How to Enable or Disable System Time in Windows 11 Notification Center
System time in the Windows 11 Notification Center places a persistent clock directly inside your quick settings panel when you press Win+N. Microsoft tests this clock in Windows 11 build 22635.5240 to bring back the handy time display from Windows 10.
You can turn this extra clock on or off with a small program called ViVeTool. This quick guide shows you the exact steps to add or remove the time display.
Enable the “Show time in Notification Center” option within Settings Personalization Date & time If the option is unavailable, use ViVeTool with the command vivetool /enable /id:42651849,48433719 and restart your PC.
Show System Clock in the Notification Center
The Windows 11 Notification Center can display the system clock, allowing you to quickly check the time without opening other apps. This guide explains how to use ViVeTool to turn on this feature. Run a specific command in an elevated Command Prompt (running with administrator privileges) to enable the hidden toggle.
Download and extract ViVeTool first if you haven’t used it before.
Open ViVeTool through the Command Prompt to activate the system time display in the Windows 11 Notification Center. Execute the command `ViVeTool /enable /id:40953693 /variant:2` as an administrator. Restart your computer to apply the change.
vivetool /enable /id:42651849,48433719
Open the Settings app by clicking the Start menu and selecting Settings, or by pressing the keyboard shortcut (Windows key + I). Select Personalization in the left sidebar, then click the Date & time tile on the right to open its configuration panel.
Select Personalization in the left sidebar, then click the Date & time tile on the right to open its configuration panel.
Select Personalization in the left sidebar, then click the Date & time tile on the right to open its configuration panel.
Windows 11 users can choose if the system time appears in the Notification Center. Locate the "Show time in Notification Center" setting. Toggling this option on or off controls whether the current time displays when a user opens the Notification Center. This setting starts in the off position by default.
Close the Settings app when you finish.
Add or Remove Time in the Notification Center Using the Registry Editor
Comfort using the Registry Editor (a database for storing Windows configuration settings) unlocks another way to add or remove the system clock from your Windows 11 Notification Center. Backing up your registry first acts as a vital safety precaution before editing keys. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to a specific folder path to make the adjustment.
Backing up your registry before making changes in the Windows Registry Editor remains crucial as a precaution.
Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the folder key path below.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedRight-click 'Advanced' > 'New' > 'DWORD (32-bit) Value' and name the new DWORD 'ShowTimeInNotificationCenter'.
Double-click this new value and set its data to '1' to display the system clock.
Set the data to '0' to hide the system clock.
Rebooting your computer might be necessary to apply the changes.
That completes the process.
Summary
Windows 11 lets you show or hide the clock in the Notification Center using either ViVeTool or the Registry Editor, with both methods requiring a restart.
How to show Notification Center on 🪟 Windows 11?
To check the notifications you missed, open the notification center using one of the following options: Select the notification button icon on the taskbar. Press the Windows key + A. Swipe from the side of the screen.
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After trying everything,… staging,… VIVE enable,.. regedit to HKCU, HKLM, HKCU adding ShowClockInNotificationCenter, didn’t work on 26100-6584 newest build as of 9-8-26.
Someone said to add it to classes root, but my sid account is missing so couldn’t add it there.
But after running – KB5054156 Enablement package, now have clock just above date, and needed it, because clock is too small in taskbar, and micro has date above calendar which doesn’t make sense when you can see it already, it should have been clock.
The other thing micorofool needs to do is stop allowing file explorer to change in taskbar to the file opened, you don’t see file explorer and forget it’s open in a file name. LOL
Thanks for post even though didn’t help, not sure which added effect helped or if was just adding KB5054156, but don’t feel like disabling feature ID’s or removing reg keys to test it. LOL