How to Manage Notifications in Microsoft Edge

Nowadays, notifications seem to be everywhere – and your web browser is no exception. While visiting your favorite website, you might notice that it asks to show you notifications. If you accept these notifications, your browser will alert you when something new is added to the site.

While these notifications are nice for some websites, over time they can get a little annoying. Luckily, Microsoft Edge makes it easy to manage these notifications – here’s how.

How to Enable / Disable Notifications in Microsoft Edge on Desktop & Mobile

Desktop

  1. Within Microsoft Edge, click the 3 dots at the upper right corner and select Settings.
    Microsoft Edge Settings Option in Overflow Menu
  2. In the Settings screen, click Cookies and site permissions in the menu at the far left. On smaller displays, you first need to click the Hamburger menu icon in the upper left corner to reveal this menu.
    Microsoft Edge Cookies and Site Permissions in Settings
  3. Under Site permissions, click Notifications.
    Microsoft Edge Notifications Under Site Permissions
  4. To disable notifications from specific sites, click the 3 dots next to each site under Allow and select Remove.
    Microsoft Edge Remove Site Option in Notification Settings
  5. To enable notifications from a specific site, simply click the Add button to the right of Allow and type in the website’s domain (i.e. techswift.org).
  6. You can also block notifications from specific sites by adding their domain to the Block list.
  7. If you don’t want to see notification requests at all, then click the Toggle icon next to Quiet notification requests.
    Microsoft Edge Quite Notification Requests Toggle on Icon

Mobile

  1. Within the Edge mobile app, tap the 3 dots at the bottom center of the screen and then tap Settings.
    Microsoft Edge Mobile App Settings Icon in Overflow Menu
  2. Scroll down and tap Site permissions under the Advanced section and then tap Notifications.
    Microsoft Edge Mobile App Site Permissions and Notifications in Settings
  3. Under Allowed, tap the website you wish to change.
    Microsoft Edge Mobile App Bing Website in Allowed Notifications Settings
  4. Tap Notifications again and then tap the Toggle icon next to Show notifications to disable them for this website.
    Microsoft Edge Mobile App Disable Website Notifications in Notification Settings Android

Disable All Edge Notifications in Windows 10 Settings

  1. Click the Start button, or hit your Windows key on your keyboard, and click the Gear icon at the left side of the Start menu.
    Windows 10 Settings Icon in Start Menu
  2. Click System in the Windows Settings window.
    Windows 10 System in Settings Menu
  3. Click Notifications & actions in the menu at the left.
    Windows 10 Notifications and Actions in System Settings Menu
  4. Finally, locate Microsoft Edge under Get notifications from these senders and click the Toggle icon to the right of it.
    Windows 10 Microsoft Edge in Notifications and Actions Window

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