Example Gmail Desktop NotificationGmail desktop notifications can alert you when you get a new email or a chat message, even if you aren't looking at Gmail. While convenient, these notifications can be annoying. You can disable them with a few clicks.
Edit Steps
- 1Click settings in the upper right of Gmail. Or click the link here for a shortcut: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#settings
Click "Settings" in upper right - 2In the "General" tab on settings, look for "Desktop Notifications".
- 3Click the appropriate buttons to turn off both chat and mail notifications.
- Chat notifications off - Will prevent desktop notifications from IM messages within Gmail or Google Talk.
- Mail notifications off - Turns off all email notifications.
Edit Tips
- Instead of completely turning off all Gmail notifications, you may want to just enable mail notifications for "important messages only".
- As of January 2011, Gmail desktop notifications are currently only working for users of the Chrome browser. Google has announced it plans to roll this out to all other browsers over time.
- If you later change your mind it is simple to turn gmail desktop notifications on again.
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Last edited:
August 10, 2011 by Maluniu
Categories:
Gmail
Recent edits by: Harri, Jack Herrick (see all)
