Turn Off Notification Center on a Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show how to disable notifications in the Mac OS.

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   Let's launch Skype

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   Sometimes, a notification bar will appear when you receive a message or launch a program. For this tutorial, we can see a notification bar appears on the right-hand side of the screen.

   

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   To turn the notification feature off, click the icon with three lines in the upper-right corner of the screen

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   A pop-up menu will appear on the right side of the screen.

   

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   Click the "Notifications" tab at the top

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   Scroll the menu up

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   Then, click the "Do Not Disturb" button

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   In this video, it is in the "OFF" position. Setting "Do Not Disturb" to "ON" will turn notifications off for the rest of the day.

   

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   Another way of accessing the menu with notifications is to click the gear icon on the Apple dock

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   You will go to "System Preferences".

   

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   Then, click "Notifications"

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   The box on the left-hand side of the new window shows all of the different programs for which you receive notifications.

   

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   For example, click "Skype" to receive no notifications for the application

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   You can click any other app.

   

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   Then, click "None"

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   It is in the gray panel on the right side of the "Notifications" window. You will receive no alerts from the application.

   

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    Close the menu by clicking the red button in the top-left corner

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    Click the hot-dog menu in the upper-right corner again

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    Click the "Do Not Disturb" toggle

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    This will set it back to the "OFF" position.

    

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    Reopen Skype

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    You will see that it opens up without notifications.

    

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