Manage Google Chrome Notifications on a PC or Mac
This article teaches you how to customize the way you receive website notifications in Google Chrome.
10 Second Summary
1. Open Chrome.
2. Click ⁝.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Show advanced settings.
5. Click Content Settings…
6. Chose an option under “Notifications.”
7. Click Done.
Steps
- Open Chrome. It has a round red, green, and yellow icon. If you’re on a Mac, you’ll find it on the Dock or in the Launchpad. If you have Windows, it’ll be in the Start menu.
- Click ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of Chrome.
- Click Settings.
- Scroll down and click Show advanced settings. It’s at the bottom of the page.
- Click Content Settings…. It’s the first button in the “Privacy” section.
- Set your Notification preferences. Choose one of the following options:
- Allow all sites to show notifications. This allows any website you visit to push notifications to your desktop through Chrome.
- Ask when a site wants to show notifications. If you visit a website that wants to send notifications to your computer, you’ll be prompted to allow or deny them. This is the default setting.
- Do not allow any site to show notifications. This disables all notifications from websites.
- Scroll down and click Done. It’s at the bottom of the page. If you changed your notification preferences, they’ll take effect immediately.
