Sound tab.

Step 4: In the Program Events list, select the content you want to customize (for example, Calendar Reminder).

Step 5: For the sound itself, select it from the drop-down list below, or click Browse to use a custom sound. It needs to be in .wav format.

Step 6: Use the play button to test the sound.

Step 7: Repeat this process for all events you want to change, then click Save As and enter a name for the custom sound notification scheme.

Step 8: Click "Apply" and close the menu.

This option allows you to set custom Windows 11 notifications to almost anything you want, as long as you can convert it to .wav format.

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