In Windows 11 you can notifications and avoid other distractions by turning on the “do not disturb” feature.
“Do Not Disturb” is a feature that allows you to monitor and limit notifications, alerts, and interruptions while using your computer or laptop. When “do not disturb” is enabled, notifications for calls, messages, application alerts, and other interruptions are suppressed. This allows you to work more concentrated and without interruptions.
Enable or disable Do Not Disturb in Windows 11
Do not disturb is a standard feature in Windows 11. So you do not need to install a separate application for it.
You can enable “do not disturb” manually or enable it automatically in a certain time period. If you want to exclude any apps with notifications to receive notifications only from this specific app(s), you can configure this in the priority notifications. This is how it works.
To begin open the settings. In the settings, click on “System”. Then click on “Notifications” in the system settings.
Enable Do Not Disturb
If you want to enable “do not disturb”, you can enable the “Do not disturb” option in the notification settings by changing the slider to “on”.
Turn off Do Not Disturb
If you want to disable “do not disturb”, you can enable the “Do not disturb” option in the notification settings by moving the slider to “off”.
Do not disturb icon
When “do not disturb” is active, you will see a bell icon with the text “zz” in the system tray (right next to the time and date). This means that the “do not disturb” function is currently active on your computer and that you will therefore not receive notifications from apps and Windows 11. You can see all notifications in the action center by clicking on them, usually recognizable by a circle with the number of reports.
Enable Do Not Disturb automatically
It is also possible to enable “do not disturb” automatically between a certain time period. This is recommended, for example, between office hours, while playing a computer game, working with a full screen or when you go to sleep.
Open the notification settings. In the notification settings, click on “Automatically enable Do Not Disturb”.
To not receive notifications between a certain time period, enable the “During these times” option. Then set the start and end time and, if necessary, change the repetition for days, weekends or weekdays.
You will also find options such as not receiving notifications when duplicating the screen, playing a game or using an app in full screen. By enabling or disabling these options you make them active.
Set priority notifications
If you still want to receive notifications from a certain app while “do not disturb” is enabled, you can set this in the priority notification settings.
Open the notification settings. Then click on “set priority notifications”.
Click the “Add Apps” button to select an app that you still want to receive notifications from even though you have “Do Not Disturb” enabled.
Click on the “…” dots to remove an app from the list of priority notifications.
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