We stay updated with our favorite website either by subscribing to the newsletter or by allowing that website to send push notifications on the desktop. Web Notifications or Push Notifications on Windows PC seem like a good idea but sometimes if they are more or due to some other reason, we may want to disable them. If you are looking for the same, then this article is for you. I will let you know how to block Web Notification requests in Chrome, Firefox and Edge browser on your Windows desktop.
If you do not want to see notifications from this site, you must select Block. But if you clicked on Allow, then the next time you visit the site, you may see such a notification:
Now what you can do is to manage the notifications and its exceptions, or completely turn them off. Every individual browser has a different way to disable annoying web notifications. If you would like to disable or turn off these Chrome, Edge or Firefox browser Desktop push notifications on your Windows 10 PC, then this post will show you how to do it.
Block Web Notification requests in Chrome
To turn off Chrome Push notifications in Chrome, follow this procedure:
Now the Notifications settings will open up. You will see the default setting Ask before sending. Toggle the slider to select Blocked.
You can also manage Notifications for individual sites. To get to “Notification settings directly, you may copy-paste the following URL in the address bar of Chrome and hit Enter.
Disable Push Notifications in Mozilla Firefox
In order to turn off web notification requests in Mozilla Firefox, open the browser and click on the menu button and then “Options”.
Under the Privacy & Security section, you will see Permissions. Click on the Settings button against Notifications.
The “Notification Permissions” dialog box shows the list of websites for which web notifications are active. Select websites for which you want to turn off desktop notifications and click on “Remove Site”. To remove push notifications for all websites at once, then click on “Remove All Sites” and click “Save Changes”. To stop websites from making notification requests, you need to select Block new requests asking to allow notifications and Save changes. You will now not see those annoying boxes! Another way to disable push notifications in Firefox is to type “about:config” ion the address bar and hit enter. It would show you the warning, but you can go ahead without any problems. It would show you all the preferences and in the search bar type “webnotifications”. You will see two preferences matching this which are enabled by default. Double click on them to disable them.
Firefox now also block most of those pesky notification prompts automatically, so you can keep cruising the web without interruptions.
Turn Off Web Notifications in Edge Browser
In the new Chromium-based Edge browser, you will see this setting here:
Based on the browser, you will see notifications from websites asking your permission to allow notifications. You can deny the request to avoid notifications in the future. To disable them in Edge Legacy browser in Windows 10, click on the menu icon (3 horizontal dots) in Edge browser and click on “Settings”.
In “Settings” pane, scroll down and click on “View advanced settings” button.
In “Advanced settings” pane click on “Manage” button under “Notifications” section.
In “Manage Notifications” pane, you would see a list of websites for which notifications have been allowed and now you can make changes as required. Want to open specific websites automatically on browser startup? Then, have a look at how to open specific Websites in multiple Tabs automatically on Browser startup.