How to enable or disable notification suggestions in Windows 11

This article explains how to enable or disable notification suggestions in Windows 11.

Notification suggestions are those you get in the notification center, suggesting turning off notifications for apps you haven’t interacted with for a while.

Windows detects whether users interact with toasts and suggests turning the toast banners off for such apps. This will only stop the banners from appearing; you can still find the toasts in the notification center.

Beginning with Windows 11 build 22635.4082 (Beta), you can now turn off the suggestions to turn off notifications from certain apps. You can do that by pressing the “…” within the notification to disable the notification, as you can with other notifications, or you can go to the list of notification senders in Settings > System > Notifications and turn it off from there (called “Notification Suggestions” in the list).

Turn On or Off Notification Suggestions in Settings

As mentioned, starting with the recent Windows 11 beta build, there’s an option to turn notification suggestions on or off.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open the Windows Settings app.

You can do that by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Settings. Or press the keyboard shortcut (Windows key + I) to launch the Settings app.

When the Setting app opens, click the System button on the left.

On the right, select the Notifications tile to expand it.

On the System > Notifications settings pane, under Notifications from apps and other senders, toggle the switch button for “Notification Suggestions” to enable or disable this feature.

You can close the Settings app when you are done.

Turn on or off Notifications Suggestions On or off using the Windows Registry Editor

Another way to turn this feature on or off is to use the Windows Registry editor.

First, open the Windows Registry and navigate to the folder key path below.

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.ActionCenter.SmartOptOut

Next, double-click these two (REG_DWORD) “Enabled” names on the VideoSettings key’s right pane to open it.

Then, enter a value 0 to turn off the “Notification Suggestions” feature.

If you do not see the Enabled” item, right-click a blank area and create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry item.

Then, enter 0 to disable it.

To restore the default system behavior and allow or turn on “Notification Suggestions,” delete the “Enabled” item created above.

Save your changes and restart your computer.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Windows 11 provides options to enable or disable notification suggestions for app notifications, giving users control over their notification experience.
• Users can turn off notification suggestions through the Settings app or the Windows Registry Editor, providing flexibility in managing notifications.
• Whether users prefer to have notification suggestions enabled or disabled, Windows 11 offers straightforward methods to customize this feature according to individual preferences.